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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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nihuBridge (National Institutes for the Humanities)
nihuBridge is a portal site for sharing and utilizing various research resources published by the National Institutes for the Humanities and collaborative organizations.

General Fields
Arts
Geography
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Sociology
Books
Images
Journal articles
Open access
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J-GLOBAL (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
This is a portal site for science and technology / academic information provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). On this site, you can find bibliographic information of major academic resources in Japan and overseas, researcher information, research projects and their results funded by competitive funds such as scientific research funds, public gazettes and patent gazettes of patents, and research conducted in Japan. You can search for the names and locations of domestic research institutes, such as the theme of the subject and the executing agency, and research resources such as databases provided by universities and research institutes in Japan and overseas, as well as scientific and technological terms, information on chemical substances, and genes.
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General Fields
Agriculture & food
Chemistry
Geography
Mathematics
Medicine & Helth Care
Physics & Astronomy
Science & technology
Chemical substances & reactions
Conference Proceedings
Documents
Journal articles
Statistical data
Open access
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NDL Digitial Collections (National Diet Library)
This is a service that allows you to search and view digital materials collected and stored at the National Diet Library. 

◆By registering as a user of the National Diet Library, you can view and print (print out) digital materials that are difficult to obtain due to being out of print.

For some contents, it is necessary to use the "Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries". Please refer to here for this service.

※1 Registration (free) is necessary to use the National Diet Library.
※2 The number of digitized materials that can be viewed is the same as the service for individuals.
General Fields
Books
Documents
Journal articles
Open access
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MarinLit (Royal Society of Chemistry)
MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research.


*Note (2023/2/28)
If not available to use, please try as fellow.

STEP1:
 Access the following URL

STEP2:
 Check the message "Network access provided by: HIROSHIMA DAIGAKU"

STEP3:
 Access MarinLit again

Chemistry
Chemical substances & reactions
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Entrepreneurial Studies Source (EBSCOhost)
Entrepreneurial Studies Source provides the latest insight into topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small business. This database offers users full text for more than 125 key periodicals, 135 reference books, case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Series and Vator.TV.
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Business & Management
Books
Documents
Journal articles
Videos
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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CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics(Chemical Abstracts Service)
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics was upgraded from SciFinder-n on April 1, 2024.

A research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. 
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Username (Login ID)/PW: 
1. Users have registered SciFinder-n username:
You can use the same Username and password as before.

2. Users those who are not registerd:
Please register from the site below.
*Access is required from the campus network. Please use the VPN service when accessing from off-campus.
*The domain of the registered email address must be hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
*As part of measures to prevent unauthorized account usage, accounts that have not been used for an extended period or email addresses that have been found to be invalid will be suspended. If users wish to continue using their accounts after suspension, please go through the same procedure as new user registration.

*You can also use it from your smartphone with SciFinder Mobile.
*For questions related to SciFinder, please refer to here.
Chemistry
Chemical substances & reactions
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 750 core serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers.
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Political Science
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
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Sociology
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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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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OECD iLibrary (OECD)
OECD iLibrary is the online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD's analysis and data.
Agriculture & food
Business & Management
Economics
Education
Political Science
Science & technology
Statistics
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Statistical data
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
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
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
Full text
CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 4
*after 2023/04/01: unlimited access
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
MEDLINE  (EBSCOhost)
MEDLINE  created by the National Library of Medicine, provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. 
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
MathSciNet(American Mathematical Society)
MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefullymaintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts andbibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciencesliterature.
Mathematics
Books
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
No full text
Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of journal articles, books and conference proceedings.
General Fields
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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EBSCOhost (EBSCO)
EBSCOhost is a online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. 
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Available databases
Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
EconLit with Full Text
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson)
 → will be suspended from the end of March 2024. (2024.3.27)
MLA International Bibliography
CINAHL
APA PsycArticles
→ will be suspended from the end of March 2024. (2024.3.27)
APA PsycInfo
TOC Premier
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MEDLINE
Regional Business News
ERIC

EBSCO Mobile (Android / iOS)
*There is an app for smartphones or tablets. After downloading it, select "HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY" from "Find My Library" to start using it. When using from off-campus, you will be required to log in with your student or staff ID and PW.
General Fields
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Newspaper articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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PubMed (National Library of Medicine)@HU

PubMed is a free resource supporting the search and retrieval of biomedical and life sciences literature with the aim of improving health–both globally and personally.

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*This is a Pubmed link for HU members. The "Find it @ Hiroshima university" icon is displayed in "full text links".

Biology
Medicine & Helth Care
Books
Journal articles
Open access
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