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*YNU is contractually obligated to limit access to Online Databases to current YNU students, faculty, staff, and researchers who hold YNU Login IDs.
Remote Access
GakuNin
Some online databases provide shibboleth certification named GakuNin. To check the availability and access way, please see the comment of each databases labeled "GakuNin". You need your YNU Login ID.
SSL-VPN faculty and staff only (excluding part-time teachers)
Please log into the "SSL-VPN Service" provided by Yokohama National University Information Technology Service Center with your YNU Login ID. But, some titles labeled "No remote access" or "VPN connection is now not available" don't provide remote access.
Domestic Databases
聞蔵Ⅱビジュアル (Kikuzo II visual)
【Research tool】 Full-text database containing digitized images of the original format of "朝日新聞" (Asahi Shinbun) (coverage:1945-), with content including articles of "AERA" and "週刊朝日" (Shukan Asahi).- ID/Password for remote access
Login with your YNU Mail accounts to the following links that match your attributes, and get URL, ID and Password for remote access in the detail of the video.
students
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ヨミダス歴史館 (Yomidas Rekishikan)
【Research tool】 Yomidas Rekishikan is the full text database of the Yomiuri shinbun. We YNU member access available the "Heisei & Reiwa Eras section" (Coverage: 1986-present), "The Japan News" (Coverage: 1989-present) and "Contemporary Who's Who." Japanese-language articles from the Yomiuri shinbun are supplemented by English-language articles from the Daily Yomiuri (1989-present). Am image file and biographical sketches (Who’s Who in Japan) of nearly 26,000 contemporary individuals are included in the database.- ID/Password for remote access
Login with your YNU Mail accounts to the following links that match your attributes, and get URL, ID and Password for remote access in the detail of the video.
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JapanKnowledge Lib
【Research tool】 Consists of fully searchable and browsable databases including English-Japanese and Japanese-English dictionaries, "日本国語大辞典"(Japanese dictionary), Encyclopedia Nipponica and Encyclopedia of Japan, articles published in a weekly magazine "エコノミスト"(Ecnomist), collection of Toyo bunko series and other visual and sound databases.
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin Click the "ログインする" button the at upper-right of the scereen → Click "学術認証(シボレス)でのご利用はこちら" → Select "横浜国立大学" and clilck "選択" button →YNU login screen appears.
化学書資料館 (Kagakusho shiryokan)No remote access
【Research tool】 Provides access to materials edited by the Chemical Society of Japan, including "Chemistry Handbook", "Series of Experimental Chemistry" etc.
CiNii Articles
【Bibriographic information】 CiNii Articles is a database service that incorporates and offers academic paper information mainly published in Japan. It also contains a large number of papers for free of charge, and it is open to public use.
eol
【Company data】 Provides access to annual financial reports and prospectus of listed companies.
- ID/Password for remote access
Login with your YNU Mail accounts to the following links that match your attributes, and get URL, ID and Password for remote access in the detail of the video.
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Foreign databases
Web of Science
(VPN connection is now not available)
【Academic Information Portal】 Web of Science is a research platform including tools for finding, analyzing and managing information in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. The major research resources available through the platform include:
- Web of Science Core Collection
- Journal Citattion Reports
Web of Science Core Collection
【Bibriographic information】 Provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references.（coverage:1979-）
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin
Click the "Web of Science".→Select "Japanese Research and education (GakuNin)" in pulldown menu of "Institutional Sign In" and click "Go" button.→Input or select "Yokohama National University" and click "Select" with "Yokohama National University" displayed.→YNU login screen appears. You can use it by logging in.
Journal Citation Reports
【Journal Information】 The Journal Citation Reports is an essential, comprehensive, and unique resource for journal evaluation, using citation data drawn from scholarly and technical journals worldwide in the sciences and social sciences. (coverage: 2004-)
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin
Click the "Web of Science".→Select "Japanese Research and education (GakuNin)" in pulldown menu of "Institutional Sign In" and click "Go" button.→Input or select "Yokohama National University" and click "Select" with "Yokohama National University" displayed.→YNU login screen appears. You can use it by logging in.
EBSCOhost
【Academic Information Portal】Ebscohost is a research platform including following 5 databases.
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin Select "Japanese Research and education (GakuNin)" and click "Go" button → Select "横浜国立大学" →YNU login screen appears.
