Due to the facility maintenance, The Reading Room will be closed.

　December 7, 2023 (Thursday)

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

→The Reading Room has opened at 15:00. Please use the room until 21:30.

De Gruyter eBooks is now available.
Approximately 66,000 English e-books provided by De Gruyter.
Titles from De Gruyter-owned publishers and partner publishers, mainly University Press in North America, are also included.

Period: – December 15, 2023

*Off-campus access is available. Please log in to “Hitotsubashi Authentication System Single Sign-On" when accessing from off-campus.

It is a comprehensive database that aggregates four major interdisciplinary databases provided by Clarivate (formerly ProQuest) and enables cross-search from a single entry point. A wide variety of content including journals, e-books, videos, newspapers, and dissertations.

Access: ProQuest One Academic
Period: -December 15, 2023

■ProQuest Central
One of the world’s largest academic bibliographic databases. It comprehensively contains contents in 175 fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Provides 13,000 academic journal titles, 4,000 trade and general interest journal titles, 1,400 current newspapers, working papers, market research reports, etc.

■ProQuest Dissertation & Theses (PQDT) Global
A dissertation database containing approximately 5.7 million records of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses accepted by more than 4,100 universities in 100 countries, including 3.2 million full-text records.

■Academic Video Online (AVON)
79,000 video streaming service. It contains various types of videos on a wide range of fields, including documentaries, interviews, performances, and field recordings.

  • Content cannot be downloaded as it is provided in streaming format only.

■Academic Complete
An e-book collection of 230,000 basic academic books. This database is available for use, even before trial.

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*Off-campus access is available.
*For remote access, please refer to “Remote Access”

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

Period: December 11 – 26, 2023

Date due
Undergraduate studentsFriday, January 12, 2024
Graduate students: Books for StudyFriday, January 12, 2024
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 December 11.

The Library will be closed on the following schedule for University events.

　　December 3, 2023 (Sunday)

For borrowed/reserved materials due on closing day, the due date will be extended to next opening day.

　　December 3 (Sunday) -> December 4 (Monday)

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

The Library will be closed on the following schedule.

  • November 24 – 26, 2023 (Friday – Sunday)

The library will be closed for Ikkyosai.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

〈Schedule〉
9:00-13:00 on Saturday, 25th Nov. 2023 (Japan Time)

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

The computer area on the 1st floor will be unavailable due to routine maintenance on November 8 from 1 pm until closing time.
We thank you for your understanding.

Asahi Shimbun Cross Search"Overseas Editions 1935-1945″

The Asahi Shimbun digitized the “Overseas Editions" published from 1935 to 1945 covering such as Taiwan and Korea in colonies. Please see in detail.

Period: – January 31, 2024

*Off-campus access is available. Please log in to “Hitotsubashi Authentication System Single Sign-On" when accessing from off-campus.

Due to University events, The Reading Room will be closed.

December 1, 2023 (Friday)

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.