5Library Services for Researchers

Here we briefly introduce our library services focusing on research work for those who are new comer to Hokkaido University
as professor, researcher, and master’s/Ph.D. student. The primary purpose of our services are to support you to push thefrontier in your scientific field by providing stable and sustainable academic resources, collecting, archiving and publishing youracademic outcomes.

Access to Journal Articles (incl. via Databases)
On Campus Access
Database
You can use a number of databases to search journal articles through Hokkaido University Library website [Top-page >Databases]. Major databases are as follows:
Web of ScienceReaxys

articles & cited references from major journals worldwide

chemical compounds, bibliographic data and chemical reactions

SciFindern Web

PubMedchemistry and other scientific information from articles

free MEDLINE provided by the U. S. National Library of Medicine

and patents
Icons
Database List

Available via Remote AccessFree Access
Available during Trial Period
Limited to Contracted
Faculties
Full Text Navigator Available

Journal Article
You can read journal articles online as long as Hokkaido University Library has contract with publishers. If not available online, check
online library catalog to see if printed version is available in the library.

Example of Search Result in PubMed

By clicking this icon, you will directly jump tothe article page with Full Text Navigator. If
the article is unavailable online, Full Text
Navigator enables you to search the journal
further in our online library catalog.

Articles are also available
through the publishers’
links (without Full TextNavigator).

HU Full Text NavigatorPublishing Your Work
Make Your Paper Available as Open Access Article
Open Access Vouchers
Some of the journals provide limited number of vouchers for Hokkaido University members to make their article open access,e.g., vouchers for Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) are available for making your article open access for free.
For the voucher list and more detail, see the link below.
https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/en/support/apc/

Posting Your Work onto Library Repository (called HUSCAP)
HUSCAP (Hokkaido University collection of Scholarly and AcademicPapers) is another way to make your article open-access. You can post
your conference presentation files as well as journal articles. Journal
articles are accepted in the format of author draft and/or even final
version of record depending on the open access policy of thepublisher.
HUSCAP Web Site
https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/index.jsp?lang=en
Posting onto HUSCAP
Send your presentation/article file via online form
https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/regform/(on-campus access only / written in Japanese)Your work will be published on HUSCAP after we check the open access policy and/or copy license policy of the publisher.
Hotline for Doctoral/Ph.D. students
HUSCAP also contains doctoral/Ph.D. dissertations of Hokkaido University. Those who are in doctorate/Ph.D. course and havequestions about publishing your dissertation onto HUSCAP, please feel free to contact us via e-mail [huscap@lib.hokudai.ac.jp].

Seminars and Lectures
We occasionally hold seminars and lectures on topics of academic writing, reference management tools, specific database use
and so on. We are also willing to have such seminars in one period of your lectures, and your lab seminars.

Past Seminar Examples:
Academic writing for young scientists and graduate students
EndNote / Mendeley / SciFindern / Reaxys
Custermized seminars, etc.

Check our Website, and SNS
For updates on Library Services
For more detail on the library services for researchers, see the following webpage

HU Library Web Site [ https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/ ]Inquiries go toTop-page▶

Research

Hokkaido University Library, Information Literacy Section
Tel:011-706-5593

Email : nref@lib.hokudai.ac.jp

Online journals: https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/e-resource-inq/
References: https://www.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/support/ask/
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Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Book Loan / Copying Service from Other Universities / Institutions
If you find books/journal articles are unavailable in Hokkaido University, interlibrary loan (ILL) is the service for you. ILL loans
the book or makes a copy of the article (and even the part of a book in need) from other university/institution libraries bothin and outside Japan.
• On ILL requests, mailing costs are charged (usually for 2-way). For a copying service, it will cost you copying fee.
• Please make an application beforehand if you use “University Expense” as a payment method.
• If you are grad/undergrad student, please contact your supervisor beforehand if your payment will be made by“University Expenses.”• ILL requests can be made online through Library Web Services. Responsible library for your ILL requests differs
depending on your affiliation. It can be found on ILL application form after logging-in to Library Web Service.
See the following page for more detail[Top-page > Service Guide > InterLibrary Loan]
Application form:[Top-page > Library Web Service > InterLibrary Loan/Photocopy Request]

Purchase of Books, Journals, and Articles【For those who are eligible to use University Expenses】
Books & Journals• Book purchase can be made through Library Web Services [>Purchase Request]. Professors can also purchase books bythemselves from book stores registered as Hokkaido University business partner under the condition that each purchaseis under ¥1,000,000.
• For purchase requests on journals, they should go to your faculty library when your library staffs ask you on journal
requests (e.g., July and October for international/online and domestic journals, respectively).

