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JapanKnowledge Lib is an online database of major dictionaries and encyclopaedias, as well as databases for weekly journals and books etc.

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Gale’s premier periodical resource, Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources, including videos from BBC Worldwide Learning to thousands of podcasts and transcripts from CNN.
It includes more than 11,000 peer-reviewed journals (more than 8,000 in full text), and major reference sets including Gale Encyclopaedia of Science and Encyclopaedia of World Biography.

★Manual（Japanese/PDF） / Manual（Japanese/Movies）

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General OneFile is a one stop source for general interest content coming from news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics: business, computers, current events, economics, education, environmental issues, health care, hobbies, humanities, law, literature and art, politics, science, social science, sports, technology, and many general interest topics.
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Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature – scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine social sciences and arts and humanities.

★Manual（PDF） / SCOPUS Help

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Cochrane Library is a collection of databases in medicine and other healthcare specialties provided by the Cochrane Collaboration and other organisations.

★Manual（Japanese/PDF） / Cochrane Library Training

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PubMed is a free database accessing the MEDLINE database of citations, abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics, and include a link to the full-text.

★Please use exclusive PubMed URL of Nagasaki University.
By accessing PubMed through exclusive URL for Nagasaki University, you will be available to e-journal from search results. Those users accessing PubMed from the general “pubmed.gov” URL will not benefit from the Library’s LinkOut feature.
◎Exclusive URL：https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=ijpnulib
When you access to the full text, click the following icon in search results.　

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JSTOR provides access to academic journal articles.

Collections available at Nagasaki University:
■Arts & Sciences I Collection
This collection includes core journals in economics, history, political science, sociology, and humanities & social sciences.
■Arts & Sciences II Collection
This collection includes core journals in economics, history, archaeology, classics, and areas studies (Latin American, Middle Eastern, Slavic, African, and Asian).
■Arts & Sciences III Collection
　This collection includes core journals in language & literature, music, film studies, folklore, performing arts, religion, art & art history, and architecture & architectural history.

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The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (RAI) is the world’s longest-established scholarly association dedicated to the furtherance of anthropology (the study of humankind) in its broadest and most inclusive sense.

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Empire Online is a powerful and interactive digital resource, enabling undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and researchers to explore colonial history, politics, religion, culture and society.

＜Five thematic sections＞

●Section I: Cultural Contact, 1492-1969
●Section II: Literature and Empire
●Section III: The Visible Empire
●Section IV: Religion and Empire
●Section V: Race, Class, Imperialism and Colonialism, c.1607-2007

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A wide range of sources, by writers, diplomats, tourists, businessmen, missionaries and others, documenting the political, cultural and social history of Japan from 1400 to the 20th century.

Highlights include:

＊Medieval manuscripts relating to Japan, including an account by Marco Polo
＊The logbook of William Adams (1564-1620), alias Miura Anjin, the first Englishman known to have visited Japan
＊The journals, printed articles and other papers of William Elliot Griffis (1843-1928), American author, teacher and educational reformer in Japan


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■Asian Journals: The Anglo-Japanese Gazette
■Asian Journals: The Eastern World
■East Meets West: Parts One to Three
■Japan Through Western Eyes

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International Nuclear Information System（INIS） is a bibliographic database devoted to the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology.
INIS is operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in collaboration with its Member States and co-operating international organizations.

★Manual（Japanese/PDF）

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“CiNii Articles” is a database service that enables searching of information on academic articles published in academic society journals or university research bulletins. Access to the full text is also available.

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“Ichushi-Web” is an exhaustive collection of Japanese biomedical literature.
Data in the “Ichushi-Web” are collected from a wide range of sources, such as journals published by academic societies, professional journals published by medical publishers, bulletins released by schools, and research reports published by public and private organizations and institutions.

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☆Igaku chuo zasshi vol.1（1903） ～ vol.410（1983） provided by the digital archives of the National Diet Library. （Japanese Only）↓↓
http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1866385?tocOpened=1

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“Medical Online” is a fulltext database of medical journals published in Japan. This collection contains more than 1,200 journal titles.

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※Do not redistribute of data and the systematic download using computer programs is strictly prohibited.

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“Saishin Kango Sakuin Web” is a database for journal articles about nursing and other healthcare specialties.
Access to the full text of “Nihon Kango Gakkai Ronbunsyu” journal is also available.

★About “Saishin kango sakuin Web”（Japanese）

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“Nikkei Telecom” is a database of economic field presented by Nihon Keizai Shimbun digital media Co.

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〈Westlaw Japan〉 product is comprehensive Japanese legal online service with innovative features by combining unique database technologies of Thomson Reuters and Westlaw, as well as legislation and cases contents of Shinnippon Hoki Shuppan.

★Manual（Japanese）

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eol is a source of databases that provide company information (with some records going back as far as 1961) mainly concerning Japanese domestic listed companies.

【List of Contents】

■Company Attribution Information
Company basic information, latest Yuho direct link, earnings (consolidated basis), financial status and cash flow (consolidated basis), history of company information, and other benchmarks

■Market Information
Stock price information, IPO (initial public offering) information, stock issue information, Nikkei stock average, foreign exchange

■Financial Information (dating back to as long ago as 1989)
Macro analysis data (summarized financial statements), microanalysis data (full financial statements)

■Original Data (dating back to as long ago as 1961)
Disclosure material based on Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, Stock exchange disclosure documents, Press releases

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A database of international affairs, Japanese text only.
And an online journal ‘Kokusai Mondai (International Affairs)’ are also available.

