E-journals, E-Books and Databases Available Off Campus
E-journals, e-books and databases Okayama University subscribes are basically available only in campus. However, members of Okayama University with "Okadai ID" can use some of them off campus with procedure below.
Check Terms of use in "E-journals, E-Books and Databases".
Caution
- You shall be a member of Okayama University such as student, faculty and staff.
- You can use electronic materials only from available campus.
- You can use them for your personal research (commercial use is prohibited).
- Systematic or massive downloads are strongly prohibited.
- Do not use download manager, P2P software and similar web browser add-in software.
- Do not use prefetching function of web browser.
- Do not download all article in a issue (You can download only what you read at that time).
- You can use them only for yourself. Do not give downloaded file to someone, especially someone outside of the university.
How to use e-resources off campus
(a) VPN
You can access campus network using a browser from home or other places. Check the web page of "Center for Information Technology and Management" for detail.
(b) Shibboleth (GakuNin)
You can use several services using Shibboleth (GakuNin), not using VPN. Once you log in to a service, the log in status is kept until you close the web browser. So, you don't need to re-login to other services.
Reference: National Institute of Informatics -- GakuNin![[New window]](http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/_common4/_img/file_icon/new_window.svg){kind=icon}
Manuals for Shibboleth
Check following manuals for detailed use of Shibboleth (GakuNin).
- E-journals
- How to use e-journals off campus
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If you use e-journals form publisher's website, see the list below. - E-book
- How to use e-books off campus
If you use e-books form publishers' website, see the list below. - Databases
- See "How to Access Using Shibboleth" column of the list below.
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Publishers and contents available via Shibboleth
- 18th/19th/20th Century House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
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Type: Database
Click "ログイン" → choose "岡山大学" → login with Okadai ID
- Academic OneFile
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Type: Database that provides electronic journals from multiple publishers
Click here
→ login with Okadai ID - ACM Digital Library (Association for Computing Machinery)
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Type: E-journal
- ACS (American Chemical Society)
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Type: E-journal
- Annual Reviews
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Type: E-journal
Click "Institutional Login" → type "Okayama University" and select → login with Okadai ID
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Type: E-journal, E-book
- EBSCO host
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Type: E-book: "eBook Collection", Database: "CINAHL", "MLA International Bibliography"
- JapanKnowledge Lib
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Type: Database
Click "Log in" → click "Use academic authentication (Shibboleth)" → choose "岡山大学" → log in with Okadai ID
- JSTOR
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Type: E-journal
- Karger
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Type: E-book
- KinoDen (Kinokuniya Degital Library)
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Type: E-book
- LibrariE
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Type: E-book
Click "学認はこちら" → log in with Okadai ID
- Maruzen eBook Library
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Type: E-book
- Medical Online
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Type: Database
Click "学認認証の方はこちらへ" → choose "岡山大学" → login with Okadai ID
- Nature Journals
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Type: E-journal
Click "log in" on upper right → Click "access through your institution" → type "Okayama University" and select → log in with Okadai ID
- Oxford University Press
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Type: E-journal
Click "Sign in" on upper right → Click "Sign in " under "Sign in via your Institution" → type "Okayama University" and select → log in with Okadai ID
- ProQuest Ebook Central
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Type: E-book
Log in with Okadai ID
- Royal Society of Chemistry
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Type: E-journal
Click human icon on upper right → click "Find my institution" → Choose "Gakunin" → select Okayama University → log in with Okadai ID
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
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Type: E-journal, E-book
- SpringerLink
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Type: E-journal, E-book
- Taylor & Francis
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Type: E-journal
Click "log in" on upper right → click "Shibboleth" under "Log in via your institution" → type "Okayama University" and select → log in with Okadai ID
- Web of Science
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Type: Database
Choose "Japanese Research and Education (GakuNin)" in "Institutional Sign In" → Select "Okayama University" → log in with Okadai ID
- Wiley Online Library
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Type: E-journal, E-book