Databases by Title (A-Z)

German Biographical Archive (De Gruyter)
The database containing about 590,000 personal information that remains in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, etc.) from the mythical era to the present day.

[How to search]
Search platform name: World Biographical Information System Online (WBIS)

After clicking BASIC SEARCH, select "German biographical archive" in Limit Search by Biographical Archive and enter the person's name.
* Other archives can only be searched, but full text cannot be used.
General Fields
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Part I-II (NII REO)
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.
>More information (Gale)
General Fields
Business & Management
Economics
Education
Geography
History
Languages
Law
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Books
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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
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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
Infobase ebooks (Infobase Publishing)
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.
>More information (MHM)

* There is an application for smartphones and tablets (AndroidiOS).
Check the login ID / PW. (on campus access only)
General Fields
Education
Books
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Off-Campus access: Other methods
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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
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Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Early English Books Online(EEBO) (ProQuest)
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.
General Fields
Geography
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Books
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Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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Regional Business News (EBSCOhost)
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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Business & Management
Economics
Journal articles
Newspaper articles
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Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
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ProQuest Ebook Central (former: ebrary) (ProQuest)
Ebook full-text database.
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*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. 

*Simultaneous access limit for each title: 1 
General Fields
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Full text
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Search and view the full text of eBooks.

*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 
General Fields
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Full text