Applications received by December 21 will be processed by the end of the year.
Applications received after December 22 will be processed after January 5, 2022.

News of long-term loan in spring vacation

(1) Undergraduate students ( Auditors, Sophia School of Social Welfare students,Sophia University

Junior College division students and Course of Midwifery students are included too. ) / Participants of

Grief Care Professional Program / Friends of the Library

Period of loan : January 24 Monday － March 31 Thursday, 2022

Return due date : April 15 Friday, 2022

(2) Graduate students / Part-time faculty

Period of loan : January 24 Monday － March 15 Tuesday, 2022

Return due date : April 15 Friday, 2022

（3）Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in March,2022 is

  March 10, 2022.　The students who have already decided to postpone their graduation, please consult the Library （TEL：03-3238-3055） by March 10.

We also accept your application by e-mail (lib-info@sophia.ac.jp).

We will be closing our online application during the following periods.

1. Request loan of materials: December 8th - January 4th
2. Request copy of materials: December 24th- January 4th.
➢Request received after 12:00p.m. on December 21th will be proceeded after January 5th.

Due to the library system maintenance, Library Homepage and OPAC will be unavailable.

We are sorry for the inconvenience. The schedule is as follows.

Date and time: From October 7 (Thu.)  10:30 pm to 11:00pm

(1)Undergraduate students ( Auditors, Sophia School of Social Welfare students,

Sophia University Junior College division students and Course of Midwifery students

are included too. ) / Participants of Grief Care Professional Program and Friends of the

Library

Period of loan : July 24 Saturday −September 16 Thursday, 2021

Return due date : October 1 Friday, 2021　For students who will graduate in September 2021,

return due date is August 31

(2)Graduate students / Part-time faculty

Period of loan : July 24 Saturday −August 31 Tuesday, 2021

Returndue date : October 1 Friday, 2021  For students who will complete graduate programs

 in September 2021, return due date is August 31

We will trial the following databases onEBSCOhost (from 2021.6.14 to 2021.7.14).

・ Academic SearchUltimate 　 (Multidisciplinary)

・ Business SourceUltimate 　 (Business &Economics)

・ EconLit withFull Text 　 (Business &Economics)

・ SociologySource Ultimate 　 (Sociology& Social Work)

・ EducationSource (Education)

・ Applied Science& Technology Source Ultimate 　 (Technology & Engineering)

・ HumanitiesSource 　 (Humanities)

・ CommunicationSource 　 (Communication &Mass Media)

・ Art &Architecture Source 　 (Art &Architecture)

・ SPORTDiscuswith Full Text (sports & sports medicine)

・ Music Indexwith Full Text (Music & Performing Arts)

In addition to the higher version of thecurrently contracted database, there are also databases in new fields such assports, sports medicine, communication studies, art, architecture, and music andso on.

Please use this opportunity.

We are planning to conduct a similar trialfrom October 2021 to November 2021.

Click here to use

How to search formaterials, how to use databases, questions about graduation theses, etc. Wewill answer your questions about using the library.

For more detailsOnline Reference Info.pdf

Oxford Handbooks Online is an outstanding collection of the best Handbooks areas across many different subject areas. One of the most prestigious and successful strands of Oxford’s scholarly publishing, the Handbook series contains in-depth, high-level articles by scholars at the top of their field.

https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/

We are starting a library stamp card this year.

This stamp card was designed by Ms. WANG PEIJIE, a fourth-year student in the Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Studies.

The card can be found at the following locations

・ Circulation Counter , 1F

・ Reference desk , 1F

・ Learning Commons , B1F

Complete the 8 missions related to the library and get library goods!

For more details → Library Stamp Card.pdf

" Royal Shakespeare Company Collection"

【 How to Access 】

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