The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on May 10 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.
The computer area will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on May 10
Notice: Video Shooting (May 2)
We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.
[Date] Tuesday, May 2, 2023 12:30 – 13:15
[Place] Reading Room
- This is a video shoot for class(PACE). This video will not be available to the public.
- 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.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Scheduled downtime for JapanKnowledge Database maintenance on May. 27
〈Schedule〉
9:00-13:00 on Saturday, 27th May. 2023 (Japan Time)
〈Suspended service〉
All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)
5/1(Mon.)17:30～19:30 Suspension of library service
Library service will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We thank you for your understanding.
| Date | Time | Service to suspend |
| 5/1（Mon.） | 17:30～19:30 | ■Circulation Services ・Checkout / Return / Renew ■Terminals ・OPAC ・HERMES-IR restricted-access collections terminal ・Self-checkout machine ■Online Services ・HERMES-Catalog ・MyLibrary ・Database List ・Part of search results of HERMES-Search ・HERMES-IR ・E-mails with domain name @lib.hit-u.ac.jp |
- Time of maintenance may change depending on situation.
- New reservations for group study rooms cannot be accepted during service
suspension period. - Some electronic resources are available from off-campus.
[FINISHED]NOTICE : Elevators Repair Work
Due to repair work, the elevators in the Library Main Building will be out of service for about 2 hours during the following schedule.
There may also be some noise.
[Schedule] Monday,April 24, 2023, 10:00 – 15:00
UNDECIDED
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation.
[UPDATED on April 24, 2023 5pm]
The completion time of the repair work has not yet been determined.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
[UPDATED on April 24, 2023 5:30pm]
It has been finished.
Notice of photographing (April 25, 2023)
We will photograph inside the library as follows.
[Date] Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 8:40 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
[Place] Library Main Building 2nd Floor, Reading Room
- This is a photographing for the Hitotsubashi University Foundation Website. This photograph will be available to the public.
- 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.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Notice: Video Shooting (May 6)
We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.
[Date] Saturday, May 6, 2023 13:00 – 15:00
[Place] Library Main Building 1st floor, 2nd floor and Reading Room
- This is a video shoot for the campus tour of KODAIRA Festival 2023. This video will be available to the public.
- 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.
- The Reading Room is closed on this day. It will not be available.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Information For New Faculty Members 2023
The Hitotsubashi University Library provides a variety of services to support your educational and research activities. We have compiled the following information for you to make use of library services.
Using the Library
For general information about library use, please refer to the pamphlet “Hitotsubashi University Library English Guide“. For details, please see the “Services" page on the library website.
A Staff ID card is required to use the library. Please bring it with you when you visit the library.
To use the copy machine for only faculty members in the library, you will need an IC card. Please apply for one in advance at the Respective Offices of Graduate Schools to which you belong.
Please also refer to the “Information For New Students 2023" on the library website as appropriate.
Obtaining Academic Information
- Library materials and electronic resource content can be searched using HERMES-Search.
- HERMES-Search is available from the search box in the center of the library website.
- Electronic resources available at the University are listed below.
- For more information about remote access from off-campus, please click here.
- Juris and Lexis are available from off-campus by issuing an ID and password.
- There are other libraries on campus, including the Institute of Economic Research Library, the Research Centre for Information and Statistics of Social Science, the Center for Historical Social Science Literature, and the Chiyoda Campus Library.
If the materials you need are not available on campus, you may (A) submit a purchase request or (B) use materials held by other university libraries.
(A) Book Purchase Requests
Books purchased via Faculty Purchase Requests become “library assets" which is available for all users of the Library. Requests to purchase books for classes are also accepted. Click here for more information about purchasing library books.
Books purchased with your own research funds and for your own exclusive use will be purchased through your Respective Offices of Graduate Schools. Please contact the Respective Offices of Graduate Schools for procedures.
If you wish to purchase new journals, e-journals, or databases, please consult with the library committee of the graduate school you belong to.
(B) Using materials held by other libraries
Click here to request photocopies or Interlibrary Loan.
Click here to visit other libraries.
Educational Support
Library Guidance for Students
Various types of guidance are provided mainly for students on how to use the library and how to find academic information. On-demand guidance is also provided for seminars and class units.
Click here for a list of guidance sessions scheduled for the spring and summer semesters of 2023.
Reserve Books
Click here for information about the Reserved Books service, in which library materials designated for classes are placed on the first floor of the Main Library for a limited period of time for in-library use only.
Use of Copyrighted Works in Class
Article 35 of the revised Copyright Act came into effect on April 28, 2020, and the “Compensation System for Public Transmission for Educational Purposes" was launched. The University participates in the “Compensation System for Public Transmission for Educational Purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted materials in class, please refer to this page. The library provides consultation services when using contents such as e-journals, e-books, and databases that the University subscribes to for use in classes.
Graduation Theses Donation
The library holds the students’ graduation theses, and they are available for our university students and faculty members only. If students wish to donate their thesis, faculty members may donate to the library. (Students cannot donate their own thesis directly.) Please contact the Library Affairs Section after confirming that the prescribed “Thesis Information Form" (available at the Educational Affairs Division/CELS) is attached on the students’ thesis.
Support for Dissemination of Research Results
We supports the dissemination of research results. If you publish a paper, please make it available on HERMES-IR, and if you publish a book, please make it available on “Hitotsubashi University Faculty Books".
HERMES-IR (Hitotsubashi University Institutional Repository)
HERMES-IR is an electronic repository of knowledge that disseminates the results of Hitotsubashi University’s education and research activities (full-text articles, etc.) to the world via the Internet. Hitotsubashi University established the Hitotsubashi University Open Access Policy on October 19, 2009. Please submit academic papers, doctoral dissertations, working papers, reports of scientific research results, conference papers, etc. to “HERMES-IR".
Books by Hitotsubashi University Faculty Members
Books by Hitotsubashi faculty members and emeritus professors are introduced as “Books by Hitotsubashi Faculty" on the university website. When you publish a book, please donate it to the library. Please also send us an introduction of your own book by email. We will introduce it together with the cover image. Donated books will be displayed for a certain period of time in the “Corner for Donated Books Written by University Faculty" section on the 2nd floor of the Main Building to keep library users informed of research results for many years to come.
Contact us
Various inquiry forms are available on the library website. Please use these forms as much as possible except in emergencies.
The computer area will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on April 12
The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on April 12 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.
13,000+ Cambridge Core eBooks Available (-2023/9/30)
13,000 academic ebooks published from 2017 to 2022 by Cambridge University Press or other partner press are now available.
Partner press: Boydell & Brewer, Edinburgh University Press, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Liverpool University Press, etc.
* 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