The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on May 14 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.
The computer area will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on May 14
2025 contractually amended/cancelled databases and journals
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 computer area will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on April 9
The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on April 9 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.
Help Desk hours changed from April 1, 2025 (9:30~16:30)
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
Access 13,500 eBooks on Cambridge Core (-2025/9/30)
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)
Public Subsidy Service for Graduate Students’ Interlibrary Loan in 2025 is available
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).
Library Guidance for the Spring and Summer quarter of 2025 will be held from Tuesday, April 1st
All Library Guidance is available in Japanese only.
In English, we offer the International Students’ Library Guide.
Library Closed (Mar. 26, 2025)
The Library will be closed for the maintenance on March 26, 2025.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
3/26 (Wed.) Suspension of library online service
Library online service will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We thank you for your understanding.
Date | Time | Service to suspend |
3/26 (Wed.) | 8:00 ~ 13:30 | ・HERMES-Catalog (Online Library Catalog) ・MyLibrary ・Database List ・HERMES-IR ・E-mails with domain names of @lib.hit-u.ac.jp |
- Library will be closed on 3/26 (Wed.).
- Delivery of e-mails from the Library may be delayed.
- Time of service suspension may change depending on situation.
3/13(Thu.)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 |
3/13(Thu.) | 17:30~19:00 | ■Circulation Services ・Checkout / Return / Renew ■Terminals ・OPAC ・HERMES-IR restricted-access collections terminal ・Self-checkout machine |
17:30~19:30 | ■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 |
- The library will close at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 13th.
- New reservations for group study rooms cannot be accepted during service suspension period.
- Time of maintenance may change depending on situation.
- Some electronic resources are available from off-campus.