Library Guide | Library Materials | Databases & E-Journals
Library Guide
Library hours Monday to Friday
- Regular Semester Hours : 9:30–19:00
- Spring, Summer and Winter Breaks : 9:30–17:00
The OSIPP Library is closed on Saturdays, Sundays, and on public holidays. Any special close announcements will be made on the website and social media.
Floor Guide
Terms of Use
- Individuals other than the faculty members and students at the OSIPP, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Graduate School of Economics, and Law School need to sign in at the counter. Please bring your ID as we will ask you to present it upon sign in.
- External individuals who are affiliated with other universities and research institutions need to have a letter of recommendation issued by those organizations to use the library (not applicable to faculty members and graduate school students at a national university and equivalent individuals).
- Bags and coats cannot be brought in. Please leave your belongings in a locker in the locker area located to the right of the entrance before using the library. You are responsible for own valuables.
- Only faculty members and students of OSIPP may use the copy machines in the library. Copy cards sold at the co-op will not work on the copy machine in the library. If you wish to copy a document, please check out the material first and then use the coin-operated copy machine located in the co-op.
Library Loans
Loan Period: Aside from special Library use only materials, students can borrow most books for two weeks.
Staff and Students of Osaka University: 2 weeks – up to 10 books
Non-Staff and Students of Osaka University: the same day only – up to 10 books
- In principle, for journals and magazines, these must be returned within the same day. These are released temporarily for photocopying only.
- Class reference materials may only be borrowed for one week (no extensions, sorry).
- The loan period for “proceedings and reports” in the staff corner is the same as books.
- The criteria for interlibrary loans depends on the lending library in question.
Reservations: If the book needed is currently on loan, it may be reserved. Please contact library staff.
Renew Loan Periods: Books may be renewed at the due date within two weeks, except for specific materials and materials on reservation.
Library Materials
Journals
The library shelves academic journals pertaining to law, economics, and political sciences. The most recent issues and issues from the past 12 months are stored on the new items’ shelf. Issues older than one year are stored on the movable shelf.
Books
The library shelves books, encyclopedias, reference materials, and so on that pertain to law, economics, and political sciences. The library stores special books in the following sections:
- Staff Members’ Section – Publications, offprints of articles, excerpts of journal articles, and so on written by OSIPP teaching staff.
- Class Reference Materials Section – Books/materials that OSIPP teaching staff want their students to read.
- Human Peace and Collective Security Section – Materials pertaining to peace and security, particularly in Southeast Asia and Africa
- Separate Placements Section
Newspapers
Visitors can view three newspapers: Asashi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, and Nihon Keizai Shimbun. The current and previous months’ issues are stored on the new items shelf. Issues up to 12 months old are stored on the movable shelf.
Master’s Theses/Doctoral Theses
OSIPP Library holds master’s theses and doctoral theses by OSIPP graduates. Please ask at the counter for viewing these materials.
OSIPP students can use the following databases.
(The database list of Osaka University Library is available at the OU Library website.)
- With Remote Access (Remote), materials can be accessed off campus through the Osaka University Library website.
| Books & Journals | Access | Remote Access | |
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| Osaka University Library OPAC | Find items (both and online) available at Osaka University | Free | |
| Osaka University Library Quick Search | Catalog, E-journals, E-books,D atabases | On Campus | Remote |
| Cinii Books | Information of books and journals held by university libraries in Japan | Free | |
| National Diet Library - Online | National Diet Library Online Services | Free | |
| National Diet Library Search | "NDL Search" is an integrated search service of catalogs and digital archives including libraries, archives, museums, academic institutes and the National Diet Library | Free | |
| OECD iLibrary | Online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) | OSIPP Only | |
| Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) | Full-text database of English-language and foreign-language title printed in the United Kingdom during the 18th century, along with thousands of important works from the Americas | On Campus | Remote |
| The Making of the Modern World (MOMW) | This collection includes two parts:MOMW-I: The GoldsmithsÕ-Kless Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850,MOMW-II: Making of the Modern World, Part II: 1851-1914 | On Campus | Remote |
| New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics | Online edition of primary economic dictionary New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 3rd ed. | On Campus | Remote |
| JapanKnowledge Lib | Collection of Japanese language reference works. Includes language dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, and more | On Campus | Remote |
Articles – General Field | |||
| CiNii Articles | Index to academic journals published by Japanese academic societies and universities | On Campus | Remote |
| National Diet Library Search for Articles | Any articles can be searched for with advanced search | Free | |
| IRDB | Institutional Repositories Databases | Free | |
| J-STAGE | Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator,Electronic | Free | |
| OUKA | Osaka University Knowledge Archive | Free | |
