Library Guide | Library Materials | Databases & E-Journals
LIBRARY GUIDE
Library hours Monday to Friday
- Regular Term 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
OSIPP Library User Guide
Library guide for OSIPP students. Find out about its location, the times of operation, finding your way around, and the services offered by OSIPP Library.
OSIPP Library Terms of Use
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- 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 Coop.
Library Loans
Aside from special Library use only materials, students can borrow most books for two weeks.
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- 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.
- 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 by OSIPP graduates. Please ask at the counter for viewing these materials.
- The doctoral theses of OSIPP graduates are held in the library of Osaka University. For more details on the use, please see here.
DATABASES & E-JOURNALS
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 | Free | |
| 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 Research | 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 Central | ProQuest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, and includes thousands of full-text newspapers from around the world. | On Campus | Remote |
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 | On Campus | Remote |
| JURIS Online | German law comprehensive online database, which contains more than 970,000 precedents and over 1.4 million statutes. | 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 | |
| WestlawNext | Online databases of the Judicial precedent ant the law | On Campus | Remote |
| Le Doctrinal Plus | The database of literature and judicial precedents in France and EU countries, including laws and regulations and judgments of higher courts | On Campus | Remote |
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 | |||
| ProQuest Central | ProQuest Central includes thousands of full-text newspapers from 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 |
| Wall Street Journal | Online version of the U.S. economic daily newspaper | OSIPP Library Only | |
| New York Times collection | ProQuest's databases of New York Times and histrorical newspapers | On Campus | Remote |
| Financial Times, historical archives, 1888-2016 | Database of the Financial Times contains all articles published in the paper from 1888 to 2016 | 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 | On Campus | Remote |
| WestlawNext | Onlline databases of the Judicial precedent ant the law | On Campus | Remote |
| Beck-Online: Premium edition | Online journal about German law | On Campus | |
| JURIS Online | German law comprehensive online database, which contains more than 970,000 precedents and over 1.4 million statutes. | 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 |
SUPPORT SERVICE
Poster Session Printing Support Service
Large size (A0 plus size) printer is available in the OSIPP Library.
The following service is available to OSIPP Students and JSPS Researchers (once per academic year).
Terms of use
- Target person
1) OSIPP Master or Doctoral Students;
2) JSPS Researchers who belongs to OSIPP. - Purpose
Only to be used for a research poster session (such as a presentation for research association, conference poster session, seminar or symposium, and so on). - Poster size
A0 size poster (color print), cloth material. - Application procedure (Application Form below)
1. Before using this service, please obtain supervisor’s approval.
2. Please send the original data (MS Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and the application form to OSIPP Library, 2 days before it is needed.
3. Please send a photograph from the presentation that we would be able to post on the OSIPP News site and it’s Facebook page.
(The Facebook page is for OSIPP public relations. If you do not wish to share on Facebook, please tell us and it will not be shared.)
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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