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This site lists e-resources that Sophia University Library subscribes to as well as useful websites selected by the librarians.
■ In principle, access to such services is limited to the faculty, staff, and students of Sophia University. If you are a junior college student, please use the database from the junior college library website.
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This site lists e-resources that Sophia University Library subscribes to as well as useful websites selected by the librarians.
■ In principle, access to such services is limited to the faculty, staff, and students of Sophia University. If you are a junior college student, please use the database from the junior college library website.
■ Please log in to MY OPAC to use the subscribed database.
■ To use the subscribed database from off-campus, you need to connect VPN + MY OPAC.
■ When you search for e-resources, please read "Precautions" carefully before using.
■ Please disable the prefetch function by changing the browser settings when using the electronic resources. Recently, there have been many cases where the link prefetching of a web browser caused unintended large-volume download and access. For more details, please refer to the following : here
■ Please search for individual titles of online journals and e-books from the "e-Resources Access Page".
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朝日新聞クロスサーチ（旧聞蔵Ⅱビジュアル）
- On-Campus or VPN
- Up to 3 Users:Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences | ||
| Description | Asahi Shimbun from 1945,and the journal "AERA". | ||
| User Guide | https://www.asahi.com/information/db/pdf/20220301_xsearch_guide.pdf | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News |
|---|---|
| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences |
| Description | Asahi Shimbun from 1945,and the journal "AERA". |
| User Guide | https://www.asahi.com/information/db/pdf/20220301_xsearch_guide.pdf |
Academic Search Complete(EBSCOhost)
- On-Campus or VPN
- No limit
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles / Electronic Journal | Language | Mainly English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences | ||
| Description | It is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. | ||
| User Guide | https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles / Electronic Journal |
|---|---|
| Language | Mainly English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences |
| Description | It is the world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. |
| User Guide | https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US |
Britannica Academic
- On-Campus or VPN
- no limit
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Dictionaries / Encyclopedias | Language | English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science | ||
| Description | Britannica Encyclopedia online version (English). | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Dictionaries / Encyclopedias |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science |
| Description | Britannica Encyclopedia online version (English). |
CiNii Research(CiNii Articles)
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Domestic articles | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences | ||
| Description | CiNii Articles is a database service which can search of information on academic articles published in academic society journals, university research bulletins or articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database and databases. | ||
| User Guide | https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cia/quickguide | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Domestic articles |
|---|---|
| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences |
| Description | CiNii Articles is a database service which can search of information on academic articles published in academic society journals, university research bulletins or articles included in the National Diet Library's Japanese Periodicals Index Database and databases. |
| User Guide | https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cia/quickguide |
CiNii Books
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Search for other libraries / Useful Website | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences | ||
| Description | CiNii Books is a service that enables searching of information on books and journals that are held in university libraries in Japan. | ||
| User Guide | https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cib/quickguide | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Search for other libraries / Useful Website |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences |
| Description | CiNii Books is a service that enables searching of information on books and journals that are held in university libraries in Japan. |
| User Guide | https://support.nii.ac.jp/en/cib/quickguide |
EBSCOhost
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- No limit
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles | Language | Mainly English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity | ||
| Description | EBSCOhost is a online databases accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, and economics so on. | ||
| User Guide | https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles |
|---|---|
| Language | Mainly English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity |
| Description | EBSCOhost is a online databases accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, and economics so on. |
| User Guide | https://connect.ebsco.com/s/?language=en_US |
Japan Knowledge Lib
- On-Campus or VPN
- No limit : Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Dictionaries / Encyclopedias | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity | ||
| Description | JapanKnowledge Lib is an online web archive that boasts the largest corpus of encyclopedia, dictionaries, reference compilations in Japan.
Please check the recommended usage environment below. https://japanknowledge.com/support/a.html?id=6 |
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| User Guide | https://japanknowledge.com/file/brochure/quickguide_jpn.pdf | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Dictionaries / Encyclopedias |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity |
| Description | JapanKnowledge Lib is an online web archive that boasts the largest corpus of encyclopedia, dictionaries, reference compilations in Japan.
