Library Guidance
As part of its academic support, the APU Library offers various guidance sessions in line with students’ and faculty members’ needs.
For Faculty
Class Guidance Sessions
Library reference staff will visit your class on a day and time that suits you, and conduct a guidance session tailored to the content of your classes.
●Time: From 1st Period to 6th Period (100 minutes at maximum for one period)
●Date: It will be arranged according to your preference.
●Content: How to search for materials on your research topic or academic information efficiently will be explained with demonstration. If you wish, students will have chance to explore practically how to search for those information.
※We would really appreciate it if you could apply at least two weeks before the preferable date to best accommodate your request.
【List of Databases Available to be Explained in the Session】
| Objective | Database | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|
| Search for the location of books and journals | RUNNERS OPAC | You can search the holdings of the APU Library and Ritsumeikan University Libraries. |
| NDL Search | You can search the holdings of the Japanese National Diet Library and public libraries. | |
| Search for comprehensive materials (hard copy materials, e-books, e-journals, and etc.) | RUNNERS Discovery Service | You can search comprehensive materials (hard copy materials, e-books, e-journals, and etc.) of the APU Library and Ritsumeikan University Libraries. |
| Access the Library web service | MyLibrary | You can check your lending and reservation status. You can also manage or apply for library services such as renewing and applying for Inter-Library-Loan. |
| Search for information by using encyclopedias and dictionaries | JapanKnowledge Lib | You can search across multiple Japanese dictionaries and encyclopedias. |
| Oxford English Dictionary Online | This is the online version of the 『Oxford English Dictionary』. You can search the transition of the meaning and use of over 500,000 English words from the mid-11th century to the present day. | |
| Search for Japanese journal articles | CiNii Research | You can search for Japanese academic articles. Some research bulletins are also available to read in full text version. |
| Search for foreign journal articles | ProQuest | It contains a lot of full-text journal articles from various fields. |
| EBSCOhost | You can search journal articles in various fields from multiple databases compiled by EBSCO, a global academic information aggregator. | |
| Web of Science | It enables you to search major academic journal articles from overall fields. | |
| JSTOR | It contains journal articles in the fields of humanities and social sciences, including those from first issues. | |
| Search for Japanese newspaper articles | Nikkei Telecom 21 | You can search for 4 kinds of Nikkei newspaper articles. |
| Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search | You can search for Asahi newspaper articles. | |
| Search for foreign newspaper articles | Nexis Uni | Full text of newspaper articles from over 350 newspapers all over the world, mainly in the United States, are available. |
| ProQuest | It contains many newspaper articles with full-text from various fields. | |
| Accessing company financial information | Social Science Information Search | You can search for information about macroeconomics, business finance, and regional economy, etc. |
| Nikkei Telecom 21 | Macroeconomics statistics and regional economics /city data can be searched. | |
| eol | Company’s disclosed information and annual reports can be found. |
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask at the APU Library Reference Counter.
Vendor Guidance
The library can arrange to invite an expert instructor from the database provider to give a detailed explanation of the database’s features and demonstrate practical applications related to the course content.
Time: From 1st Period to 6th Period (100 minutes at maximum)
Date: It will be arranged according to your preference.
*To best accommodate your request, please apply at least two months before your preferred date.
*Please kindly note that the number of lectures from each supplier is being limited in an academic year.
【List of Databases Available to be Explained in the Session】
| Objective | Database | Brief Description | Language | Online Class Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company financial information / Stock | eol | It contains all the securities reports for every publicly traded Japanese company | Only available in Japanese | × (Only face to face) |
| NEEDS-FinancialQUEST (Nikkei) | Users may search for and download financial data from companies and financial institutions, domestic and international macroeconomics data, stocks and regional economic numerical data, all provided by Nikkei NEEDS (Nikkei Inc.). | Only available in Japanese | 〇 | |
| Business cases | SAGE Business Cases | It was developed with various help from leading business schools, scholars, and practitioners around the world in partnering, submitting or peer reviewing cases and advising with valuable insight, based upon SAGE's 50+ years of publishing journals or books. | Japanese / English | 〇 |
| Academic journals | ProQuest | It contains journal articles spanning every genre including the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences. | Japanese / English | 〇 |
| EBSCOhost | You can search journal articles in various fields from multiple databases compiled by EBSCO, a global academic information aggregator. | Japanese / English | 〇 |