The chairs on the 2nd floor of the Central Library will be replaced all day on Sunday, September 11th. The reading areas on the 2nd floor is not available. (Only browsing is available, so please use the reading areas on another floor.)

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Due to the system maintenance, Digital Archives, Repository for Academic Resources, Rarebook database, Laures Kirishitan Bunko Database, Sophia Archives will be suspended on Tuesday, August 23th.

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

The "My OPAC" service will be temporarily suspended for campus blackout at Yotsuya Campus during the following period : 2022/08/27 6 p.m. to 2022/08/28 9 p.m.

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation in advance.

Requests received until Wednesday, August 3 will be accepted as usual.
Requests received after that date will be handled on or after Friday, August 19.

We will suspend ILL service during the following periods due to the summer vacation.
1.  Request loan of materials: July 21st- August 18th  
2.  Request copy of materials: August 10th - August 18th (**)
**Request received after 12:00p.m. on August 4th will be proceeded after August 19th

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

 〇 Partial restriction on facility use

The reading areas on B1F and B2F and Learning Commons are not available from August 1(Mon.) to August 3(Wed.). Only browsing is available, so please use the reading areas on another floor.

Depending on the time of day, the group study room may not be available during Open Campus. Please check MyOPAC for non-reservable hours.

〇 Closing of Reference counter

Reference counter is closed from August 2(Tue.) to August 3(Wed.).

(1) Undergraduate students ( Auditors, 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 22 Friday － September 22 Thursday, 2022

Return due date : October 7 Friday, 2022　

(2) Graduate students / Part-time faculty

Period of loan : July 22 Friday － September 6 Tuesday, 2022

Return due date : October 7 Friday, 2022   

Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in September, 2022 is August 31, 2022.

The students who have already decided to postpone their graduation, please consult the Library by August 31.

Due to the library system maintenance, the following services will be unavailable from July 7 ( Thu.) 10:00 pm to 2:00 am.

　・Library Homepage

　・Sophia OPAC

　・Access to E-Journals & Databases.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

The following databases trial started today (by June 24, 2022).

・“Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800”
This database contains virtually every book, Bible, sermons, poetry, novels, speeches, textbooks, cooking recipes, maps, advertisements, catalogs, contracts, treaties, laws, opera, travel books published in America over a 160-year period.
In addition to English, it also includes material in German, French, and Algonquin, the language of the Native Americans.

【How to access】
OPAC(Serach database)>(Purpose)Trial databases

*To use the database, you need to log in to "My OPAC".

*Need VPN access when you use off campus.
https://ccweb.cc.sophia.ac.jp/en/userguide/network/nw-04-en/

Due to the system maintenance, Digital Archives, Repository for Academic Resources, Rarebook database will be suspended on Tuesday, March 29th.

We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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 】

  Library HP HOME>DatabaseSearch>Databases(By Category)> Arts & Humanities