This page direct you how to set up your off-campus access to e-resources (books, magazines, newspapers, databases, etc.) subscribed by the University of Tokyo. In addition, we will introduce search tools and electronic resources to support your study at home.

Notice! To use electronic resources without disruption

  • Be sure to log out when you finished using the SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service.
  • Please do not use SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service for reading Open access (OA) and free online articles.
  • Excessive downloading may result in the suspension of access to e-resources for the entire UTokyo network and it may not recover during the remote study period.
     → Excessive downloading is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.


The qualified members to use contracted electronic resources from home or off-campus

!!Notice !!

To use electronic resources without disruption

  • Be sure to log out when you finished using the SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service.
  • Please do not use SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service for reading Open access (OA) and free online articles.
  • Excessive downloading may result in the suspension of access to e-resources for the entire UTokyo network and it may not recover during the remote study period.

 

“Excessive downloading" as below; is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

  • Using robots or other automated programs to search or download for large quantity of articles on a specific theme from subscription resources
  • Manually downloading all the PDF articles files from search results within a short time period.
  • Using the download function of reference management tools (EndNote, Mendeley, etc.) for large quantity of PDF files. (it may draw suspicion from publisher)
  • Using pre-read browser functions. (Pre-read browser functions continually access links within pages in the background while pages are being viewed.) Please check and change your browser settings. (Ref: Website of Chuo University. Center for Information Technology and Computing Services )

Read more for Excessive downloading

The number of concurrent users

The maximum number of concurrent users expected to use the SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service at any given time.  

  • If the number exceed the limit, you receive a message “reached the concurrent access limit” at login. In that case, try logging in after a while.
  • Be sure to log out after using the service.

 

Using e-books and e-journals

  • E-journal & E-book Portal
    • E-journals and e-books have off-campus connections are indicated an icon of "via Off-Campus access service" or "Free".
    • E-journals and e-books marked "via Off-Campus access service" cannot be accessed directly from E-journal & E-book Portal. Access via SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service.
    • You can search Japanese e-journals and e-books by title. (Author or subject search is unavailable)
    • Please enter one word in the journal or book title.

Using a database

The University of Tokyo subscribes to numerous newspapers, language dictionaries, and databases. Search for GACoS.

  • GACoS
    • Narrow down function for the databases that can be used off-campus.
    • Databases has off-campus connections is indicated an icon of "via Off-Campus access service" or "Free".
    • There are links to SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service. Useful free search tools and electronic resources for the remote study period.

Temporarily accessible E-resources(2020.9.16 updated)

 Please access via SSL/VPN / Authentication Gateway Service.

  • JSTOR
    • About 32,000 ebooks until August 31 and more than 2,000 ejournals until December 31, 2020 are provided for free.
      Available titles can be found in E-journal & E-book Portal.
  • 法学紀要データベース
  • 公的判例集データベース
  • LEX/DB インターネット
  • 新・判例解説Watch
  • Super法令Web
  • 法律文献総合INDEX
    • Above six databases provided by TKC can be accessed from off-campus for limited period.
      For off-campus users, please connect through SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service.
      For TKC account holders, please log in via TKC [through March 31, 2021]

Useful free search tools and electronic resources for the remote study period Search for articles

Articles Search

  • CiNii Articles
    • All fields: Covering mainly academic journals and transactions of academic societies in Japan.
  • Google Scholar
    • All fields: Search engine to search scholarly literature.
  • PubMed
    • Medical and Life Sciences: English academic articles.
    • Accessible from the [UTokyo ver.] .
  • ERIC
    • Education: English academic articles.

Open Access Journal

  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
    • A site for open access journals. Only reliable journals examined as properly peer-reviewed with reliable sources are listed.
  • J-STAGE
    • E-journal publication platform for Japanese academic journals. Those with "FREE ACCESS" and "OPEN ACCESS" icons are released for free.
  • PMC
    • An open access dissertation archive run by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a department within the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
  • BMC
    • Biological / Medical: A search platform for publishers that publish peer-reviewed open access journals.

Free electric rescources for a limited time

Without via SSL-VPN / Authentication GW service

We will introduce resources that offers free access for a limited time. You can read the contens without via SSL-VPN / Authentication GW service.Please be advised that the period of access to these collections varies from publisher to publisher.

 

"A list of COVID-19 resources summarizing information received from publishers and submitted to Japanese Alliance of University Library Consortia for E-Resources (JUSTICE). 2020.4.10“ is NOT updated from April 2020 on this site.
For further information, please refer to the web site “List of resources with free access for a limited time.(June 3, 2020)

 

 

Textbook Lists on the syllabuses

We provide links to websites for textbook lists on the syllabuses published by each department library.

 

Digital Resources related to the University of Tokyo

  • UTokyo Academic Archives Portal   
    • Digitized academic collections held by the University of Tokyo can be searched, and digital images are available here.
  • UTokyo Repository
    • Academic journal articles by faculty members and students of the University of Tokyo, theses, journal articles, and other type materials are open to the public.

Information for Online Class Support

Information on electric resources provided by department libraries

Other information

 

Contact

  • Question about remote access; SSL-VPN / Authentication Gateway Service  
  • Question on electronic resources