Academic Skills Guides

You can utilize various guides(PDF) for your studying and research.
The guides are arranged in the order of creation.

1. Service

1-1. Using Library Resources from OFF-Campus(Remote Access Service)
1-2. Interlibrary Loan Service(In case no Hokkaido University Library holdes the document you need)
1-3. How to use the Automated Stacks in Central Library(in Japanese)
1-4. Library Web Service
1-5. Libyrary Service for Researchers
1-6. How to the Closed Stack Rooms(Central Library)(in Japanese)
1-7. How to the Closed Stack Rooms(North Library)(in Japanese)
1-8. United Nations Depository Library and International Organization Collection(in Japanese)
1-9. EU i and Hokkaido University's EU-related special collections(in Japanese)
1-10. Reference Center for Law and Politics(in Japanese)
1-11. The Arrangement of Books in the Library(in Japanese)
1-12. Reserve Rooms

2. Theme Setting

There is no guide now.

3. Materials gathering

3-1. Recommended databases and E-contents for new students(in Japanese)
3-2. How to search newspaper articles(in Japanese)
3-3. White papers of Japan（Diplomacy, Trade, Global Economy, Justice, Immigration, Crime）(in Japanese)
3-4. White papers of Japan（National Defense, Police, Fire, Disaster Prevention, Civil Service, Corporate, Public Commission, Licensing）(in Japanese)
3-5. White papers of Japan（Japanese economy, Local economy, People's lives, Special civil law corporation, Parliamentary reform）(in Japanese)
3-6. White papers of Japan（Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery, Environment）(in Japanese)
3-7. White papers of Japan（Weather, Water, Ocean, Energy, Land use, Development）(in Japanese)
3-8. White papers of Japan（Science and Technology, Education, Donations, Public-Private Partnerships, Volunteerism）(in Japanese)
3-9. White papers of Japan（Nutrition, Medical Care, Nursing, Disability）(in Japanese)
3-10. White papers of Japan（General Health and Labor, Gender, Low birthrate and aging population, Social welfare, Human rights）(in Japanese)
3-11. White papers of Japan（Labor economics, Labor movement, Tourism, Leisure, Entertainment, Marketing ）(in Japanese)
3-12. White papers of Japan（Telecommunications , Network, System development, Smart phone, Information industry ）(in Japanese)
3-13. Tools to search statistics（modern statistics in Japan）(in Japanese)
3-14. Tools to search statistics（past statistics in Japan）(in Japanese)
3-15. Tools to search statistics（Comprehensive statistics in Japan）(in Japanese)
3-16. Tools to search statistics（long-term statistics in Japan）(in Japanese)
3-17. Tools to search statistics（international statistics in Japanese：Comprehensive statistics）(in Japanese)
3-18. How to use PubMed～MeSH part～(in Japanese)
3-19. Hokkaido University Library Online Catalog Tips(in Japanese)
3-20. How to use Google Scholar(in Japanese)
3-21. Tools to search statistics（international statistics in Japanese：Economy, America, EU, Long-term statistics）(in Japanese)
3-22. How to search biographical information(in Japanese)
3-23. Databases to search journals article(humanities/in Japan)(in Japanese)
3-24. Databases to search books(For beginner/in Japan Library)(in Japanese)
3-25. CiNii Research Tips(in Japanese)
3-26. Databases to search journals article(humanities/Besides Japan)(in Japanese)
3-27. Databases to search books(Besides Japan)(in Japanese)
3-28. Using E-Journals(in Japanese)
3-29. How to search thesis(in Japanese)
3-30. Sorts of thesis(in Japanese)
3-31. Databases to search journals article(Medical, Science and Engineering/in Japan)(in Japanese)
3-32. Databases to search journals article(Medical, Science and Engineering/Besides Japan)(in Japanese)
3-33. Using journals(in Japanese)
3-34. How to use the database(in Japanese)
3-35. Databases to search journals articl(Agricultural Sciences)(in Japanese)
3-36. Using E-Books(in Japanese)

4. Evaluation/Organization

4-1. Mendeley at HU
4-2. Reference and bibliography management tools:Utilizing for collecting, organizing, and referencing literature(in Japanese)

5. Performance Disclosure

5-1. Open Access Papers Submission Support
5-2. Citation/Reference Writing Style(in Japanese)

【Contact】
Hokkaido University Library
Information Literacy Section
e-mail:nref [at] lib.hokudai.ac.jp