Databases by Title (A-Z)

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
Academic Search Complete is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.
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Books
Conference Proceedings
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Journal articles
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Web of Science (Clarivate)
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)

[Other Databases]
KCI-Korean Journal Database (1980-present) 
Preprint Citation Index (1991-present) 
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index (1637-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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General Fields
Journal impact factor
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
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EconLit with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
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.
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Business & Management
Economics
Journal articles
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TOC Premier (EBSCOhost)
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.
General Fields
Journal articles
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Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost)
Business Source Complete is the world's definitive scholarly business database, providing the leading collection of bibliographic and full text content.
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Business & Management
Journal articles
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar allows you to search for academic papers, articles, publications, abstracts, etc. that are available on the Internet.

General Fields
Journal articles
Open access
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Westlaw classic (former Westlaw Next)(Thomson Reuters)
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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Note (2024.2.29)
*Available from on-campus or off-campus with HIRODAI ID.
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*Not available from on-campus without HIRODAI ID after April 1, 2024.  

General Fields
Law
Journal articles
Laws & Court Decisions
Newspaper articles
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ERIC (EBSCOhost)
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. 
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Education
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I (ProQuest)
This database is the world’s most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses from around the world, spanning from 1743 to the present day.

【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).

*Note (2023.6.14) 
 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.
General Fields
Thesis & Dissertations
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Global ETD Search (Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations)
A database of electronic theses and dissertations. Full text is also available for some papers.
General Fields
Thesis & Dissertations
Open access
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APA PsycInfo (EBSCOhost)
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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Medicine & Helth Care
Psychology
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost)
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is the definitive index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present.
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Languages
Literature
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
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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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CiNii Research  (National Institute of Informatics) 
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.

General Fields
Documents
Working papers
Open access
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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
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Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of journal articles, books and conference proceedings.
General Fields
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
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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
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CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

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Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
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EBSCO Open Dissertations (EBSCOhost)
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.

*The Full text may be available by clicking the URL in the Detailed Record.
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Thesis & Dissertations
Open access
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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
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