Databases by Title (A-Z)

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
Partial full text
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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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
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
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EndNote basic (Clarivate)
Online reference management tool:
-Keep all your references and reference-related materials in a searchable personal library.
-Use your references in word-processing documents to create formatted citations and bibliographies or independent reference lists.
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*HU members can use the version of EndNote basic available as part of the Web of Science, which has thousands of styles and hundreds of filters and connection files.

[How to use it?]

To use this versionyou must be logged in to EndNote basicon the campus network. When accessing from off-campus,please use the VPN service or single sign-on.

The validity period of this version is 12months from the last login. You can use this version on the off-campus network as long as it is valid. Please note that you will be required to log in on the campus network at least once before it expires.

Reference management tools
Open access
Mendeley Institutional Edition (Elsevier)
Free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.

*HU members can use the Institutional Edition, which is an upgraded version of the free version.
*Available until at least March 31, 2025.

(updated: 2023/12/1)
Mendeley Desktop can be downloaded and used for the time being.
But, please note that no further software updates will be released for Mendeley Desktop, and its compatibility with future operating systems cannot be guaranteed.


[How to use it?]

To use this version, you must be logged in to Mendeley on the campus network. When accessing from off-campus, please use the VPN service or single sign-on.

The validity period of this version is 12months from the last login. You can use this version on the off-campus network as long as it is valid. Please note that you will be required to log in on the campus network at least once before it expires.

Reference management tools
Open access
Gale ebooks(former Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Ebook full-text database. You can search about 200 dictionaries and encyclopedias at once.
General Fields
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Full text
Making of the Modern World Part I-III (Gale)
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) .

Business & Management
Economics
History
Sociology
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 19th & 20th Century (NII REO)
This module includes the complete file of House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, also known as Sessional Papers or Blue Books, dating from 1801 through to today.

This includes:Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts
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Business & Management
Economics
History
Law
Political Science
Government documents
Parliamentary Papers
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
e-Stat (Statistics Bureau of Japan)
The Portal Site of Official Statistics of Japan.
General Fields
Statistics
Government documents
Statistical data
Open access