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Scopus is an abstract and citation database of journal articles, books and conference proceedings.

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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)

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SciELO Citation Index (2002-present) 
*Russian Science Citation Index is not available due to the situation in Russia. (Apr. 2022-)

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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.

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Academic Search Complete
Business Source Complete
EconLit with Full Text
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
Essay and General Literature Index (H.W. Wilson)
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MLA International Bibliography
CINAHL
APA PsycArticles

APA PsycInfo
TOC Premier
MLA Directory of Periodicals
MEDLINE
Regional Business News
ERIC

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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 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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Search and view the full text of eBooks.

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*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.
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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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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.

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NOTICE:From April 1, 2022, CiNii Articles will be integrated into CiNii Research, and article search will be unified in CiNii Research.

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.

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NOTICE: To enhance and streamline CiNii Research, CiNii Dissertations is planned to be integrated into CiNii Research.

You can search for information on books and magazines held by university libraries across the country, and verify the libraries that hold them.

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NOTICE:To enhance and streamline CiNii Research, CiNii Books is planned to be integrated into CiNii Research.

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

Headings and full text for articles included of the Asahi Shimbun are stored as text data.

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].

A modern dictionary which introduces both basic key terms and the newest terminology that seriously affects our world.

Information such as biographical data and contact information of influential people from all fields is covered, including economists, politicians, researchers, cultural figures and athletes.

More than 10,000 photographs are archived, the majority ranging from before and after the Manchurian Incident to after the defeat in war.

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.

The Asahi Shimbun Company has just created a database of its English-language newspapers.

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.

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Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more. 

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.
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