Provides a search function and access to the e-books.
For materials already purchased by the university, “Read Online”, “Download Book”, and “Download PDF Chapter” are available. The number of concurrent accesses and the number of pages that can be downloaded vary depending on the material.
Read Online: View the full text in your browser. The number of concurrent accesses is counted while the text is displayed.
Download Book: This function allows you to borrow an entire e-book for a certain period of time on your personal device, and requires the installation of a dedicated application. The number of concurrent accesses is counted even if the full text is not displayed during the period when the e-book is lent out with this function.
Download PDF Chapter: PDF files can be downloaded and used within a set number of pages.
Purchased materials can be viewed as is. You can preview unpurchased materials for 5 minutes. If you want to use them further, you can make a purchase request (although this is not guaranteed).
Creating a personal account gives you access to Download Book, purchase requests, adding highlights & comments, and bookshelf functionality.
Please create your account from on-campus or while connected to EZproxy. If you have an email address issued by the University of Tokyo, please create an account with your University of Tokyo email address.
By logging in with your personal account, you can also use the service from off-campus without going through EZproxy.