Find Books or Journals

Books or Journals in University of Tokyo

• UTokyo OPAC

Online union catalog database of print books and journals held in the University of Tokyo. Search by titles, author names, ISBN or ISSN.

After log-in to MyOPAC, you can request delivery via search result screen.

If you are going to visit library to read some material, please check the "Location", "Call No.", "Status" and "Comments" on the OPAC search result screen. They are important to find materials at the library.

Books or Journals in other libraries

• CiNii Books
  Webcat Plus (in Japanese)

Provided by National Institute of Informatics. This site allows you to search the catalogs of university libraries throughout Japan.

• NDL-OPAC

The Catalog of National Diet Library. You can search for Doctoral Dissertations in Japan.

• Public Libraries in Tokyo Cross-OPAC Search (in Japanese)

You can search through the holdings of the public (ward, city and metropolitan) libraries in the metropolitan prefectural area.

• Calil (in Japanese)

You can search for materials held by many types of library in Japan.

• WorldCat

You can search for materials held by university libraries or national libraries in the world.

Find Articles

• TREE (UTokyo REsource Explorer)

TREE is simply a service which allows you to search academic information from one search window. You can search for books, electronic and paper, materials all at once without worrying about choosing a database.

• CiNii Research (Formerly CiNii Articles)

Provided by National Institute of Informatics. This covers mainly academic journals and transactions of academic societies in Japan. You can read some articles on the web.

• Web of Science

Web of Science is an integrated Web-based platform. It provides the tools to search across products.

• Engineering Village

Engineering Village is a comprehensive search engine covering a number of databases in the field of engineering. It includes the well-established Compendex and INSPEC bibliographic databases, as well as information on handbooks, patents, specifications, and web search engines.

Find Dissertations

Dissertations in University of Tokyo

Please see Dissertations in UTokyo.

Other dissertations

• 国立国会図書館リサーチ・ナビ＞海外博士論文（総論） (in Japanese)
• 国立国会図書館リサーチ・ナビ＞国内博士論文 (in Japanese)

This site explain the way to search the web for dissertations as well as dissertations held by National Diet Library.

Find Databases

• Literacy

Literacy can be used to search a variety of databases available in University of Tokyo. Additionally, the site offers hints on gathering information in general, as well as guides to database training courses.

Find Historical materials on engineering

Source materials for Engineering History: The University of Tokyo Digital Archive
(in Japanese)

Guide

• Academic Paper Support Book: Start here

Database Training Course

Database Training Course for members of Faculty of Engineering, School of Engineering and Graduate School of Information Science & Technology

It is held in spring and autumn. You can learn how to search books or journal articles by using OPAC, e-journals and other essential databases briefly.

For details, please check news of this website.

• We have released the texts. We hope they will be useful guides.
• First steps to search for books and papers @UTokyo
  (Topics: TREE, UTokyo OPAC (MyOPAC), Web of Science, Engineering Village, CiNii Articles(Integration of CiNii Articles into CiNii Research), How to access from home)
• New RefWorks(in Japanse)

Database Training Course for members of University of Tokyo

The Academic Information Literacy Section at the Information Technology Group conducts database training courses. They are mainly held at General Library. They consist of a rich variety of content, such as how to use OPAC, electronic journals, individual database, etc.

For details, see Literacy.