Database

Title

Oxford English Dictionary Online
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Oxford English Dictionary
Title

Academic OneFile

(GALE )
Access
Category International Journals
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Materials in Linguistics, Sociology, Politics, International Relations, Music, Gender, and many other fields.
Title

CiNii Research
Access
Category Books
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

    Cross Search of 
    following Databases

     • CiNii Books
      Materials in university libraries 
      in Japan
  
     • CiNii Dissertations
      Dissertations in National Diet 
      Library and university libraries 
      in Japan
     
     • IRDB
      Institutional Repositories 
      Database
 
     • KAKEN
      Grant-in-Aid 
      for Scientific Research

   ※ CiNii Research 
        Incorporated Databases

Title

PressReader
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access 3
Content to be searched

More than 7,000 periodicals and newspapers.
Title

British Library
Access
Category Books
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Materials in British Library
Title

Britannica Online Japan
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Encyclopedia Britannica, International yearbook, and modern terms dictionary
Title

Britannica Online
English
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
MyLibrary
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

Britannica dictionary in English
Title

Kenkyusha Online Dictionary
Access
Category Dictionaries
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access 5
Content to be searched

17 kinds of Kenkyusha dictionaries and Daijirin dictionary.
Title

The Japan Times Archives
Access
Category Newspapers
Location (on/off campus) On campus
SSL-VPN
Concurrent access 1
Content to be searched

The oldest English-language newspaper in Japan. 
*New content is added every year.

These archives are useful for following research:

  • East Asia Geopolitics
  • History
  • Politics/History of Japan
  • Japanology
  • Military History
  • Media History/Journalism
  • Newspapers Research
Title

National Diet Library
NDL-Search
Access
Category Books
Location (on/off campus) On campus
Off campus
Concurrent access -
Content to be searched

NDL Search allows you to search for materials and digital materials held by the National Diet Library,
You can request for browsing or copying, and use a variety of other services.
You can also search for materials held by libraries in Japan with which has data linked.

Off-campus access to the electronic resources

These databases and e-journals belong to publishing companies with which Kansaigaidai University has contracts.
We ask you to use them properly.

  • How to access databases for whoever has ID& password of Kansaigaidai University

    Please  log in  and visit MyLibrary in User Service on the right hand side of the library website.
    The following are available.
    • JapanKnowledge　(concurrent access is possible by 4)
    • Britannica online Japan
    • Britannica Online English
    • Britannica Online French
    • Britannica Online Spanish
    • PressReader（concurrent access is possible by 3）
    • Nikkei BP Academic
    • Academic OneFile (Gale)
    • Research Library (ProQuest)
    • JSTOR
    • Business Source Premier(EBSCO)
    • MLA International Bibliography(EBSCO)

 

  • How to access databases for full-time faculty

    Limited to full-time faculty!
    SSL-VPN connection is available for full-time faculty (only at Nakamiya campus)
    To connect SSL-VPN, you should apply for it at the Library & Media Center.
    Please visit the Library & Media Center with your laptop computer
    On connecting SSL-VPN, you can access from off campus all the databases as listed below.

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To the users

  • It is the responsibility of individual users to ensure their use of electronic resources does not breach the terms and conditions specified in the license agreements.
  • Breaches of the university's contractual arrangements with publishers could result in the suspension of access to the resources for all Kansaigaidai University students and faculty.
  • Users can download or print out what they need, except when a publisher sets a limit to it.
  • Downloading an extraordinary volume of data is not permitted.
  • When you cannot access to a database, which has a limit on concurrent access, please wait and try again later.
  • When finished using, please log out.

Please contact staff at check-out counter when you have a question.

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