The library subscribes to various electronic resources (e-journals, e-books, databases, etc.). This page lists such contracted resources and major free resources together as a collection of links.
- Precautions for Using Electronic Resources
Please read the following precautions before using electronic resources.
＞Important: Precautions for using electronic resources
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All campuses including Minami-Osawa, Hino, Arakawa, Harumi, and Marunouchi campus |  |
Available through GakuNin |  |
Open to the public |
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Minami-Osawa campus only |  |
Hino campus only |  |
Arakawa campus only |
- Cross-search
- Search for books and journals
- Search for academic papers and articles
- Search for electronic journals and books
- Search through dictionaries and encyclopedias
- Search for newspaper articles
- Use reference management tools
Cross-search
| 1 | CiNii Research One of the largest academic information search services in Japan. An across-search of academic papers, books, journals, research data, researchers, and other information is available. Includes databases such as former CiNii Articles, CiNii Books, CiNii Dissertations, IRDB, and KAKEN. |
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| 2 | NDL Search Search the holdings and digital materials of the National Diet Library. Searching the holdings of libraries across Japan that have data linkages with the National Diet Library is also available. |
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Search for books and journals
| 1 | CiNii Books Search books and journals held by university libraries in Japan. |
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| 2 | Tokyo Metropolitan Library Search Search across the public libraries collections in Tokyo for their collections, academic papers, and journal articles. |
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Find academic papers and articles
| 1 | Web of Science A database of scholarly literature and citation index for journals in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, provided by Clarivate Analytics. Search via citation information is available. |
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| 2 | EBSCOhost A platform for search full texts, abstracts, and various databases provided by EBSCO, and cross-search of those databases. The eBook Collection is also available. |
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| 3 | Academic Search Complete A full text database of a wide range of fields including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences. It is available on EBSCOhost. |
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| 4 | Business Source Complete A full text database of many documents of economies, management and business. It is available on EBSCOhost. It is available on EBSCOhost. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
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| 5 | MLA International Bibliography A database that indexes documents related to literature, linguistics, and folklore. It is available on EBSCOhost. |
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| 6 | CINAHL Complete A database of nursing and health literature, including healthcare-related books, conference proceedings, and nursing academic papers. It is available on EBSCOhost. |
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| 7 | MEDLINE A searchable database of medical literature related to bioengineering, public health, clinical practice, animal and plant science, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, etc. It is available on EBSCOhost. |
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| 8 | PubMed A literature information database of medical-related fields provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. |
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| 9 | ICHUSHI Web A database of literature information on medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and related fields published in Japan. |
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| 10 | Medical Online Provides literature search and full text of medical society journals and academic journals in Japan, along with information on medical-related services such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices. |
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| 11 | Current Index to Japanese Nursing Literature A database of literature information on nursing and related fields published in journals and bulletins issued in Japan and held by the Japanese Nursing Association Library. |
3 concurrent accesses |
| 12 | Cochrane Library A collection of databases focusing on systematic reviews that are the result of the Cochrane Collaboration. |
1 concurrent access |
| 13 | MathScinet A comprehensive bibliographic and review database covering the world's mathematical literature, provided by the American Mathematical Society. (Contracted by Department of Mathematical Science) |
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| 14 | Magazine Plus One of the largest databases of magazine articles and bibliographies, including general and specialized journals, university bulletins, and foreign journals. |
3 concurrent accesses |
| 15 | Web OYA-bunko Magazine article index search database of Oya Soich Library, which focuses on general-interest magazines. |
1 concurrent access |
| 16 | Toyo Keizai Digital Contents Library A database for searching and viewing of magazines of economics, business and information of companies including Weekly Toyo Keizai, Hitotsubashi business review, Kaisha shikiho, and Shushoku Shikiho. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
*Also available at campuses other than Hino and Arakawa campuses. |
Search for electronic journals and books
| EBSCO Publication Finder A database for bulk searching of electronic journals available at TMU. |
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| 1 | ScienceDirect One of the world's largest electronic journal and book platforms for Elsevier. Full-text access to approximately 2,300 electronic journal titles is available. |
