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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)

 ・Emerging Sources Citation Index (2015-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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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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Free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research.

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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.
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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.　
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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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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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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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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. 

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.

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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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.

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.

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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Combines several of the most trusted EBM resources into a single, fully-searchable database.

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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.

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.

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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.

CINAHL is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers.

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A full-text database of German law containing laws, books (handbooks, commentals), journal articles, case law, and administrative documents.

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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.

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

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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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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.
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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) .

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MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research.

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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.

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Google Scholar allows you to search for academic papers, articles, publications, abstracts, etc. that are available on the Internet.

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A database of electronic theses and dissertations. Full text is also available for some papers.

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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.

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.