(EBSCOhost) Academic Search Premier
【Bibriographic information】 This is a multi-disciplinary database that includes citations and abstracts from scholarly publications (journals, magazines and newspapers). Full text is available and searchable for more than half of this database.（coverage:1865-）
(EBSCOhost) Business Source Premier
【Bibriographic information】 Provides full text of business publications, including full text of peer-reviewed business publications.（coverage:1985-）
(EBSCOhost) EconLit
【Bibriographic information】 EconLit, the American Economic Association’s electronic database, is the world’s foremost source of references to economic literature. (coverage: 1969-)
(EBSCOhost) Regional Business News
【Bibriographic information】 Provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States.
(EBSCOhost) Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
【Bibriographic information】 Library, Information Science & Technology Abstract (LISTA) indexes more than 690 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. (coverage:1960's-)
Digital National Security Archive (DNSA)
【Bibriographic information】The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available.
- GakuNin Access the following URL "http://search.proquest.com/shibboleth?accountid=43156", and enter your YNU login ID and PW.
If you can not open PDF files, its cause may your PC environment.
- China and the United States: From History to Engagement, 1960-1998
- Japan and the United States: Diplomatic, Security, and Economic Relations, 1977-1992
- Presidential Directives on National Security,Part I: From Truman to Clinton
- Presidential Directives on National Security,Part 2: From Truman to George W. Bush
- The National Security Agency: Organization and Operations, 1945-2009
- The Soviet Estimate: U.S. Analysis of the Soviet Union, 1947-1991
- The United States and the Two Koreas from Nixon to Clinton
- The US Intelligence Community after 9/11
- The US Intelligence Community 1947-1989
- Terrorism and the U.S. Policy, 1968-2002
- U.S. Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction From World War II to Iraq
- U.S. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy, 1945-1991
Gale eBooks(formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library)
【Research tool】 Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin Jump to the GVRL page, and enter your YNU login ID and PW.
INIS Database
【Bibriographic information】 The INIS database contains bibliographic records about nuclear.（coverage:1970-）
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection
【Academic Information Portal】 The ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (PQDT) database is the world's most comprehensive curated collection of multi-disciplinary dissertations and theses from around the world, offering over 5 million citations and 3 million full-text works from thousands of universities.
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin Access the following URL http://search.proquest.com/shibboleth?accountid=43156, and enter your YNU login ID and PW.
Note: YNU faculty and students are provided PQDT A&I: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection before May 2023, the PQDT Global: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection after June 2023. After by this, not only bibliographic abstracts but also dissertation full texts have been available.
SciFinder Scholor (Please use in Science and Technology Library)
【Bibriographic information】 Electronic version of Chemical Abstracts, the world's largest and most up-to-date collection of chemical information. Covers journal articles, patents, technical reports, books, conference proceedings, and dissertations from around the world. (coverage: 1900-）
Hours: Weekdays 9:00 - 17:00
Location: 1F, Science and Technology Library
User: YNU members only
How to use: You need to register with SciFinder the first time you use SciFinder. After you have registered, use the "login to SciFinder" link and login with your personal SciFinder username and password.
Result of the search: Please bring an USB flash memory. You can save your result of the search to USB flash memory.
Notice: Have no more than 5,000 records downloaded and stored electronically at any time.
House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
【Bibriographic information】 19c HCPP & 20c HCPP.
- VPN connection is now not available
- GakuNin Click the "login" upper right of the screen → Select "横浜国立大学" and click the "選択" button → Enter your YNU login ID and PW.
Lexis
【Legal information】 Provides access to legal documents, court decisions, law reviews, information on intellectual property rights business, analytical sources and public records content.
worldtradelaw.net Dispute Settlement Commentary service
【Legal information】 Summary/analysis of WTO reports/arbitrations.
International Statistical YearbookNo remote access
【Statistical information】 Ecnomic statistics provided by EUROSTAT, OECD, IMF etc.
International Financial Statistics
【Statistical information】 International Financial Statistics (IFS) is a standard source of international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
OECD iLibrary
【Statistical information】 OECD iLibrary is OECD’s Online Library for Books, Papers and Statistics and the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. It replaces SourceOECD, and hosts all content so users can find - and cite - tables and databases as easily as articles or chapters.
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