News

Due to the weak yen and ongoing annual cost increases, the Library has implemented a new strategy to determine journal subscription priority.
While striving to preserve e-journal packages whenever possible, we will also maintain a list of individual journal titles and databases ranked by usage.
This list will be used to determine which titles to continue when there is a budget constraint.
This year, a trial survey will be conducted to examine usage of e-journals that do not provide usage data, and print journals.
The results of this survey will ensure data efficacy, and will be followed by another survey in FY2026 to create a final list for the above purpose in FY2027.

Target: Hitotsubashi University Members *Faculty, staff and students with hit-u.ac.jp email addresses

Survey Titles: About 200 titles of foreign journals

Survey Period: July 10 – July 31, 2025

Vote Here

The Library offers long-term loans for the Spring Vacation.

Period: July 18 ～ September 7, 2025

• This does not include bound periodicals, and “not for loan” items.
• When the expiration date of the student ID card is earlier than the due date, the expiration date will be regarded as the due date.
• The loan period of the Chiyoda Campus Library materials will also be extended on the same schedule.

About Renewal

• Users can renew materials already borrowed into the long-term loan period, unless the materials are overdue or have been reserved by another user.
• Using MyLibrary, users can view their checked-out or reserved items and renew their loans.
• When using MyLibrary, users can renew into the long-term loan period from 9 a.m. on July 18.

ProQuest Central Premium is now available.
This database, provided by ProQuest (Clarivate), offers a wealth of full-text content, including magazines, news sources, trade journals, case studies, market and industry reports, and business cases. The number of accessible journal titles, foreign newspapers, theses, and video content is far greater than the content our library currently subscribes to. Please take advantage of this opportunity.

Number of simultaneous accesses: unlimited
Period: until August 5, 2025
For remote access, please follow the steps here.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE) of Asian History is now available.
The Oxford Research Encyclopedias (OREs) is an online encyclopedia with current, trustworthy peer-reviewed articles.
New topics are added and existing articles are updated every month.
In addition to the 5 subscribed subjects (Business Management, Economics & Finance, International Studies, Political Science, and Psychology), you will also have access to the subject of Asian History for 2 months.

Number of simultaneous accesses: unlimited
Period: 　- Aug. 1, 2025
For remote access, please follow the steps: Home > Research Support > E-Resource Portal > Remote Access

The following electronic resources are now accessible. Please take advantage of this opportunity!

■ Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection
The collection stores and provides grey literature such as reports, blog posts, videos, and podcasts from government agencies facing the removal of public information and data.
Registration is required, but the service is free to use. As we are already registered as an institution, you can use the service on the on-campus network.

Click here for detailed collection information.
Click here for the press release by Coherent Digital.

Number of simultaneous accesses: Unlimited
Remote access: Available.
*Please click here to learn how to access remotely.

In spring-summer semester, the “International Student Help Desk" is now available on the following schedule.
The student staff would support international students with any questions or requests regarding library services. Please feel free to consult the student staff.

Opening hours：　Monday / Friday 13:00-17:00
　　　　　　　　　*May 12th (Mon)-30th (Fri) [spring-summer semester of 2025]
Venue：　　　　　Help desk on the 1st floor of the Library
Supported Languages：　Japanese, English, Korean

Questions include but are not limited to:

• How to find access to certain books or articles,
• How to use the self-checkout machines,
• How to borrow certain reading materials from other institutions,
• How to print electronic files in the library.

We will inform you of contractually amended or cancelled databases and journals from 2025. Check the list below.

• title list (in Japanese)
  ※Please connect to the campus network.

The opening hours of the Help Desk on the first floor of the library are as follows from April 1, 2025.
We thank you for your understanding.
◇Weekdays
・Quarter: 9:30-16:30
・Break: 9:30-12:00, 13:00-16:30

Read and explore over 13,500 eBooks published online from Year 2019 to 2024, subject across Science, Technology, Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences.

• Period : 2025/4/1-2025/9/30
• Publishers : Cambridge University Press, Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Liverpool University Press, et al.
• Not available titles : Cambridge History Series, Cambridge Companion Series, Handbook, Textbook etc.
• Remote access : Available　　※See detail Remote Access

Notice : Any book purchase requests for the applicable titles during this period will be canceled.

Access from ➡　Cambridge Core
※Available titles are marked (include purchased and open access titles)

In the 2025 academic year, we will continue to offer a Public Subsidy Service for Graduate Students’ Interlibrary Loan ( for borrowing books from other universities). Please take advantage of this opportunity.

• For loans only.
• During the academic year (since April 1): up to 5 books per person free.
• The service will end on January 31.
• When our budget will reach the maximum limit, the service will end before January 31.
• Not available for loans from National Diet Library or Overseas Libraries.

You can apply for interlibrary loan from MyLibrary. For details on how to apply, please click here or see Research Guide No. 8 (Borrowing materials from other libraries).