Quick Guide

for OPAC, E-Journal Portal & Databases

to Search & Find what you want via the library

Chiba University Libraries website

https://www.LL.chiba-u.jp/ (Japanese)

https://www.LL.chiba-u.jp/english/(English)

E-mail: fbe2262@office.chiba-u.jp

IS 2020.3.30

What are you looking for?

1) Library materials (books, journals, ebook, etc.) ⇒ OPAC

2) Electronic journals ⇒ Online Journal AtoZ

3) Articles, News etc. ⇒ Databases

Chiba University Library | Academic Link Center

OPAC

Online

Journal

AtoZ

Databases

OPAC: Online Public Access Catalog

In case of E-Book, click this link. You can see

this book at Chiba Univ. campus.

Enter the words

you want to search

for in these fields.

Select the search

fields from pull-

down lists.

Search Options

will refine your

search.

Click the title you

interested in.

Then you can see

the detail.

Locations:本館 means Library

at Nishichiba

campus, 亥鼻 at

Inohana and 松戸 at

Matsudo.*Ask Info. Desk for

other locations.

Call No.is found on the

spine of the book.

Status:貸出中 means out

on loan.

for searching books, periodicals (printed) and audiovisual materials atthe Chiba Univ. Library.

https://opac.ll.chiba-u.jp/⇒select English tab

Online Journal A to Z

Links to the databases

or the publisher pages

where you can get full

text

*Each link shows different

coverage. Check the

published year of the articles

you need.

AtoZ list of other useful links

to the electronic resources

such as Cambridge Journals

Online, Springer, etc. are

provided here.

Online Journal A to Z

for searching electronic journals available at Chiba Univ. campus.

http://qp4wz6vz5k.search.serialssolutions.com/⇒select English tab

e.g. Nature’s website

DatabasesCommonly-used databases available at the Chiba university.

Articles (English)-EBSCOhost (whole field): Portal site of more than 10 databases and an e-book collection

available at Chiba University. Off-campus use is available*.

(ScienceDirect) and many e-journals available at Chiba Univ. Off-campus use is available*.

-Web of Science (whole field): Major abstract database linked with the E-journal database.

-Lexis Advance (Legal, Business and News): Major legal and business database in USA.

World news are also available. Ask the information desk to use this database at the library.

-MLA (Language and Literature)⇒EBSCOhost-PsycINFO (Psychology)⇒EBSCOhost-SciFinder (Chemistry): User registration is necessary. Ask the information desk or email to the

address in the top page.

-MEDLINE (Medicine) / Cochrane (Medicine) / CINAHL (Nursing & Allied health)

⇒EBSCOhost-PubMed@千葉大(Medicine)

Biography (English)-Gale Biography in Context : only at Nishichiba campus.

Encyclopedia (English)-Britannica Online Encyclopaedia

Japanese Newspaper(Japanese / English)

-ヨミダス（読売新聞）⇒the Japan News

The use of databases:*About off-campus use of some databases(ScienceDirect, EBSCOhost, Britannica Online Encyclopedia and others), refer this linking page or email to the address of the contact info. in the top page of this brochure.