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| 2 | Wiley Online Library Wiley Online Library contains electronic journals and books published by Wiley. Full-text access to approximately 1,500 electronic journal titles is available. |
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| 3 | Springer Nature Link Springer Nature Link contains electronic journals and books provided by Springer Nature. Full-text access to approximately 2,300 electronic journal titles, mostly in the field of STM (Science, Technology, and Medicine) and approximately 50 Palgrave Macmillan Journals titles, mostly in the field of economics. |
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| 4 | Nature Journal Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Chemistry, Nature Digest, Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Neuroscience, and Nature Physics are available. Nature content has been available since 1997, Nature Digest since the first issue in 2004, and the others since 2015. |
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| 5 | Academic Journals on nature.com Access to approximately 40 titles from the most influential medical and scientific societies is offered on nature.com. |
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| 6 | Science Online edition of Science; Issues from 1997 onward are viewable. |
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| 7 | Cambridge Core It contains electronic journals and books published by Cambridge University Press. |
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| 8 | ACM Digital Library It contains over 60 major periodicals by ACM（Association for Computing Machinery）, ACM conference proceedings and SIG（Special Interest Group） newsletters. |
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| 9 | Ovid A cross-search platform for electronic journals and books in the fields of nursing, health sciences, physical therapy, and rehabilitation, provided by Wolters Kluwer. |
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| 10 | Project Euclid Prime Collection subscription on electronic journal platform dedicated to mathematics; 40 titles available. (Contracted by Department of Mathematical Science) |
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| 11 | Early English Books Online (EEBO) A database of about 130,000 early English books published in England (or written and published in English) between 1473 and 1700, in all fields of study. |
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| 12 | The Making of the Modern World (MOMW-I, MOMW-II) A collection of social science academic books digitized from the world's three major economics collections: Goldsmiths, Kress, and Seligman. Approximately 87,000 titles are available. Part I & II are available on NII－REO platform and Part III & IV are available on Gale Primary Sources. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
*Only part I & II are available via GakuNin |
| 13 | House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Contains House of Commons Parliamentary Papers from the 18th to 20th centuries. |
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| 14 | Policy Commons 2025 Open Collection Rescue, preserve, and provide access to grey literature materials such as reports, blog posts, videos, and podcasts from U.S. government agencies facing the deletion of public information and data. Available for a limited time until December 31, 2030. |
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| 15 | J-STAGE The system operated by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) that makes electronic journals published by academic societies in Japan available to the public. |
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| 16 | Oxford Handbooks Online Business & Management Collection (through 2025), Economics & Finance Collection (through 2025), and History Collection (through 2025) are available. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
*Also available at campuses other than Hino and Arakawa campuses. |
| 17 | Routledge Handbooks Online Business & Economics collection (2022-2024) is available. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
*Also available at campuses other than Hino and Arakawa campuses. |
| 18 | Taylor & Francis eBooks A platform with electronic books published by Taylor & Francis. |
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| 19 | Brill A platform with electronic books and journals published by Brill. |
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| 20 | EBSCO eBook Collection An electronic book service that provides access to dictionaries, encyclopedias, specialized books in various fields, business books, general books, etc., mainly academic books, both domestic and international. |
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| 21 | ProQuest Ebook Central An electronic book service for research institutions featuring scholarly books from scholarly publishers and university presses around the world. |
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| 22 | iG Library An electronic book platform with content from mainly Anglo-American academic societies and university publications. Currently, 33 titles in the social sciences are available. |
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| 23 | Maruzen eBook Library An electronic book service provided by Maruzen-Yushodo, specializing in academic books for research institutions. |
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| 24 | KinoDen The eBook service provided by Kinokuniya Bookstore, which offers academic Japanese books. |
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| 25 | Takita Choin kyuzo Kindai sakka genkoshu, Gunsho Ruiju Manuscripts of modern writers in the collection of Takita Choin and Gunsho Ruiju are available for viewing on JKBooks platform. (Contracted by Department of Humanities) |
4 concurrent accesses in total with JapanKnowledge Lib |
| 26 | The ORIENTAL ECONOMIST An English-language economic journal first published in 1934 by TOYO KEIZAI INC. OE1（1934-1945）and OE2（1946－1952）are available for viewing on JKBooks platform. |
4 concurrent accesses in total with JapanKnowledge Lib |
