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Web of Science is a global citation database that can be searched highly reliable literature, mainly peer-reviewed journals published after 1900. It can also be used as a performance evaluation tool such as the number of citations of papers and Journal Impact Factor.

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Web of Science Core Collection (1900-present) 

 ・Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present)

 ・Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present)

 ・Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)

 ・Emerging Sources Citation Index (2015-present)

SciELO Citation Index (2002-present) 
*Russian Science Citation Index is not available due to the situation in Russia. (Apr. 2022-)

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TOC Premier provides access to the most up-to-date table of contents information for over 24,000 journals. The more than 25 million records in the citation-only database include: records created by EBSCO Publishing offering proprietary data dating back to 1995, with citations for some titles dating back to the 1960's and 1970's; records from the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS), some of which date back to the early 1980's; and records licensed from British Library Document Supply Centre, covering the entire 26,000 title collection, dating back to 1993.

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.

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Google Scholar allows you to search for academic papers, articles, publications, abstracts, etc. that are available on the Internet.

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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.
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Legal information database mainly in the United States and overseas. You can also search and read the full text of overseas newspaper articles, TV news, and magazine articles.Major 

Major newspapers: Daily Telegraph (2001-), Guardian (1985-), Independent (2000-), International New York Times (1997-), Los Angeles Times (1985-), USA TODAY (1989-), Washington Post (1978-), and many others.

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This database is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day.

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【Important Notice】
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I  have changed from the end of March 2024.(April 1st, 2024)
It is still possible to access Web of Science and change the search target database to 「ProQuest™ Dissertations & Theses Citation Index」in order to search for articles. However, you can no longer browse the contents of the articles. For information on how to find open access doctoral dissertations and how to buy access to articles,please refer to this page (Japanese page).

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 Available use "Full text - PDF" only. → Not available after the end of March 2024.
 Others: you can purchase PDF files or copies of the dissertation with your credit card.

A database of electronic theses and dissertations. Full text is also available for some papers.

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Cross-searching is possible, including articles from domestic journals in Japan, research data from external collaboration institutions and institutional repositories, collection information from universities, doctoral theses, and research project information from KAKEN.

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NOTICE:From April 1, 2022, CiNii Articles will be integrated into CiNii Research, and article search will be unified in CiNii Research.

Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
EconLit with Full Text
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson)
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MLA International Bibliography
CINAHL
APA PsycArticles

APA PsycInfo
TOC Premier
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MEDLINE
Regional Business News
ERIC

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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of journal articles, books and conference proceedings.

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EBSCO Open Dissertations includes the content from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.

Search and view the full text of eBooks.

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*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 

*You can download a chapter PDF from the table of contents or download a chapter, page range or single page PDF from the Reader. Chapter downloads require users to sign-in to their Ebook Central account. 

*Ebooks that have not been purchased at Hiroshima University can be read free of charge for up to 5 minutes in 24 hours. 

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.
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