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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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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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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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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) .

also ＞Humanities & Social Sciences Collection (NII-REO)

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.

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Combines several of the most trusted EBM resources into a single, fully-searchable database.

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UpToDate is the clinical decision support resource associated with improved outcomes. More than 80 research studies demonstrate its impact on improved patient care and hospital performance.

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*UpToDate Mobile is also available.

*UpToDate Anywhere [Off-campus access]

You can also use it from off-campus by creating an account on UpToDate Anywhere. Registration requires access on the campus network.

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.

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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. 

A full-text database of German law containing laws, books (handbooks, commentals), journal articles, case law, and administrative documents.

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Olms Online presents titles with additional information. These are reprints with new introductions, afterwords, notes or indexes added by the editors. Here you will find some 400 volumes with a focus on German language and literature and on philosophy.

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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* There is an application for smartphones and tablets (Android・iOS).