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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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EconLit with Full Text contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text for nearly 600 journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo.

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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*Available from on-campus or off-campus with HIRODAI ID.
　Access to Westlaw classic (with HIRODAI ID)
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*Not available from on-campus without HIRODAI ID after April 1, 2024.  

This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
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The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is a bibliographic index of publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. It includes data from approximately 160 core journals, 1,200 additional journals in related fields, and 11,000 books. The bulk of the content in CIS is from 1975-2017.

ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. 

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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The APA PsycInfo database, American Psychological Association’s (APA) renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, and dissertations, is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health.

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Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information such as the Journal Impact Factor based on citation data.
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