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Databases by Title (A-Z)

Beck-Online:DIE DATENBANK (C. H. Beck)
A full-text database of German law containing laws, books (handbooks, commentals), journal articles, case law, and administrative documents.

Available specialised modules】
・Familienrecht plus
・Strafrecht plus
・Verfassungsrecht plus
・Zivilrecht plus
・Handels-u. Gesellschaftsrecht plus
・Europarecht plus
・Erbrecht plus

*Access from off-campus is prohibited.
Law
Books
Government documents
Journal articles
Laws & Court Decisions
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Cochrane Library (EBM Reviews) @Kaumi campus
Fast, bottom-line answers to the most commonly-asked clinical questions, based on comprehensive and expertanalysis of the medical literature. Includes the full text of Cochrane's regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of health care.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 2
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Kasumi campus only
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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
A portal site for searching and browsing digital archives (publications, photos, videos, audio, artworks, etc.) held by libraries, museums, etc. in the U.S.
General Fields
Arts
History
Literature
Music
Books
Documents
Images
Sounds
Videos
Open access
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Early English Books Online(EEBO) (ProQuest)
From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this incomparable collection now contains more than 146,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection and the Early English Books Tract Supplement. Libraries possessing this collection find they are able to fulfill the most exhaustive research requirements of graduate scholars in many subject areas, including English literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, theology, music, fine arts, education, mathematics, and science.
General Fields
Geography
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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EBM Reviews (OvidSP) @Kaumi campus
Combines several of the most trusted EBM resources into a single, fully-searchable database.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 2
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Medical information
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Kasumi campus only
Full text
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Search and view the full text of eBooks.

*Depending on publisher-specified limits, up to 100 pages of an EBSCO eBook can be printed as a PDF file (per user) from within the eBook viewer.
*Simultaneous access limit for each title: 1 
General Fields
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part I-II (NII REO)
The largest and most comprehensive online historical archive of its kind and an essential resource for advanced study of the eighteenth century, this collection contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom between the years 1701 and 1800.
>More information (Gale)
General Fields
Business & Management
Economics
Education
Geography
History
Languages
Law
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Encyclopedia.com
An online encyclopedia with over 200 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press, Columbia University Press, and CENGAGE.
General Fields
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Open access
Full text
Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search (Asahi Shimbun Co.)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s automatic translation function.

This database enables you to search over 15 millions of articles in the paper by "Asahi Shinbun" since 1879.

【Including Contents】
・"Asahi Shimbun(1985-)" "Weekly Asahi(2000-)" "AERA(1988-)" Articles
Headings and full text for articles included of the Asahi Shimbun are stored as text data.
・"Asahi Shimbun" Digitized Archive 1879-1999 Keyword Search
In the Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition, it is possible to search on articles from 4 eras: [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)], [Showa Post-World War II], [Heisei].
・"Chiezo" Keyword Database
A modern dictionary which introduces both basic key terms and the newest terminology that seriously affects our world.
・Who's Who Database
Information such as biographical data and contact information of influential people from all fields is covered, including economists, politicians, researchers, cultural figures and athletes.
・Historical Photo Archive
More than 10,000 photographs are archived, the majority ranging from before and after the Manchurian Incident to after the defeat in war.
・"Asahigraph" 1923~1956
Asahi Graph, a pictorial magazine established in 1923. Kikuzo II Visual brings to the users a digital archive of images in color that appeared in approximately 2,000 issues up until 1956.
・English-language News Database
The Asahi Shimbun Company has just created a database of its English-language newspapers.
>More information

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 2
Walk-in User not available


General Fields
History
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Making of the Modern World Part I-III (Gale)
A Digital collection of social science literature centered on the history of economics, business history, and social thought from the mid-15th century to 1945, which is owned by Goldsmiths’ Library of Economic Literature (Senate House, University of London)  and Kress Library of Business and Economics (Harvard University) .

Business & Management
Economics
History
Sociology
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Japan Knowledge Lib (NetAdvance)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s automatic translation function.

This is a comprehensive full-text database of dictionaries and encyclopedias in Japan. The database contains over 70 dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the “Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho”, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”, and the Dictionary of the Japanese Language, and dictionaries in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and more.

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General Fields
Chemistry
Economics
Geography
History
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Journal articles
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. 
General Fields
Arts
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Books
Documents
Images
Journal articles
Newspaper articles
Sounds
Videos
Open access
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Infobase ebooks (Infobase Publishing)
An e-book full-text database containing textbooks and reading materials that are actually used in the curriculum of elementary, junior high, and high schools in the United States.
>More information (MHM)

* There is an application for smartphones and tablets (AndroidiOS).
Check the login ID / PW. (on campus access only)
General Fields
Education
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Other methods
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 18th Century (NII REO)
This module includes the complete file of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, also known as Sessional Papers or Blue Books, dating from 1688 through to 1834.
This includes: Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts
>More information(ProQuest)
Business & Management
Economics
History
Law
Political Science
Government documents
Laws & Court Decisions
Parliamentary Papers
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Google Arts & Culture
A portal site that allows users to view online artworks from the collections of museums and other institutions around the world.
Arts
Images
Open access
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German Biographical Archive (De Gruyter)
The database containing about 590,000 personal information that remains in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.) from the mythical era to the present day.

[How to search]
Search platform name: World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS)

After clicking BASIC SEARCH, select "German biographical archive" in Limit Search by Biographical Archive and enter the person's name.
* Other archives can only be searched, but full text cannot be used.
General Fields
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Gale ebooks(former Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Ebook full-text database. You can search about 200 dictionaries and encyclopedias at once.
General Fields
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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FINANCIAL TIMES Historical Archive 1888-2021GALE PRIMARY SOURCES
An online, fully searchable facsimile, the Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2021. Every article, advertisement, and market listing is included—shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day.
General Fields
Business & Management
Economics
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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