The following databases trial started today(by February 10, 2021).

・“ The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection”

“The Royal Shakespeare Company Collection”is a database that provides access to 37 (planned) videos of the RoyalShakespeare Company (RSC) stage productions.

Click here to use.

＊Need VPN access when you use off campus.
Attached Infromation:
　https://search.alexanderstreet.com/shon

Although the government is to issue a State of Emergency on January 7th, we are not planning to change library services as below for the time being.

Further changes will be announced on this page.

Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in March,2021 is March 10, 2021. Please be sure to return until the return due date.

The students who have already decided to postpone their graduation, please consult the Library Circulation Counter or email from Sophia Mail to the address below by March 10. (lib-info@sophia.ac.jp).

To whom having overdue books by the day when graduation decided, Official Transcript might be not issued.

(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

Period of loan : January 25 Monday −April 1 Thursday, 2021

Return due date :April 16 Friday, 2021

(2)Graduate students / Part-time faculty

Period of loan : January 25 Monday −March 16 Tuesday, 2021

Return due date : April 16 Friday, 2021

（3）Due date of the Library book material for students who expect to graduate in March, 2021 is  March 10, 2021.　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).

・Books mail delivery service

Applications until 4pm on Saturday, December 26^th ⇒Shipment will be within this year.

Applications after 4pm on Saturday, December 26^th ⇒Shipment will be after January5^th, 2021

※Materials held by other campus building (such as Mejiro Seibo Campus Library 、Junior College Division Library) and Research Institute may not be shipped within this year.

・Request for photocopy of library materials

Applications until Tuesday, December 22^nd ⇒Shipment will be within this year.

Applications after Wednesday,December 23^rd ⇒Shipment will be after January5^th, 2021

・Book purchase request (including Ebooks)

Applications until 1pm on Friday, December 18^th ⇒The response will be within this year.

Applications after 1pm on Friday, December 18^th ⇒The response will be after January5^th, 2021.

The following databases are available fortrial starting today (until January 31, 2021).

*Please note that access may be terminatedearly on the last day.

“Hongkong News Online”

　 “Hongkong News Online" is the onlineversion of the English newspaper published in Hong Kong under Japanese rule.

　 Click here to use it.

“U.S. Intelligence on Asia, 1945-1991”

　 “U.S. Intelligence on Asia" is adatabase of declassified documents recorded by U.S. intelligence agencies inEast Asia during the Cold War (1945-1991).

　 Click here to use it.

“Japan Times Weekly and Nippon Times Weekly”

　 “The Japan Times Weekly” and itssuccessor, “the Nippon Times Weekly”, are the flagship magazines of the GreaterEast Asia Co-prosperity Sphere. They were printed in color at a time whennewspapers were very scarce.

Click here to use it.

“Chinese Film and Newsreel Scripts from theCultural Revolution Online”

　 “Chinese Film and Newsreel Scripts fromthe Cultural Revolution Online" is an online version of Chinesedocumentary and newsreel scripts from the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).

　 Click here to use it.

From December 1st, Central Library Opening hours are expanded as follows.

Also rules of Library entry reservation for students will change.

※Opening Hours

(Mon-Fri) 9 am - 9 pm / (Sat) 9 am - 4pm /(Sun) 10 am - 4pm

※Libraryentry reservation 

Library entry reservation will be centralized into Yotsuya Campus entry advance  reservation system No library entry reservation is required if you already have made campus entry reservation.

Please referto Loyola “University notice” on November 25^th（Wed.）forthe reservation details.

There is no change for Friends of the Library and Participants of Grief Care Professional Program.

※The Central library will be available to Junior college division students.

Please referto Loyola “University notice” on November 25^th（Wed.）forthe reservation details.

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

１．Request loan of materials: December 8^th- January 4^th

２. Request copy of materials: December 24^th-January 4^{th (**)}

**Request received after 12:00p.m. on December 21^th will be proceeded after January 5^th.

As in the news posted on the university's website, the campus will be closed due to the threat of explosion.
In the same way the library will be temporarily closed after 13:00 on the 11th.
We ask for your understanding and cooperation in this matter.

The library has released a video of a library tour of the main parts of the library.
Library Web site Home>Database search>Web Guide
https://www.lib.sophia.ac.jp/howtosearch?lang=en
If you haven't used the library yet, please refer to it.

The library will open on Sunday from October 18th.
Opening hours on Sundays are from 10:00 to 16:00.

Services are available：
1.　To study
2.　To borrow books（If you are overdue or have penalty, you cannot borrow books)
3.　To use materials stored in the depository (closed stacks)

Services are not available：
1.　Reference service
2.　To renew your loans（please renew your loans by OPAC online service)
3.　To see microfisches and micrfilms
4.　To use reserve books

The library may be closed due to university events, etc.
Please check the library schedule and apply the reservation posted in LOYOLA.

The OPAC system will be temporarily suspended for system maintenance during the following period :
Schedule：2020/10/1(Thu.) 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.

Library Opening hours will change from Monday, September 28.

Monday through Friday  9:00~17:00
Saturday                         9:00~16:00

<to Students>
Those who enroll inface-to-face classes can use the library without reservation. If you come to school just for library use, please be sure to make areservation.
You have to reserve by 12:00 noon the day before the entering date.

We will hold various database workshops atlibrary.This is a chance to become familiar with how to use the databases. Ifyou would like to participate, please apply from "For an application"on the attached calendar.

For an application, Library Workshop calendar(2020.10) .pdf

Library Services suspend due to the Health Check-Up for Students from August 31 to September 7.

The OPAC online service (View loan history etc.) system will be temporarily suspended for campus blackout at Yotsuya Campus during the following period : 2020/8/29 6 P.M. to 2020/8/30 9 P.M.
Users will be able to search the OPAC system during the suspension period, but will not be able to view loan history for materials, etc.

『Oxford ResearchEncyclopedias: Asian History / Religion Online』

This database is a multidisciplinary digital encyclopediaprovided by Oxford University Press.

It is a database that provides highlyreliable articles that are regularly updated by peer-reviewed articles writtenby top researchers in each field.

You can use "Asian History" and"Religion" at our Library.

(You can also use the already subscribing"Encyclopedia of Social Work".)

Select a field from "Browse OxfordResearch Encyclopedias" at the top.

【How to Access】

Library HP HOME>DatabaseSearch>E-Journals/Databases>Biography, Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

The OPAC online service (View loan history etc.) system will be temporarily suspended for campus blackout at Yotsuya Campus during the following period : 2020/8/29 6 P.M. to 2020/8/30 9 P.M.
Users will be able to search the OPAC system during the suspension period, but will not be able to view loan history for materials, etc.