12,000 academic ebooks published from 2017 to 2022 by Cambridge University Press or other partner press are now available. New titles will come up every month.

Partner press: Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Liverpool University Press, etc.

* Some titles are not available even if they are published from 2017 to 2022. Cambridge History Series, Cambridge Companion Series, Handbooks and Textbooks are also not covered.
*As a rule, purchase requests for eligible titles during this period will be cancelled.

ACCESS: Cambridge core
* Titles with this icon are available (including purchased ones).

*Off-campus access is available.
*For remote access, please go to Remote Access

■ Asahi Shimbun Cross Search
All services will be suspended from 17:00 to 24:00 on August 31, 2022 .

■ Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo II Visual
All services will be suspended from 17:00 to 19:00 on August 31, 2022.

* Asahi Shimbun Kikuzo II Visual will end parallel operation on August 31st.

　

〈Schedule〉
9:00-13:00 on Saturday, 27th Aug. 2022 (Japan Time)

〈Suspended service〉
All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)

We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.

[Date] Monday, August 1, 2022 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m.
[Area] Library Entrance, Reading Room

  • This is a video shoot for the IKKYOSAI 2022. This video will be published on the web.
  • There will be no close-up shots of faces but there is a possibility that you will be in the background.
  • Some noise may be generated.

We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.

[Date] Wednesday, July 20, 2022 9:00a.m. – 10:00a.m.

  • This is a video shoot for the IKKYOSAI 2022. This video will be published on the web.
  • There will be no close-up shots of faces but there is a possibility that you will be in the background.
  • Some noise may be generated.

20,000 academic ebooks included in Oxford Scholarship Online are now available. Oxford Scholarship Online provides academic ebooks from Oxford University Press, spanning 27 subject areas. New titles will come up every month.

Oxford Scholarship Online does not cover handbooks, dictionaries and encyclopedias.

The library will cancel ebooks when you send a purchasing request for the title within this package during this period. After the period, titles to be purchased are determined based on the usage reports indicating which titles are the most popular within the university during the period under an EBA model.

ACCESS: 　 https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/
If you would like to search only Oxford Scholarship Online, click a radio button “Oxford Scholarship Online".

How to access off-campus:
Log in to My Library > Remote Access Database Menu (リモートアクセス データベースメニュー) > Database List　(データベースリスト）> Oxford Scholarship Online

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

Period: July 19 – September 5, 2022

Date due
Undergraduate studentsTuesday, September 20, 2022
Graduate students: Books for StudyTuesday, September 20, 2022
Graduate students: Books for Research2 months (as usual)
  • 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 19.

〈Schedule〉
19:00-21:00 on Tuesday, 28th June 2022 (Japan Time)

〈Suspended service〉
All Maruzen eBook Library Services

Due to the maintenance of the compact shelving on the basement floor of the Library Main Building, the following area is not available.
If you wish to use the materials, please ask at the circulation counter.
We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

[Date] June 21, 2022, 9:00-15:00 DONE

[Area] Shelf No. 106-131 on the basement floor of the Library Main Building

  • No. 106 [Foreign Books, Code Classification(Oversize)] 2090:162 – 2500:17:(3)
  • No. 107-130 [Foreign Books, Code Classification]1600:20 – 3240:12:330
  • No. 131 [Foreign Books, Code Classification(Oversize)] 2500:17:(4) – 3130:39

〈Schedule〉
Saturday, June 18, 2022 10:00 – Sunday, June 19, 2022 10:00 (Japan time)

〈Suspended service〉
HERMES-Catalog、HERMES-Search

  • Time of service suspension may change depending on maintenance situation.
  • When the service is not available, a message such as “Service is unavailable" will be displayed when accessing the site.
  • HERMES-Catalog and HERMES-Search are available themselves, but part of search results may not show up. In addition, you may not be able to access content from search results.