| Web of Science | Indexes core jouranals in science,engineering,medical science,social science | On Campus | Remote |
| Scopus | The largest abstract database of peer-reviewed journals in science, engineering, medical science, social science, and arts and humanities | On Campus | Remote |
| ProQuest Research Library | Contains about 6,700 journal titles on a broad range of subjects including: humanities, social science, education, art, religion, business, finance, politics, law, medicine, technology, and health care | On Campus | Remote |
| Nexis Uni (旧 LexisNexis Academic) | Full-text resources including newspapers, magazines, company information, law reviews, court decisions, and more from the U.S. and around the world | On Campus | Remote |
| Lexis Advance | Onlline databases of the Judicial precedent ant the law | You need to apply for the ID at the OSIPP Library. | |
Law | |||
| Index to Legal Periodicals/Books | Indexes law books, journal articles, reviews and more | On Campus | Remote |
| D1-Law.com | Contains a wide range of laws and precedents in Japan | On Campus | Remote |
| Hein-Online | Hein's premier online product of regal history,fully-searchable,image-based format | OSIPP Only | |
| JURIS Online | JURIS Online is german law comprehensive online database, which contains more than 970,000 precedents and over 1.4 million statutes. German Congress Minutes and Federal Register also available | On Campus | |
| Beck-Online: Premium edition | Beck-Online is a German legal resources full-text database. You can search the full text of over 100 journals and over 500 book titles | On Campus | |
Economics | |||
| EconLit | Includes subject indexing and abstracts of journal articles, working papers dissertations in economics. | On Campus | Remote |
| EconPapers | EconPapers provides access to RePEc,the world's largest collection of on-line Economics working papers, journal articles and software | Free | |
| NBER Working Papers | The National Bureau of Economic Research working papers | Free | |
Sociology | |||
| SocINDEX with Full Text | Comprehensive sociology research database. Informative abstracts for core journals, monographs, conference papers are included | On Campus | Remote |
Newspapers | |||
| Nexis Uni (旧LexisNexis Academic) | Full-text resources including newspapers, magazines, company information, law reviews, court decisions, and more from the U.S. and around the world | On Campus | Remote |
| Press Reader | The service provides newspapers from around the world, includes more than 3,000 from 100 countries in 60 languages | On Campus | Remote |
| New York Times collection | ProQuest's databases of New York Times and histrorical newspapers | On Campus | Remote |
| FINANCIAL TIMES, historical archives, 1888-2010 | Database of the Financial Times contains all articles published in the paper from 1888 to 2010 | On Campus | Remote |
Law & Precedents | |||
| D1-Law.com | Contains a wide range of laws and precedents in Japan | On Campus | |
| LEX/DB | Database of Japanese precedents, laws, and articles of law journals | OSIPP Only | |
| Nexis Uni (旧 LexisNexis Academic) | Full-text resources including newspapers, magazines, company information, law reviews, court decisions from the U.S. and around the world | On Campus | Remote |
| Lexis Advance | Onlline databases of the Judicial precedent ant the law | ID needed from OSIPP Library | |
| Lexis360 | Online database about Frence law How to access | OSIPP Only | |
| Beck-Online: Premium edition | Online journal about German law | On Campus | |
| JURIS Online | JURIS Online is german law comprehensive online database, which contains more than 970,000 precedents and over 1.4 million statutes. German Congress Minutes and Federal Register also available | On Campus | |
| House of Commons Parliamentary Papers | Includes digital versions of the U.K. House of Commons Sessional Papers | On Campus | Remote |
Data & Statistics | |||
| The World Bank | Free and open access to global development data | Free | |
| e-Stat | Portal site for Japanese Government Statisitics | Free | |
| OECD iLibrary | Online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD) | OSIPP Only | |
| Balance of Payments Statistics | Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook by IMF | Free | |
| D-Vision net | Database of Japanese company information. | On Campus | |
Other Databases | |||
| Essencial Science Indicators (ESI) | Database of the unique and comprehensive compilation of science performance statistics and science trends data which is based on journal article publication counts and citation data from Thomson Scientific databases | On Campus | Remote |
| Tool for analysing research performance of research institutions and countries worldwide. Including the data for institutions, countries, authors and journals. How to use | On Campus | Remote | |
| Journal Citation Reports | Statistical database on core journals in social sciences, science and technology. Including Impact Factor | On Campus | Remote |
Discussion Papers | |||
| OSIPP Discussion Paper | Free | ||
| Discussion Papers In Economics And Business | Free | ||
| ISER(Institute of Social and Economic Research-Osaka University) Discussion Papers | Free | ||
| IMES (Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies,Bank of Japan) Discussion Paper Series | Free | ||
| RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) | Free | ||
| EconPapers | Free | ||
| NBER (the National Bureau of Economic Research) Working Papers | Free | ||
| SSRN eLibrary | Free |
The Toyonaka Campus
OSIPP Library Access
OSIPP is at the Toyonaka Campus, Osaka University
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Address
Osaka School of International Public Policy Library 5F
Osaka University
1-31 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan - TEL/FAX：06-6850-5650
- Email: library@osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp
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