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.
This database allows you to cross-search books, journals, academic and doctoral dissertations, research data and project information held by Japanese university libraries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
