Research Portal : Yamaguchi University Library

Easily discover the world of library content

Cinii Research: A database of information about academic articles, books, journals&Dissertations published in Japan.
Scopus: A comprehensive abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature.
Google Scholar: Here you can search across a wide variety of scholarly literature covering numerous fields and sources.
The National Diet Library Search: You can use this site to search many catalogs and digital archives, including those of libraries, archives, museums, academic institutes and the National Diet Library.

JDream IIIAvailable inside the university: With this you can search papers about science technology, medical science and pharmacology.
SciFinder-n: The research discovery tool that allows college students and faculty to access a wide diversity of research across many scientific disciplines, including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, material science, agricultural science, and more.
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MathSciNet: A database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for much of the literature in the field of mathematical sciences.

Medical Online: A database which provides papers about medical science and nursing science
Japan Medical Abstracts Society Web Available only in the Yoshida and Kogushi Campus: Another database containing technical papers about medical science and nursing science
PubMed: This allows access to foreign papers about medical science and biology.
CINAHLAvailable inside the university: A database containing foreign papers about nursing science.

Database of Research Thesis in Japanese Literature: You can search articles of Japanese literature, Japanese language and Japanese education.
東洋学文献類目検索: You can search articles of Chinese literature.
Database of Historiographical Institute the University Tokyo: You can use several databases of historical sources.

Online Research Resources (Databases): There are other databases for searching specific articles.

Yamaguchi University E-Resources Portal

You can search the e-journals which are available at Yamaguchi University

NetLibrary: An e-book collection which includes dictionaries and fundamental series for beginners.
Kagakusho-Siryokan: An e-book collection in chemistry, provided by the Chemical Society of Japan.
Elsevier Reference Book etc.: You can use E-books which are published by Elsevier or Wiley.
National Diet Library Digital Collections: You can search and view a variety of resources, collected and stored by the National Diet Library of Japan.
Aozora Bunko: You can read books in public domain.

Asahi Shimbun Cross-SearchAvailable inside the university: A database of Asahi Shimbun articles published since 1945.
YomidasAvailable inside the university: A database of Yomiuri Shimbun articles published since 1986.

Asahi Shinbun Database during the pre-war periodAvailable only on the designated PC: You can search and view a variety of resources, collected and stored by the National Diet Library of Japan.
Yomiuri Shinbun during Taisho periodAvailable only on the designated PC: You can read books in public domain.

Journal Citation ReportsAvailable inside the university: Here you can analyze the impact factors of the major academic journals about natural science and social science.
EndNote Basic (Reference Manager): A reference management tool which is provided by Thomson Reuters.; ※Registration is required
Mendeley (Reference Manager): A reference management tool which is provided by Elsevier.; ※Registration is required

Westlaw JapanAvailable inside the university: A database providing a variety of information about law, such as the fundamentals about Parliament and precedent, legal commentaries, legal documents, and so on.
e-Gov: You can search Japanese law and regulations.
eolAvailable only in the Yoshida Campus: This database allows you to search company information in Asia (mainly domestic corporations in Japan).
EDINET: You can search securities reports.
NEEDS-FinancialQUEST2.0Available inside the university: Economic data such as business finance, stocks, bonds, macroeconomics, and industry statistics are available to search here.
e-Stat: You can search Japanese government statistics.

JapanKnowledge: The largest online web archive in Japan, which includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, etc.
NetLibrary: An e-book collection which includes dictionaries and fundamental series for beginners.

Yamaguchi University Library Catalog（OPAC）: You can search books and journals held in the Yamaguchi University

WebcatPlus: You can search the books held by other university libraries in Japan.
Yamaguchi Cross-Search Catalog: Search for books in public or university libraries within Yamaguchi Prefecture.
NDL-OPAC (National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog): You can search a catalog of the National Diet Library.
Calil: With this site you can search a wide variety of resources such as books, journals and electronic resources all in one go.

“Remote Access” for off-campus use

Some of these e-resources can be accessed off campus.

“Support for Search” for beginners

We introduce you how to use materials in Yamaguchi University.

MyLibrary

You can confirm lending/reservation status, request purchasing books, Inter Library Loan, or other library services.

Contact:
The General Library　Tel:083-933-5183 (extension 5183)　e-mail:toshokan@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp