When you search for academic articles, you should use appropriate databases, search tools and reference book.
Journals held in Kobe University Library are searched for by using OPAC. Full-text of some articles is available on the web.
If you cannnot get articels you want in Kobe University, please apply photocopy request service.

Journal Articles

Name・Link Description
Discovery Service With the “Discovery Service,” you can examine Kobe University’s collections and articles from Japan and abroad in one place.
テーマ別検索（Research Navi / NDL） This is a pathfinder provided by the National Diet Library, which offers methods for researching articles and other materials by topic.
Google Scholar Google’s search engine specialized to search for academic information. Some articles have links to full-text.
Publisher’s website The table of contents and text may be made available to the public.

Journal Articles(Japanese)

Name・Link Description Note
CiNii Research This database allows you to cross-search books, journals, academic and doctoral dissertations, research data and project information held by Japanese university libraries. –
J-STAGE This is a database of academic journals and articles published by academic societies and research institutes in Japan. More than 90% of these articles can be viewed and downloaded free of charge. –
ざっさくプラス: 雑誌記事索引集成データベース This database allows you to search for articles and papers published in journals from the Meiji period to the present. Articles from local journals can also be searched. On-Campus access only.
Available until the end of March 2025
NDL Search You can open the search criteria on the search screen and check only “Periodical article etc” to search. You can also search for journal articles in the collections of libraries across Japan with which they have a data linkage. –
NDL Digital Collections This database allows you to search and browse digital materials collected and stored at the National Diet Library. –
大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引総目録[printed] With this catalog, you can search for magazine articles published in popular weekly, women’s, and general interest magazines by person name or uniquely assigned subject. –
大宅壮一文庫雑誌記事索引CD-ROM版 : OMIS[CD-ROM] This is the CD-ROM version of the above catalog. –
Fujisan.co.jp[JPN] You can search the journal’s table of contents on this website. –

Journal Articles(foreign)

Name・Link Description Note
WorldCat This is the largest bibliographic database in the world. You can search various media at the same time. –
Web of Science Core Collection You can search this database for articles published in the highest impact journals worldwide. On-Campus access only
ScienceDirect This database provides articles published in e-journals. You can read their full-text except a part of them. On-Campus access only
Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature This database allows you to search abstract information for general journals published in the U.S. and Canada since 1983. Full text is also included for some articles. On-Campus access only

Doctoral Dissertations

In order to search for dissertations, you should use specialized databases on them.

Name・Link Description
Kernel: Kobe University Repository This is an institutional repository that collects and publishes the academic achievements of Kobe University researchers. By selecting “Thesis”, you can view information and the text of doctoral dissertations submitted to Kobe University.
CiNii Dissertations This database allows you to search for doctoral dissertations submitted to universities and research institutes in Japan. If the full text is published, a link to the full text is provided.
日本博士録[printed] By these books, you can get information on people who received doctoral degree from 1888 (e.g., name, alma mater and doctoral dissertation).
NDL Search You can search by opening the “Refiners” and checking the “Doctoral Dissertations” checkbox.
IRDB: Institutional Repositories Database You can search by selecting the resource type “doctoral thesis” from the Advanced Search.
Open Access Theses and Dissertations Open access electronic theses and dissertations from more than 1,100 universities and institutions are searchable.
Global ETD Search This database allows you to search for electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
The British Library The website of the British Library, the national library of the United Kingdom. There is a link to the catalogue where you can search the collection, and theses are also included in the search.

Reference Management Tools

You can manage references and make reference lists smoothly by using reference management tools like below.

Name・Link Description Note
EndNote online With “EndNote online”, you can import references from databases, make a reference list and share references with associates. You have to register via on-campus network before your first use. On-campus access only
Mendeley “Mendeley” is a free reference management tool. You can manage your academic papers and share information online. –
Zotero “Zotero” is a free reference management tool. You can import a article / website on the Web to the “Zotero” by only 1 click. –