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.

The other day, there was a fraudulent access of mass downloading to the database of the university contract. The database is an information asset that stores important data such as newspaper articles, journal articles or corporate data. Therefore, the companies that provide the database take individual security measures. Not only is the act of searching and downloading a large amount of data in a short period of time prohibited, but it may also lead to the misunderstanding that it is attacking the database.

The contents of terms of service and use conditions, etc. vary depending on the provider, but generally, the following acts are prohibited.

Any serious breach of these requirements will result in the online service(s) being interrupted not only for the individual but for the whole university system. All users are requested to refer to the contents of the User Regulations, Terms and Conditions, and User Agreement, etc., before accessing to such data.

1）Use for any purpose other than personal academic research and education
2）Reproduction and redistribution to a third person.
3）The thing which downloads a great deal of files together (Even manual is bad.)
4）Downloading material in a way that breaches copyrights, such as downloading entire volumes or issues or revising downloaded materials

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).