Databases by Title (A-Z)

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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
No full text
Maruzen e-Book Library (MARUZEN-YUSHODO)
This is a platform that provides e-books (electronic books) specializing in academic books for institutional users such as universities. 
You can read the full text of over 4,000 electronic books via Hiroshima University.

The user guide is available here. Please also refer to the video version of the user guide.
Single sign-on is required when logging in from outside the school.

By following the prescribed procedures, you can also download electronic books. However, the following acts are strictly prohibited:
  1. Downloading more than the maximum number of pages displayed on the 'Print/Save' screen per person per title.
  2. Using the downloaded file for purposes other than the research and study purposes of the person who downloaded it.
  3. Sharing, transferring, circulating, or redistributing the downloaded file within a laboratory, company, group, etc., or to a third party.
  4. Jointly downloading more than the maximum number of pages of one title by multiple people.
    (For example, it is prohibited to borrow someone else's email address and download more than the limit.)
  5. Reproducing or modifying on other media without the permission of the copyright holder.
  6. Regardless of the reason or purpose, circumventing the technical protection measures or technical restrictions used in this service or electronic books, such as removing, changing, disabling, etc.
  7. Performing interlibrary loans or document copying services (so-called interlibrary loans, etc.) for other institutions.
  8. Anything else that is prohibited in the terms of use.
In addition, authentication using an email address is required when executing a download and when viewing a downloaded file.

If unauthorized use in violation of the above has been confirmed, restrictions will be implemented for the entire university.

NOTICE: The available titles can also be searched in the Hiroshima University Library OPAC.


General Fields
Books
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
Union Catalogue Database of Japanese Texts (National Institute of Japanese Literature)
This is a database constructed by the National Institute of Japanese Literature, which allows users to search and use at once bibliographic information and high-resolution images of Japanese manuscripts and prints before Edo period, held by NIJL and many other institutions and owners at home and overseas. It is open to the public free of charge and can be used by anyone.

This database is a developmental integration of the 'Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books', a comprehensive catalogue of Japanese classical books, and the 'Database of Pre-Modern Japanese Works', established through the 'Project to Build an International Collaborative Research Network for Pre-modern Japanese Texts (NIJL-NW project)'.


History
Languages
Literature
Books
Open access
Full text
Yomidas (Yomiuri Shinbun Co.)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s translation function.

This database enables you to search articles in the paper by "Yomiuri Shinbun" since 1874.

The archive has several sections.
Articles from 1874 to 1989 are contained as high-quality scans of the pages, as they originally appeared. Articles after 1986 onward are contained in a convenient text view, as well as a clipping view of the original article. The Japan News catalogs articles that appeared in our English publication. Contemporary Who’s Who offers the ability to search for individuals to retrieve their biographical data as well as pertinent articles. And finally, regional articles and pages from the period of 1933 to 2001 can be found as page images in the optional Regional Sections (Showa Era) feature.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 1
Walk-in User not available

General Fields
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search (Asahi Shimbun Co.)
Some articles on this website are available only in Japanese. If necessary, please use the browser’s automatic translation function.

This database enables you to search over 15 millions of articles in the paper by "Asahi Shinbun" since 1879.

【Including Contents】
・"Asahi Shimbun(1985-)" "Weekly Asahi(2000-)" "AERA(1988-)" Articles
Headings and full text for articles included of the Asahi Shimbun are stored as text data.
・"Asahi Shimbun" Digitized Archive 1879-1999 Keyword Search
In the Asahi Shimbun Reduced-size Facsimile Edition, it is possible to search on articles from 4 eras: [Meiji/Taisho], [Showa (Pre-World War II)], [Showa Post-World War II], [Heisei].
・"Chiezo" Keyword Database
A modern dictionary which introduces both basic key terms and the newest terminology that seriously affects our world.
・Who's Who Database
Information such as biographical data and contact information of influential people from all fields is covered, including economists, politicians, researchers, cultural figures and athletes.
・Historical Photo Archive
More than 10,000 photographs are archived, the majority ranging from before and after the Manchurian Incident to after the defeat in war.
・"Asahigraph" 1923~1956
Asahi Graph, a pictorial magazine established in 1923. Kikuzo II Visual brings to the users a digital archive of images in color that appeared in approximately 2,000 issues up until 1956.
・English-language News Database
The Asahi Shimbun Company has just created a database of its English-language newspapers.
>More information

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 2
Walk-in User not available


General Fields
History
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
Publons (Clarivate)
A research performance management website where you can consolidate and manage records such as publications, peer reviews, and memberships on editorial boards. It is capable of integrating with Web of Science and ORCiD.

*To utilize this service, an account registration is necessary. The account may be shared with Web of Science, Endnote basic, and ResearcherID.


General Fields
Reference management tools
Open access
No full text
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.