| 27 | History of Japan’s Trade and Industry Policy Online Records the actual industrial policies of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry before and after World War II. The first distribution of the first term “Related Compilation Materials” and the fourth distribution of the first term “Primary Historical Records: Materials Collected by the Commerce and Industry Policy History Publication Society, Postwar Edition” are available. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
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| 28 | Online version of Yuho Bunko Contains mainly rare documentary materials left in "Yuho Bunko," ranging from the Governor-General of Chōsen’s materials to postwar repatriation and overseas property-related materials. Parts III and IV are available. (Contracted by Department of Economic and Business) |
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| 29 | Online version of documents related to Masayoshi Ohira A vast collection of documents left by Masayoshi Ohira, who served as the 68th and 69th Prime Minister of Japan. Ohira's diaries, notebooks, and correspondence, as well as documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and other government agencies, manuscripts for speeches and answers to the Diet, election-related materials, etc. are available. (Contracted by Faculty of Law) |
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| 30 | Online version of documents related to Takeo Miki A vast collection of documents left by Takeo Miki, who served as the 66th Prime Minister of Japan. Policy materials such as diplomatic documents and ministry and party internal documents, as well as materials related to his answers to the Diet, presidential election, its campaign, speeches, speech transcripts, diaries, and notebooks, etc. are available. (Contracted by the Faculty of Law) |
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| 31 | Online version of Minoru Kusuda's papers (Eisaku Sato Prime Minister's Office Documents) Unpublished documents left by Minoru Kusuda, the chief secretary who supported the Eisaku Sato administration (1964-1972). These documents are effectively the "Eisaku Sato Papers," consisting of first-class, top-secret documents from diplomacy to domestic politics. The first phase is available. |
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| 32 | Online version of documents related to Kiichi Miyazawa A vast collection of documents left by Kiichi Miyazawa, who served as the 78th Prime Minister of Japan. Consists of unpublished diaries and memos, diplomatic documents, policy documents within ministries and parties, and original documents such as correspondence with important figures in Japan and abroad. Part IV is available. |
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| 33 | National Diet Library Digital Collections A service for searching and viewing the digital materials collected and stored by the National Diet Library. ▶Click here for more information about the materials provided. |
Search and browse free publication only |
| Database can be accessed by using the specific terminal in the libraries(one each in Central, Hino, and Arakawa Libraries) | ||
Search through dictionaries and encyclopedias
| 1 | JapanKnowledge Lib Cross-search a wide variety of information, including dictionaries and encyclopedias (including foreign editions), magazines, news, and book collections. |
4 concurrent accesses in total with Takita Choin kyuzo Kindai sakka genkoshu, Gunsho Ruiju |
| 2 | Chronological Scientific Tables (Rika Nenpyo Premium) Online version of a data book compiled by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan covering all fields of natural sciences. Contains data from 1925 to the latest annual edition. |
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Search for newspaper articles
| 1 | Nikkei Telecon 21 Searchable articles from Nikkei newspapers and magazines for the past 30 years, as well as information on domestic and foreign companies and personal profiles. |
5 concurrent accesses |
| 2 | Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search Asahi Shimbun is researchable from the first issue (1879). Articles from the weekly magazines AERA, Asahi Weekly, and Chiezo are also searchable. |
3 concurrent accesses |
| 3 | Yomidas Yomiuri Shimbun article database, from the first issue in 1874 to the latest. |
1 concurrent access |
| 4 | Maisaku Search and browse past editions of Mainichi Shimbun pages from its first issue in 1872 to 1999, as well as full text articles from 1987. |
Total 1 access |
| 5 | Tosei Shimpo The electronic version of Tosei Shimpo, a local newspaper dealing with information on the local government of Tokyo. |
Database can be accessed by using the specific terminal in Central library (1 terminal) |
| 6 | Japan Educational Newspaper Article Search Database Contains full-text articles from Japan Educational Newspaper, a national newspaper specializing in education. |
Database can be accessed by using the specific terminal in Central library (1 terminal) |
| 7 | Official Gazette Information Search Service Official gazettes issued on or after May 3, 1947, the day the Constitution of Japan came into effect, to the day of publication (same-day gazettes are available after 8:30 a.m.) can be searched. |
Database can be accessed by using the specific terminal in Central library (1 terminal) |
Use reference management tools
| 1 | Mendeley A tool for storing and managing collected literature and creating reference lists. Institutional version is available for those affiliated with TMU (until the end of March 2027; after April 2027 to be determined). ▶For more information on using the institutional version, please click here. ▶For information on activating the add-ins, please click here. |
Institutional version (Sign-in from off-campus is possible after creating an account.) Free version |
| 2 | EndNote A tool for storing and managing collected literature and creating reference lists. EndNote Online, a version for institutions with Web of Science, is available. ▶For a feature comparison of the institutional and free versions click here. |
Institutional with WoS Version (Sign-in from off-campus is possible after user registration.) Free version |