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A database for the materials of The Japan Research Institute for Local Government (Chiho Jichi Sogo Kenkyujo), Japanese text only.

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“Web OYA-bunko” is a magazine article index search database of Soichi Oya Bunko.

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Nagasaki University’s Academic Output SITE (NAOSITE) is the Nagasaki University’s Institutional Repository.
NAOSITE provides and stores the collections of bulletins, dissertations, publications, technical papers, and presentations, which are made by researchers belonging to the Nagasaki University, as a digital library.
Every item is accessible for free. No registration is required.

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CiNii Dissertations is a database service that lets you search for information on dissertations written for doctoral degrees in Japan conferred by Japanese Universities and the National Institute for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation.
The search function uniformly covers dissertations made available in repositories of universities and other academic institutions in Japan as well as those archived in the National Diet Library.

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JapanKnowledge Lib is an online web archive that boasts the largest corpus of encyclopedia, dictionaries, reference compilations, and periodical resources (approximately 50 different sources) in Japan.

【Contents】　
　
■Encyclopedia
　・Complete Japanese Encyclopedia (Encyclopedia Nipponica)
　・Sekai Daihyakkajiten (Heibonsha’s World Encyclopedia)
　・Encyclopedia of Japan
■Japanese
　・Digital Dai-ji-sen Japanese Dictionary
　・Shogakukan Unabridged Dictionary of the Japanese Language
　　　　…etc.
■History and Place Names
　・Encyclopedia of Japanese History
　・Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Place Names
　　　　…etc.
■English
　・Shogakukan Random House English-Japanese Dictionary
　・Shogakukan Progressive English-Japanese Dictionary (5th Edition)
　　　　…etc.

and many others

★Manual・Contents List（PDF） / Manual（Movie）

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JapanKnowledge Lib is an online web archive that boasts the largest corpus of encyclopedia, dictionaries, reference compilations, and periodical resources (approximately 50 different sources) in Japan.

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■The Biographical Dictionary of Japan　
■Dictionary of Japanese Fictional and Legendary Characters (New Edition)　
■Bibliography of Japanese Biographies

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A newspaper database for Nihon Keizai Shinbun. Includes contents of 210,000 person information on 5,100 companies and central government office, economy, trade group, Diet member. In addition, the company information of main 30,000 companies are also searchable.

★Manual（Japanese）

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A newspaper database for Yomiuri Shinbun. It includes contents of person information of Japanese and international key persons (including some deceased).

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A newspaper database for Asahi Shinbun from 1985 to the present. Two weekly magazines, Aera and Shu-kan Asahi, and an annual new-word dictionary Chiezo, and The Asahi Shimbun reduced-size collective edition（1945-1999）are also available.

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A newspaper database for Yomiuri Shinbun from 1874 to the present.

【Contents】

■読売新聞 （1874-present）
■The Japan News （1989-present）
■現代人名録

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The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Nikkei industry newspaper, Nikkei MJ( circulation newspaper), Nikkei finance newspaper are available for the past 30 years. In addition, A newsflash and company information and person information are also available.

★Manual（Japanese）

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A newspaper database for Nishinihon Shinbun from 1989 to the present.

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It is available to search Nagasaki Shimbun articles from July 10, 1999 to the present.　

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A newspaper database for Ryukyu Shimpo from 1998 to the present.

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A newspaper database for Kahoku Shimpo from August 1991 to the present.

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Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.

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EndNote Basic is a web-based bibliographic tool provided by Thomson Reuters that can help you manage and streamline your research.

★Before using EndNote Basic for the first time, you need to register your account within the IP address range of Nagasaki University.
After your account has been established you can access from off-campus.
Please access the registration page and enter required information.
You will need to login at on-campus once every 12 months.

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Mendeley is a free reference manager.
You manage citations and PDFs using a desktop client or through your account on mendeley.com.
Mendeley also includes plugins for Word or OpenOffice, so you can easily create citations and/or bibliographies as you write your papers.

★Before using Mendeley for the first time, you need to register your account.
Please access the registration page and enter required information.

★Manual（Japanese/PDF）

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A database for the healthcare workers, Japanese text only.
You can easily search the information about the most effective treatments based on the latest results of research.

★Manual（Japanese）

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Visible Body is application for human anatomy, including interactive anatomy models and 3D physiology animations and so on.

★App Download Page

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Journal Citation Reports (JCR) provides information about academic journals in the natural sciences and social sciences, including impact factors.
Impact Factor is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year.

★How to search the impact factor（Japanese/PDF）

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SciFinder is a research discovery databases that contain literature from many scientific disciplines including biomedical sciences, chemistry, engineering, materials science, agricultural science, and more.

SciFinder-n is available. (From April 1, 2020)

★Before using SciFinder Web for the first time, you need to register for an account.
Please access the registration page and enter required information and specify a username and password.
You must input an e-mail address with “nagasaki-u.ac.jp” e-mail domain.

★SciFinder User Guide（Japanese） / Manual

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A database for the Official Gazette, Japanese text only. 　
You need a special username and password for access. Click this icon displayed lower. You can get username and password.(On-Campus Only)

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A database for the materials about prefectural statistics, Japanese text only.

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You can search across the databases in Academic Research Database Repository.

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A collection of databases providing access to Bills, Command Papers and House of Commons Papers printed between 1688 and the 2004 session.

★Manual（Japanese）

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Oxford Bibliographies is comprehensive database of expert knowledge by Oxford University Press.
It delivers selective guides to the most important scholarly and scientific literature in major fields of study. 3 modules　(Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology) are available.