※ On book/journal purchase, there is no need to make a purchase request for accounting system.
Look for more information on the following web page. [Top-page > Library Web Service > Purchase Request]

Journal Articles
Journal papers such as those contained in the latest issue of journals are not allowed to make copies. In such case,
you can purchase the articles by pay-per-view method. Payment can be made by a corporate credit card and also by“University Expenses”. Ask library staffs for more detail.

Writing and Publishing
EndNote & Mendeley
Having difficulties in reference management? Reference management tools are here to help you. They manage the journal
articles in the purpose of making a reference list automatically in your manuscript. For the members of Hokkaido University, we
provide advanced version of reference management tools, i.e., EndNote and Mendeley.

EndNote Basic
Advanced version with more reference styles are available.

(Mendeley) Comparison of free ed. and Institutional ed.
FunctionFree

Institution

Disc volume (for a person)

2 GB

100 GB

Institutional package with advanced disc-volume and group

Disc volume (for a group)

100 MB

100 GBservices. Just add your Mendeley account onto Hokkaido

No. of members for a private group

25100No. of private groups

5No limit

Mendeley [Institutional Edition]
Hokkaido University members are eligible to use Mendeley

University Group to start using institutional package.

Impact Factor
You can find impact factor of journals through the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database. Search results can be
narrowed/sorted out by scientific fields. Results can be downloaded as well.
[Top-page > Search > Database > Find Databases by Name > [J] > Journal Citation Reports (JCR) ]Off Campus Access (Remote Access Service)
You can access to journal articles and databases from off-campus by using Remote Access Service [Top-page >Remote Access]. Only you have to do is log-in with your ID and password.
Notices• Remote access to online journals are provided

under the contract with publishers.
• Remote Access Service is open only for membersof Hokkaido University, e.g., professors, faculty【Online journals】
Search the journal in online librarycatalog. DOI and PMID provide directaccess to the article.

staffs, and undergraduate/graduate students.
• Some of the journals and databases are out of
Remote Access Service.
• Those who are without ID, you are kindly asked
to register and get your ID/password. Contact【Databases】
Available from the link [Databases].

library staffs at your faculty.

Internal Loan from Branch Libraries of Hokkaido University
Internal loans among libraries of Hokkaido University, in the format of paper-copy and e-DDS (scanned image inPDF), are available with copying fees. In these cases, fees are paid only by “University Expenses.” Book loan between
Sapporo and Hakodate campus are provided with free of charge. See “Interlibrary loan (ILL)“ section in the next pagefor the detail.

National Diet Library (NDL) Digital Collections
In the Central library, there is a computer specialized for the use of National Diet Library (NDL) digital collections.
Through this terminal, you can read and print books, doctoral/Ph.D. dissertations, and other materials most of whichhave been currently unavailable as non-digital media. This service is applicable for the materials labeled as “Available
only at the NDL and partner libraries” on the NDL digital collection page. Reading and printing are free and charged,respectively. Feel free to ask Central Library counter staffs for the use of this service.

Automated Stacks (Central Library)If your search results show the book is in “AutomatedStacks,” it’s in the Central Library. Automated- stack
contains ~300,000 books (most of them are boundjournals) and managed by computer system. Books aredelivered by machinery to the book truck in front ofReturn Book Truck
Put books belonging toautomated stack here after
reading and copying without loan.

the General counter. You can make a delivery request
with every computer in the Central Library.
To make a delivery request,
just click the “Available”
button, which appears after
clicking the list of volumes.
Delivered BooksYou take books
you ordered here.

Library Web Service (Loan Extension / E-mail Alert of Upcoming Due Date)
Library Web Service provides you more convenient services for your loaned books, e.g., loan extension, and bookreservation (for books on loan). You can also check your loan status, and set E-mail alert to let you know theupcoming due date. These online services will greatly save your time since you do not have to come to library. Only
you have to do is log-in to the Library Web Service with your ID and password.