How to find Graduation Theses

Hitotsubashi University Library Research guide 2023
No.E006 | 2023.11

Finding Graduation Theses*

Use “HERMES-Catalog”*including undergraduate, master’s theses and preliminary doctoral dissertations

ACCESS to HERMES-Catalog

１．Search by supervisor’s name
In addition to the title and the author's name, you canalso search for theses by the supervisor’s name (or bydepartment / graduate school).
① Open the “Advanced” Search of HERMES-Catalog② Select “Notes” and enter the supervisor’s name③ Select “Theses” in “Document Type”④ Click “Search”12Thesis search is for members ofHitotsubashi University ONLY. Accessthe HERMES-Catalog button on the top
page of the library website, both on and offcampus.
▼Library Website
https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/top-2/

When accessing from off-site, you will be
required to login to your University account.
Enter Student ID and Password to sign-in.
▶Check the Remote Access link
below https://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/en/retrieval2/e_resource/remote-access/

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You can also searchby title or author’sname3２．Select the thesis you want to read from the search results

Classification of call number
Ay～Ayx:Undergraduate
thesisAyy:Master's thesis
Ayz:Preliminary doctoral
dissertations

The name of thedepartment andthe supervisor arewritten in “Notes”

You need to makeprocedures at the counterin order to read.
▶ See the back side1How to read theses

Make procedures to read at the counter３．Fill out the "Hitotsubashi University Book Loan Form"
Fill out the "Hitotsubashi University Book Loan Form" with the information you found on HERMES-Catalog.
Call number isrequired astheses are lined
up in the stacks
in order of callnumber.

Write yourname andstudent
number here.

請求記号Ayx

一 橋 大 学 図 書 借 用 証

43091 書名 ・ 誌名冊数

1巻号年

2016

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著者

一橋花子
借用年月日

Chiyoda Jiro

氏名

登録番号

11 23456 78.

20×× ／ ● ／ ▲学部生 ・ 院生 ・ 教職員 ・ その他
学籍番号（学外者は所属機関名を記入）

1234567A

４．Browsing theses
Undergraduate students

Graduate students and faculty members

The staff will take the thesis out for you.

Take out the thesis from the stacks by yourself.

Submit your Book Loan
Form to the counter.

Receive the thesis at thecounter.

Until
16:45 onweekdays

Borrow a card key at the counter toenter Stack area.

Until
16:30 onweekdays

Take out the thesis from the stacks byyourself.

Theses cannot bechecked out. Sometheses cannot be copied.

Return the card to the counter.
Submit the thesis and Book Loan Formto the counter.

The card key has
a locker key
attached to it.
Leave yourbelongings in
the locker andthen go to thestacks.
Take out yourbelongings andreturn the key.

Check whether the thesis can be copied
Read in the 1st floor of the Main Library
When you finish, return the thesis to the counter before the library closes

What should I do in such a case?
Ｑ:I can't find a thesis when searching by the supervisor's name.
Ａ:There are cases that the supervisors still keep theses at hand, so please check with them first. If
you can't find the thesis which should be in the library, ask the counter for help.
Ｑ:Why are some theses not allowed to be copied?
Ａ:Only theses with reproduction permission from the authors can be copied (the copyable range iswithin the scope of the authors’ consents). Those without permission can only be viewed in the library.
Ｑ:How do I use the master's theses in the Chiyoda Campus?
Ａ:Undergraduate theses, master's theses, and preliminary doctoral dissertations cannot beordered from different campuses. You have to go to the Chiyoda Campus to browse them.
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