Please check the recommended usage environment below. https://japanknowledge.com/support/a.html?id=6 |
| User Guide | https://japanknowledge.com/file/brochure/quickguide_jpn.pdf |
JSTOR Arts and Science I,Ⅱ,Ⅲ,V,Ⅶ,Ⅷ
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles / Electronic Book / Electronic Journal | Language | Mainly English |
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| Subject | Humanities / Arts / Mathematics / General / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Languages / Literature / Natural Science / Bibliography / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity | ||
| Description | Archives of core journals in the fields of economic, business, humanities, and social sciences, etc. Covers from the first issue to up to 3 or 5 yeas before current issues. | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles / Electronic Book / Electronic Journal |
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| Language | Mainly English |
| Subject | Humanities / Arts / Mathematics / General / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Languages / Literature / Natural Science / Bibliography / Physics / Chemistry / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity |
| Description | Archives of core journals in the fields of economic, business, humanities, and social sciences, etc. Covers from the first issue to up to 3 or 5 yeas before current issues. |
MAISAKU
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- Up to 2 users : Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News | Language | Japanese / English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences | ||
| Description | Mainichi Shimbun (1872～）、Mainichi Dayly News(2008-)、Weekly ECONOMIST(Japaese）（1989.10～） | ||
| User Guide | https://mainichi.jp/contents/edu/maisaku/manual.pdf | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News |
|---|---|
| Language | Japanese / English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences |
| Description | Mainichi Shimbun (1872～）、Mainichi Dayly News(2008-)、Weekly ECONOMIST(Japaese）（1989.10～） |
| User Guide | https://mainichi.jp/contents/edu/maisaku/manual.pdf |
Nexis Uni
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News / Law / Case | Language | Mainly English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science | ||
| Description | Database of newspaper articles from all over the world; You can also search Legal, Business and Medical sources. *For more information about the new Nexis Uni, please click here. |
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| User Guide | https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/support/nexis-uni/default.page | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News / Law / Case |
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| Language | Mainly English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science |
| Description | Database of newspaper articles from all over the world; You can also search Legal, Business and Medical sources. *For more information about the new Nexis Uni, please click here. |
| User Guide | https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/support/nexis-uni/default.page |
NIKKEI Telecom 21
- On-Campus or VPN
- Up to 10 users : Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News / Cooperate and Organization | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences | ||
| Description | The Nikkei Shimbun(1975～) , and major Japanese company and people information. | ||
| User Guide | http://telecom.nikkei.co.jp/public/guide/manual/ | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News / Cooperate and Organization |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences |
| Description | The Nikkei Shimbun(1975～) , and major Japanese company and people information. |
| User Guide | http://telecom.nikkei.co.jp/public/guide/manual/ |
NDL Search
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Search for other libraries / Domestic articles / Electronic Book / Electronic Journal / Useful Website | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences | ||
| Description | NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library.You can request for browsing or copying, and use a variety of other services.You can also search for materials held by libraries in Japan with which has data linked. | ||
| User Guide | https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/en/help/about | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Search for other libraries / Domestic articles / Electronic Book / Electronic Journal / Useful Website |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Philosophy / Religion / Psychology / History / Arts / Languages / Literature / Bibliography / Social Sciences / Political Science / Law / Economics / Business / Statistics / Sociology / Education / Environment / Natural Science / Mathematics / Physics / Chemistry / Biology / Medicine / Nursing / Engineering / Electricity / Information Sciences |
| Description | NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library.You can request for browsing or copying, and use a variety of other services.You can also search for materials held by libraries in Japan with which has data linked. |
| User Guide | https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/en/help/about |
Web of Science
- On-Campus or VPN
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles | Language | Mainly English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science | ||
| Description | It provides researchers, administrators, facaulty, and students with quick powerful access to the world's leading citation databases.
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, covers wide range of peer reviewed journals Data: 1975- available |
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Overseas articles |
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| Language | Mainly English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences / Natural Science |
| Description | It provides researchers, administrators, facaulty, and students with quick powerful access to the world's leading citation databases.
Authoritative, multidisciplinary content covers over 10,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide, covers wide range of peer reviewed journals Data: 1975- available |
YOMIDASU
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- Up to 3 users : Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News | Language | Japanese / English |
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| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences | ||
| Description | Yomiuri Shimbun（1874～）, THE DAILY YOMIURI（1989～）※ | ||
| User Guide | https://yomidas.yomiuri.co.jp/pdf/guidePdf.pdf | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Newspaper articles / News |
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| Language | Japanese / English |
| Subject | General / Humanities / Social Sciences |
| Description | Yomiuri Shimbun（1874～）, THE DAILY YOMIURI（1989～）※ |
| User Guide | https://yomidas.yomiuri.co.jp/pdf/guidePdf.pdf |
医中誌Web
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- Up to 3 users : Log out required
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| Purpose | Useful Databases / Domestic articles | Language | Japanese |
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| Subject | Medicine / Nursing | ||
| Description | 特定非営利活動法人 医学中央雑誌刊行会（略称：医中誌）が作成・運営する、国内医学論文情報のインターネット検索サービス。国内発行の、医学・歯学・薬学・看護学及び関連分野の定期刊行物、のべ約7,500誌から収録した約1,500万件の論文情報を検索することができます。
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| User Guide | https://www.jamas.or.jp/user/guide/ | ||
| Purpose | Useful Databases / Domestic articles |
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| Language | Japanese |
| Subject | Medicine / Nursing |
| Description | 特定非営利活動法人 医学中央雑誌刊行会（略称：医中誌）が作成・運営する、国内医学論文情報のインターネット検索サービス。国内発行の、医学・歯学・薬学・看護学及び関連分野の定期刊行物、のべ約7,500誌から収録した約1,500万件の論文情報を検索することができます。
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| User Guide | https://www.jamas.or.jp/user/guide/ |