Article & Information Databases
Article & Information Databases
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This is a list of databases available in Hokkaido University for searching for scholarly articles and information, the subjects of which are mainly related to engineering.
List of Databases at a Glance
By clicking a database name, you will move to the database's web site.
(Exception: the link of "SciFinder Scholar" will guide you to the page made by the Central Library that describes how to set up the database software)
By clicking "Details" in the Note column, you will move down to a description of each database on this page.
| Database Name | Type | Country | Subject | Note | |
|
JDreamII (In Japanese Only) |
Index, Abstract, and Patent Database | Domestic and Foreign | Science and Technology (General) | On-Campus Use Only | |
| ISI Web of Knowledge (an integrated Web-based platform of the four DBs below) * Web of Science * Current Contents Connect * Journal Citation Reports * Derwent Innovations Index |
Bibliographic Information, Abstract, Citation, Table of Contents, Journal Information, and Patent Database | Foreign | General | On-Campus Use Only | |
| INSPEC | Index and Abstract Database | Foreign | Physics, Electric Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, etc. | On-Campus Use Only | |
| SciFinder Scholar | Index, Abstract and Information Database | Foreign | Chemistry and Others (Medicine, Biochemistry, Physics, Engineering, etc.) | On-Campus Use Only | |
| INIS Database | Index, Abstract and Full-text Database | Foreign | Nuclear Science and Technology | On-Campus Use Only | |
| Nuclear Science Abstracts | Index, Abstract and Full-text Database | Foreign | Nuclear Science and Technology | Open Access | |
| 化学書資料館 (Kagakusho Shiryokan) (In Japanese Only) | Information Database | Domestic | Chemistry | On-Campus Use Only | |
| Wiley E-Books | Electronic Books Collection | Foreign | Computer Science, Life Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, etc. | On-Campus Use Only | |
| Elsevier ScienceDirect E-Books (Computer Science) | Electronic Books Collection | Foreign | Computer Science | On-Campus Use Only | |
| Springer Computer Science Package | Electronic Books Collection | Foreign | Computer Science | On-Campus Use Only | |
Other Databases (database list by the Central Library)
Descriptions of Databases
Descriptions of the databases on the above list are as follows.
Consult "Help" pages of each database for further details or how to use it.
(Pamphlets are provided for some databases in the library.)
| Database Name | Subject | Description | Coverage |
| JSTPlus | Science and Technology (General) | * Papers, reviews, and informative articles published in scholarly journals and proceedings, etc. are included. * Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found. (some items have no abstracts) * Abstracts and keywords are written in Japanese. (including foreign items) |
1981-Current |
| JST7580 | 1975-1980 | ||
| JMEDPlus | Medicine, Pharmacology, Biological Sciences, etc. | 1981-Current | |
| JSTPatM | Unified database of patents and documents | Both patent information (= Kokai Tokkyo Koho; an official gazette published by the Japan Patent Office) and science and technology document information (= JSTPlus, JMEDPlus) can be retrieved together. | * Patents: 1993-Current (technology information only; rights information not included) * Documents: 1981-Current |
| MEDLINE | Medicine and its related fields. | *Papers, reviews, and informative articles published in scholarly journals and proceedings, technical reports, etc. are included. *Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found. (some items have no abstracts) *Bibliographic information and abstracts are written in English. However, keywords alone can be searched in Japanese. |
1966-Current |
| 医学薬学予稿集全文データベース (Igaku Yakugaku Yokoshu Zenbun Database) | Medicine, Pharmacology, Nursing | * Preprints of scholarly journals, proceedings, etc. are included. * Full text of the preprints is available. |
1999-Current |
| Database Name | Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Web of Science | General | * It coveres major scholarly journals, and consists of three databases below. - Science Citation Index Expanded (1980-present) - Social Sciences Citation Index (1980-present) - Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1980-present) * Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found. (some items have no abstracts) * You can also search for cited references and citing articles of any item from your search result. |
1980-Current |
| Current Contents Connect | * It coveres major scholarly journals, new publications, and scholarly Web sites. * Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found. (some items have no abstracts) * Besides, you can view tables of contents of the journals. * Through Web contents search, you may obtain open access materials and preprints. |
1998-Current | |
