Databases by Title (A-Z)

Japan Knowledge Lib (NetAdvance)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s automatic translation function.

This is a comprehensive full-text database of dictionaries and encyclopedias in Japan. The database contains over 70 dictionaries and encyclopedias, including the “Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho”, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”, and the Dictionary of the Japanese Language, and dictionaries in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and more.

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General Fields
Chemistry
Economics
Geography
History
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Journal articles
Statistical data
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OLMS ONLINE – Reprints (Georg Olms)
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.
* Messkatalogen [Book Fair Catalogs] is not available.
History
Languages
Literature
Philosophy
Books
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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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The Merck Index Online (Royal Society of Chemistry)
The Merck Index Online offers the source of information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals.
The Merck Index Online will be updated regularly with accurate information curated by experts. 
Chemistry
Medicine & Helth Care
Chemical substances & reactions
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Sociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
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Sociology
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
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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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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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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
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Trial: 2024/9~2025/3
Predatory Reports(Cabells)
Predatory Reports is a database that allows users to search for information on predatory journals. It includes basic information (title, ISSN, field, website, etc.) on over 17,000 suspicious journals, selected and analyzed by journal evaluation specialists based on more than 70 criteria, including peer review, publication, metrics, and fees. Additionally, it lists the violations discovered through the analysis.

*Note: ‘Journalytics’ (a database of reliable journal information) is not available.

This database should be used as a supplementary tool, and decisions on submissions should be made in consultation with faculty members. For more information on predatory journals, please refer to the Writing Center.

General Fields
Working papers
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Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Over 60,000 biographies, 72 million words, 11,000 portraits of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped British history
General Fields
History
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
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