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Precautions for Use of Electronic Resources

For the use of electronic resources such as e-journals and databases, the publisher provides the terms and conditions for licensing. In general, the following items are strictly prohibited at any provider.

  • A large amount of downloads in a short period of time, or downloads using programs, etc., beyond the scope of personal use.
  • Use for personal academic research and purposes other than education.
  • Copy, modify, redistribute, resale, etc. of downloaded content.
  • Infringing copyrights or other property rights.
  • ※If an act that violates the terms of use, such as excessive access or mass download, is detected, the entire university may be subject to penalties such as suspension of use or cancellation of the contract. We ask for your cooperation in the proper use of electronic journals and databases.
  • ※In some cases, the "link pre-reading function" of the web browser causes large downloads / large access unintentionally. In the "Link Pre-Reading Function", access to links in the page is repeated in the background while browsing the page. Therefore, even if you intend to use it normally, there are cases where it is unintentionally regarded as a large-scale access / large-scale download. When using electronic resources, please pay attention to the browser settings.

 

  • Free … You can access it from anywhere on a publicly available database or search site.
  • Contract … It is an electronic resource contracted by the University and can be accessed from the campus network.

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Search from the University Library

OPAC Free Search of the University Library

Search from libraries all over the country

CiNii Books Free Search of Japanese university libraries
NDL ONLINE Free Search of the National Diet Library
Webcat Plus Free Book search service with association search function
Search across libraries in Yamaguchi Prefecture Free Cross-search of public libraries in Yamaguchi Prefecture
Car lil local Free Search local materials at once
Asian Economic Research Institute Library Free Research of Asian Economic Research Institute

Finding Publishing Information

Publishing Bibliography Database (Books) Free The only public database of publication information in the publishing industry
Google Books Free Search by text or table of contents of materials
Government publications Free Sales of government publications and related books and magazines

Search for electronic books

LibrariE Contract Digital Library of Japanese Books (ID/PW)
※Access is also possible from outside the university.
※If you have forgotten your ID and password, please contact the library.
Maruzen ebook Library Contract E-books of Japanese books
ProQuest Ebook Central Contract Electronic books in Western-style books

Search for electronic resources

※When using electronic resources contracted by OIST, please read the notes carefully before using.

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Search for papers

CiNii Research Free Search for Japanese Papers and Data
IRDB (Academic Institution Repository Database) Free A comprehensive platform for repositories published by universities and research institutes
Ishin (Yamaguchi University Joint Repository) Free Cross-search of university institution repositories in Yamaguchi Prefecture
The University's collection of City University's articles is also available here.
J-GLOBAL Free Search for literature, patents, researchers, etc. from the field of science and technology
Magazine article index database Free A database that allows you to search for articles mainly on academic papers among domestic journals collected by the National Diet Library.
Google Scholar Free Google search centering on academic papers
Web of Science Contract Overseas Thesis Search Database provided by Clarivate
InCites Journal & Highly Cited Data Contract Investigate the impact factor (influence) of the paper
Scopus New! Contract One of the world's largest abstracts and citation databases provided by ELSEVIER

Search for magazine articles (electronic journal)

Nikkei BP article search service Contract A service that allows you to search and browse back-number articles of Nikkei BP magazines
IEEE Xplore Contract Full-text database of journals, minutes, industrial standards, etc. provided by the U.S. Society of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Science Contract Science and Academic Journal published by the American Society for the Promotion of Science
Nature.com Content on Demand Contract This is a [Pay Per View] contract that allows you to download journals published on Nature.com on a single paper basis. The subjects are Nature and Nature-related journals. In 2024, we purchased units for 150 papers. Please be sure to check the following notes before using.
Electronic journal Contract Electronic journals with individual contracts
※Click the URL of each magazine listed in the PDF to display the corresponding page.

Search for newspaper articles

Nikkei Telecon 21 Contract Search and browsing of newspapers published by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc.

Search from all fields

Japan Knowledge Lib Contract Basic education database of encyclopedias and dictionaries
Orient Economic Digital Content Library Contract Recording company information and job hunting information

Government agencies and digital archives

e-gov portal Free Information on administrative services and measures
e-stat Government Statistics Office Free Government Statistics Portal Site where you can browse Japanese statistics
Trial Example Search Free It is possible to search the case of court.
EDINET Free Electronic disclosure system for disclosure documents such as securities reports
JAPAN SEARCH Free Searching for Digital Archives in Japan
National Diet Library Digital Collection Free View digital materials collected by the National Diet Library
National Diet Library Internet Data Collection and Preservation Project (WARP) Free Collection and storage of past web information

Search all at once

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Discovery Service (planned) Contract Search electronic materials collected by libraries at once.

Find how to find it

Research navigator Free Information on how to find out the National Diet Library
Reference Collaboration Database Free Refer to examples of library references nationwide