| Journal Citation Reports | * It coveres major scholarly and technical journals. * Using citation data, it lists Impact Factors and other data related to journals, and offers a perspective for journal evaluation and comparison. |
2000-Current | |
| Derwent Innovations Index | * It covers more than 20 million patents from more than 40 patent-issuing authorities in the world. * It consists of two databases, merging patent information from Derwent World Patents Index with the patent citation information from Derwent Patent Citation Index. |
Patents: 1963-Current Patent citations: 1973-Current |
| Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Physics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Information Technology, etc. | * It covers scholarly journals, proceedings, technical reports, etc. * Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found. (some items have no abstracts) |
1969-Current |
| Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, etc. | Bibliographic information and abstracts can be found using CAplus file that includes Chemical Abstracts (CA), an abstract database of scientific literature from scholarly journals, patents, proceedings, technical reports, books, etc., and MEDLINE, a bibliographic database on biomedicine. * You can search not only by authors and research topics but also by chemical structures. * Chemical substance information and chemical reaction information are also included. * In order to use this database at your laboratory, etc., you need to install the SciFinder Scholar software in advance. |
* CAplus: 1840-Current * MEDLINE: 1950-Current * Chemical Substance Information: 1907-Current * Chemical Reaction Information: 1840-Current |
| Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Nuclear Science and Technology | INIS, the International Nuclear Information System is operated by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). This database contains over 3 million bibliographic records of scientific literature published worldwide on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology collected by INIS members. * It covers journal articles, scientific and technical reports, conference papers, books, etc. * A unique collection of over 850,000 full-text documents (non-conventional "grey" literature) is also included. |
* Documents on peaceful use of atomic power: 1970-Current * Documents on economical and environmental status of non-nuclear power sources: 1992-Current |
| Subject | Descriptio | Coverage |
| Nuclear Science and Technology | Nuclear Science Abstracts is a comprehensive collection of international nuclear science and technology literature for the period 1948 through 1976, pre-dating the INIS Database. * It covers scientific and technical reports from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration and its contractors, plus other international organizations. * References to books, conference proceedings, journal articles, etc. from worldwide sources are also included. * Abstracts and full text are provided if available. |
1948-1976 |
| Titles Included | Subject | Description |
| * 「化学便覧 基礎編」 (Kabaku Binran Kisohen) * 「化合物検索 (化学便覧 基礎編 CD-ROM)」 (Kagobutsu Kensaku (Kagaku Binran Kisohen CD-ROM)) * 「化学便覧 応用化学編」 (Kagaku Binran Oyo Kagakuhen) * 「実験化学講座」 (Jikken Kagaku Koza) * 「標準化学用語辞典」 (Hyojun Kagaku Yogo Jiten) , etc. |
Chemistry | This is one of the largest scale Web site on chemical information in Japan, which enables you to retrieve "化学便覧", "実験化学講座", "標準化学用語辞典", etc. edited by The Chemical Society of Japan together. |
| Subject | Description |
| Computer Science, Life Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, etc. | This is an electronic books collection published by Wiley. [Subject Fields] - Computer Science (General, Information Technologies, Programming and Software Development) - Life Sciences (General, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Genomics) - Physics and Astronomy (Quantum Physics and Field Theory, Solid State Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistical Mechanics) - Engineering (Electronic Materials) - Polymers and Materials Science (Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials) |
| Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Computer Science | This is a collection of electronic books on computer science on Elsevier ScienceDirect. (When you access the above URL, you will see a list of electronic books on all fields that Hokkaido University subscribes to on ScienceDirect.) |
1995-2007 |
| Subject | Description | Coverage |
| Computer Science | This is an electronic books collection (on computer science) published by Springer. It includes the book series "Lecuture Notes in Computer Science", which covers all fields of computer science such as artificial intelligence (incl. robotics), computer communication networks, software engineering, data encryption, database management, and algorithm analysis and problem complexity. | * "Lecuture Notes in Computer Science": 1994-2009 * Other titles: 2005-2009 |
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