Databases by Title (A-Z)

Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an abstract and citation database of journal articles, books and conference proceedings.
General Fields
Books
Conference Proceedings
Journal articles
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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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

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Law
Books
Government documents
Journal articles
Laws & Court Decisions
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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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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.
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Political Science
Books
Journal articles
Thesis & Dissertations
Working papers
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