◆Request to deactivate the link look-ahead function(updated 7 July 2023)
When using Japan Knowledge, please disable the setting using the procedure described in the link above.
Some recent web browsers have a built-in "link look-ahead" function. If this function is set, unintended mass accesses may occur, such as repeated loading of linked pages in the background.
It has also been pointed out that there is a risk of unintentional access to suspicious websites if this function is enabled.

General Fields
Chemistry
Economics
Geography
History
Mathematics
Physics & Astronomy
Books
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Journal articles
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Full text
NDL Search (National Diet Library)
NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library,You can request for browsing or copying, and use a variety of other services.
You can also search for materials held by libraries in Japan with which has data linked.
General Fields
Books
Documents
Images
Open access
Partial full text
nihuBridge (National Institutes for the Humanities)
nihuBridge is a portal site for sharing and utilizing various research resources published by the National Institutes for the Humanities and collaborative organizations.

General Fields
Arts
Geography
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Sociology
Books
Images
Journal articles
Open access
Partial full text
J-GLOBAL (Japan Science and Technology Agency)
This is a portal site for science and technology / academic information provided by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). On this site, you can find bibliographic information of major academic resources in Japan and overseas, researcher information, research projects and their results funded by competitive funds such as scientific research funds, public gazettes and patent gazettes of patents, and research conducted in Japan. You can search for the names and locations of domestic research institutes, such as the theme of the subject and the executing agency, and research resources such as databases provided by universities and research institutes in Japan and overseas, as well as scientific and technological terms, information on chemical substances, and genes.
>More Information
General Fields
Agriculture & food
Chemistry
Geography
Mathematics
Medicine & Helth Care
Physics & Astronomy
Science & technology
Chemical substances & reactions
Conference Proceedings
Documents
Journal articles
Statistical data
Open access
Partial full text
Japan Search(National Diet Library)
Japan Search is a platform that allows you search, browse, and utilize metadata of contents in various fields owned by Japan, such as books, official documents, cultural properties, art, humanities, natural history / science and engineering, academic assets, broadcast programs, and movies. Under the policy of the Digital Archive Japan Promotion Committee and the Working-level Review Committee, the National Diet Library of Japan operates the system with the cooperation of various organizations. You can search for content held by institutions such as libraries, museums, art galleries, archives, universities, research institutes, government offices, and local governments.
General Fields
Arts
History
Languages
Literature
Books
Government documents
Images
Open access
Partial full text
CiNii Dissertations (National Institute of Informatics)
CiNii Dissertations is a database that includes domestic doctoral dissertations. The table of contents, abstract, and full text are not included, but there are links to the repositories of the awarding universities and the website of the National Diet Library.

General Fields
Thesis & Dissertations
Open access
No full text
NDL Digitial Collections (National Diet Library)
This is a service that allows you to search and view digital materials collected and stored at the National Diet Library. 

◆By registering as a user of the National Diet Library, you can view and print (print out) digital materials that are difficult to obtain due to being out of print.

For some contents, it is necessary to use the "Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries". Please refer to here for this service.

※1 Registration (free) is necessary to use the National Diet Library.
※2 The number of digitized materials that can be viewed is the same as the service for individuals.
General Fields
Books
Documents
Journal articles
Open access
Partial full text
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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
Naxos Video Library
The world's leading performing arts distributor brings you an extensive streaming video library of classical music performances - operas, ballets, concerts, dances, documentaries and many more.
Watch fine productions from the world's greatest opera houses, ballet and dance companies, orchestras, artists, festivals and concert halls on demand.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 5
Music
Videos
Off-Campus access: VPN service
No full text
MarinLit (Royal Society of Chemistry)
MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research.


*Note (2023/2/28)
If not available to use, please try as fellow.

STEP1:
 Access the following URL

STEP2:
 Check the message "Network access provided by: HIROSHIMA DAIGAKU"

STEP3:
 Access MarinLit again

Chemistry
Chemical substances & reactions
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Partial full text
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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
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.
>More information
>Support
Business & Management
Books
Documents
Journal articles
Videos
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
SciVal (Elsevier)
SciVal provides access to the research performance of over 20,500 research institutions and their associated researchers from more than 230 nations worldwide. SciVal enables you to visualize research performance, benchmark relative to peers, develop collaborative partnerships and analyze research trends.

*User registration and sign-in are required to use this service. Click on "Create account" to register as a user. When you register, you need to access the site via the campus network. If you wish to access it from off-campus, please use a VPN service.

