Due to Typhoon No. 14, opening hours of library might change on September 18-19.

  1. If an alarm is issued in Kunitachi City as of 7:00 a.m.
    The library will be temporarily closed from the regular opening time until 1:00 p.m.
  2. If an alarm is issued in Kunitachi City as of 11:00 a.m.
    The library will be temporarily closed from 1:00 p.m. to the regular closing time.
  3. If an alarm is issued in Kunitachi City at 1:00 p.m.
    The library will be temporarily closed from 3:00 p.m. to the regular closing time.
  4. If an alarm is issued in Kunitachi City at 3:00 p.m.
    The library will be temporarily closed from 5:00 p.m. to the regular closing time.

cf. 土日・祝日に警報等が発令された場合の附属図書館の開館、閉館について (Japanese ONLY)

Thank you for your cooperation.

Taylor ＆ Francis eBooks now available.　

More than 100,000 eBooks from a variety of publishers are available, including Routledge for the humanities and social sciences, and CRC Press for the science and technology sector.
*All titles are available for a limited time including contents not contracted by the university.
*Titles in the trial are not available for download in PDF, but only for online viewing and printing.

Period: – December 31, 2021
*Off-campus access is available.
*For remote access, please go to Remote Access.

We will shoot a video inside the library as follows.

[Date] Tuesday, September 7, 2021 11:00 – 12:00

  • This is a video shoot for the IKKYOSAI 2021. 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.

〈Schedule〉
9:00-13:00 on Saturday, 25 Sep. 2021 (Japan Time)

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

The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on September 8 from 1pm until closing time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.

Library services will be unavailable due to network devices update. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Date Time Services stop
8/26（Thu.） 9:00 ～ 10:30 ・PCs
9:00 ～ all day ・1284Wireless in the library
10:00 ～ 10:30 ・OPAC
・External users PC
・HERMES-IR restricted-access collections terminal
・Card-operated Printers
・Self-checkout machine
・NDL Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries
9/3（Fri.） 9:00 ～ all day ・PCs
13:00 ～ around 14:00
（it may stop intermittently until around 17:00.）		 ・OPAC
・External users PC
・HERMES-IR restricted-access collections terminal
・Card-operated Printers
・Self-checkout machine
・NDL Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries
（Following is online services）
・HERMES-Catalog
・Database List
・HERMES-IR（Except login to HERMES-IR）
・E-mail with domain names of @lib.hit-u.ac.jp
13:00 ～ around 15:00
（it may stop intermittently until around 17:00.）		 ・MyLibrary（including off-campus access to e-resources）
・Search results of HERMES-Search
・Login to HERMES-IR
13:00 ～ all day ・1284Wireless in the library
  • Delivery of e-mails from the Library would be delayed.
  • HERMES-Search is available, but part of search results (e-resource accessible via MyLibrary) may not show up.
  • Time of service suspension may change depending on the situation of work.

We will reduce the number of library circulation counters from 10:00 to 10:30 on 8/26(Thu.) and from 13:00 to 14:00 on 9/3(Fri.). Therefore, it may take some time before the turn comes. Please avoid using circulation counters on the above time.

The Dong-a Ilbo(dongA.com）is now available.
It is one of the three major newspapers in Korea

Period: – September 30, 2021

*Off-campus access is not available.

KISS（Koreanstudies Information Service System） is now available.
It is a comprehensive academic information database in Korea

Period: – October 31, 2021

*Off-campus access is not available.

ProQuest Primary Resources now available.　Database of primary sources provided by ProQuest.


The contents you can access listed below.

Period: – September 30, 2021

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

Library online services will be unavailable due to system maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Date and timeServices stop
2021/9/1 (Wed.) 8:00 ～ 14:00・HERMES-Catalog (Online Library Catalog)
・MyLibrary (including off-campus access to e-resources)
・Database List
・Search results of HERMES-Search
・HERMES-IR
・E-mail with domain names of @lib.hit-u.ac.jp
  • Library will be closed on September 1, 2021.
  • Delivery of e-mails from the Library would be delayed.
  • Time of service suspension may change depending on the situation of work.
  • HERMES-Search is available, but part of search results (e-resource accessible via MyLibrary) may not show up.