*If you already have a Scopus, ScienceDirect, or Mendeley account, you do not need to register as a new user. You can sign in by entering the same account.
General Fields
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
No full text
Google Arts & Culture
A portal site that allows users to view online artworks from the collections of museums and other institutions around the world.
Arts
Images
Open access
Full text
EuropeanaEuropean Union
Europeana gives you access to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe. Discover artworks, books, music, and videos on art, newspapers, archaeology, fashion, science, sport, and much more.
General Fields
Arts
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Books
Documents
Images
Sounds
Videos
Open access
Full text
Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. 
General Fields
Arts
History
Languages
Literature
Music
Books
Documents
Images
Journal articles
Newspaper articles
Sounds
Videos
Open access
Full text
FINANCIAL TIMES Historical Archive 1888-2021GALE PRIMARY SOURCES
An online, fully searchable facsimile, the Financial Times Historical Archive delivers the complete run of the London edition of this internationally known daily paper, from its first issue through 2021. Every article, advertisement, and market listing is included—shown both individually and in the context of the full page and issue of the day.
General Fields
Business & Management
Economics
Newspaper articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Full text
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
A portal site for searching and browsing digital archives (publications, photos, videos, audio, artworks, etc.) held by libraries, museums, etc. in the U.S.
General Fields
Arts
History
Literature
Music
Books
Documents
Images
Sounds
Videos
Open access
Full text
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
Full text
Encyclopedia.com
An online encyclopedia with over 200 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press, Columbia University Press, and CENGAGE.
General Fields
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Open access
Full text
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics(Chemical Abstracts Service)
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform for Academics was upgraded from SciFinder-n on April 1, 2024.

A research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. 
>More information
Username (Login ID)/PW: 
1. Users have registered SciFinder-n username:
You can use the same Username and password as before.

2. Users those who are not registerd:
Please register from the site below.
*Access is required from the campus network. Please use the VPN service when accessing from off-campus.
*The domain of the registered email address must be hiroshima-u.ac.jp.
*As part of measures to prevent unauthorized account usage, accounts that have not been used for an extended period or email addresses that have been found to be invalid will be suspended. If users wish to continue using their accounts after suspension, please go through the same procedure as new user registration.

*You can also use it from your smartphone with SciFinder Mobile.
*For questions related to SciFinder, please refer to here.
Chemistry
Chemical substances & reactions
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
No 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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Other methods
Full text
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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (ProQuest)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts provides abstracts and indexing of the international literature of political science and international relations, along with complementary fields, including international law and public administration/policy. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 750 core serials publications and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers.
>More information
Political Science
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
No full text
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.
>More information
Sociology
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
No full text
Beck-Online:DIE DATENBANK (C. H. Beck)
A full-text database of German law containing laws, books (handbooks, commentals), journal articles, case law, and administrative documents.

Available specialised modules】
・Familienrecht plus
・Strafrecht plus
・Verfassungsrecht plus
・Zivilrecht plus
・Handels-u. Gesellschaftsrecht plus
・Europarecht plus
・Erbrecht plus

*Access from off-campus is prohibited.
Law
Books
Government documents
Journal articles
Laws & Court Decisions
Full text
ProQuest Ebook Central (former: ebrary) (ProQuest)
Ebook full-text database.
>Support

*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
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.
>More information
>Support
General Fields
Thesis & Dissertations
Open access
Partial full text
OECD iLibrary (OECD)
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.
Agriculture & food
Business & Management
Economics
Education
Political Science
Science & technology
Statistics
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
Statistical data
Working papers
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Full text
UpToDate (Wolters Kluwer Health)@Kasumi campus
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.

*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.
*Access from off-campus using the VPN service is prohibited.
Medicine & Helth Care
Medical information
Off-Campus access: Other methods
Kasumi campus only
Full text
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
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
Full text
CINAHL (EBSCOhost)
CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

*Simultaneous access limit: up to 4
*after 2023/04/01: unlimited access
Medicine & Helth Care
Journal articles
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
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
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial 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
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
>More information(ProQuest)
Business & Management
Economics
History
Law
Political Science
Government documents
Parliamentary Papers
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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
Full text
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
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
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.
>Training Resources

*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
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
No full text
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
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. 
>Support

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
Partial full text
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
Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate)
Journal Citation Reports offers a systematic, objective means to critically evaluate the world's leading journals, with quantifiable, statistical information such as the Journal Impact Factor based on citation data.
>More information
Journal impact factor
Research trends
Statistical data
Off-Campus access: VPN service
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.

>User Guide


*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
Partial full text
MLA Directory of Periodicals (EBSCOhost)
The MLA Directory of Periodicals, produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), provides detailed information on thousands of journals and book series in the fields of literature, language, linguistics, film, rhetoric and composition, and folklore.
>Support
Languages
Literature
Books
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
No full text
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.
>More information
>Support
Languages
Literature
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Off-Campus access: VPN service
Off-Campus access: Single sign-on
Partial full text
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
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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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Current Index to Statistics (Institute of Mathematical Statistics & American Statistical Association)
The Current Index to Statistics (CIS) is a bibliographic index of publications in statistics, probability, and related fields. It includes data from approximately 160 core journals, 1,200 additional journals in related fields, and 11,000 books. The bulk of the content in CIS is from 1975-2017.
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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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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers, 18th 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 1688 through to 1834.
This includes: Bills, House of Commons Papers, Command Papers, Reports of Committees, Reports of Commissioners, Accounts
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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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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.
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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.

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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.
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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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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.
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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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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)

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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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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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