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[Library System Section, Main Library] 

When Did AI Become an Environmental Issue?
　— Exploring 40 Years of Technological History through The New York Times × ProQuest

ProQuest is a comprehensive database that allows you to search for and view academic journal articles, newspaper articles, dissertations, and more from around the world.
In this workshop, participants will learn how to search news articles across a long time span by building search queries using various operators.
Using articles from The New York Times, we will trace the development of AI over approximately 40 years and examine
how it has evolved from a technology that imitates the human brain into a form of social infrastructure accompanied by environmental concerns.
Participants will also learn key approaches and basic operations for ongoing topic-based research using ProQuest search functions,
while paying attention to how terminology changes over time.

■ Date and Time
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, 17:00–18:00 Japanese session
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 17:00–18:00 English session
*We will share the recording later.

■ Format
Online (Webex)

■ How to Participate
Advance registration required. (Until noon on the day)
Registration form for the English session
https://clarivatesupport.webex.com/weblink/register/r4acf4dc1ba6fd3da232645e3d7e970f0

■ Main Topics
・Various entry points to academic information and the features of ProQuest
・Basic search techniques using AND, OR, and NOT
・Hands-on search practice using The New York Times
・Understanding the evolution of AI from a long-term perspective
・How to select articles and use them in reports and academic papers

■ Instructor: Saori Tanaka, Customer Success Manager, Clarivate

■ Target Audience: Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff at Kyoto University

■Route Map level: [2]Obtain information accurately【Advanced】, [3]Evaluate, organize, and manage information【Advanced】
（ref. Route Map to Becoming KU Libraries' Ultimate Power User）

■Organizer: Kyoto University Library Network
■Contact: KU Main Library　MAIL: ref660[at]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

We look forward to your participation.

The Kyoto University Library Network provides students with eBooks for lectures and their studies.

We would like to ask for your recommendations of eBooks that you think would be useful for students in second semester AY2026.

Persons eligible to make recommendations

All Kyoto University faculty members (Including part-time lecturers)

eBooks eligible for recommendation

・eBooks that will be used for liberal arts and sciences (ILAS) courses in AY 2026, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that will be used in undergraduate courses in AY 2026, or that will be useful for students taking those courses.

・eBooks that would be useful for undergraduate students studying at home.

*  If you need electronic version of books listed in syllabus, please make recommendation from the recommendation form. Not limited to second semester lectures.

* We cannot purchase eBooks which are not sold to academic institutions. Please refer to the list of titles which are sold to academic institutions at the URL below:

https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/bulletin/1408870?lang=en#ref

eBooks ineligible for recommendation

・Complete works, journals (including back numbers), newspapers

・Study guide, workbooks, self-help books and books of hobbies and practical use

・eBooks that extra costs will be charged next year (ex: contract maintenance fee, platform usage fee) 

How to make a recommendation

Please use  the recommendation form.

 *If you wish to recommend more than one, please enter the titles in order of priority.

 *eBooks purchased will generally only be accessible by one user at a time.

Deadline for recommendations

From September 1st, 2026 to September 30th, 2026.

*We will proceed with the purchase procedure in the order of recommendation acceptance in consideration of the budget situation.

Estimated date of availability

・eBooks will be available sequentially from  mid-September. Please check KULINE of their availability.

*The recommender will be informed only in the case if the recommended eBooks will not be able to be purchased.

Contact

Acquisition and Cataloging Section, Kyoto University Library

Email: shiryoseibi660 [@] mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

For reference

・Titles which are already owned by Kyoto University can be searched via KULINE.

・List of titles which are available to academic institutions

Titles are sorted by platform and classified by type. Please use the classifications to narrow down the lists. Some titles are provided in multiple platforms

*Please note that the files are large, so downloading them may require some time.

*Due to the large size of the files, they may not be viewable on some smartphones and tablets.

[Japanse books] (Excel, approx. 38MB） On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the Maruzen eBook Library ・List2  Provided by the KinoDen ・List3  Provided by the EBSCO
[Non-Japanese books 1]  (Excel, approx. 13MB） On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the Bloomsbury, the Brill, the Cambridge, the Oxford, the Taylor & Francis, the Wiley, the World Scientific（titles published after 2021 only）
[Non-Japanese books 2]  (Excel, approx. 4MB) On-campus access only	・List1  Provided by the EBSCO（titles published after 2021 only, carefully selected by EBSCO）

・ All lists are last updated on July 2026.

・ Although the number of eBooks available to academic institutions is smaller than the number available to individuals, it still comprises a very large number of titles. The lists include only a partial selection of the eBooks that are available, so please do not hesitate to recommend eBooks that are not included in the lists, and we will check their availability.  

Your help and cooperation is greatly appreciated. Your recommendations help us to enhance our eBook collection, and will also be used as reference when requesting publishers to provide digital versions of their books.

The Maintenance work was completed (2026/8/18 10:00) and the service has been restored.

Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive will suspend its service due to the system maintenance for about 1 hours from 9:00 am, August 18, 2026. The service will be restored as soon as the maintenance work has been completed. Thank you for your understanding.

Regarding the KULINE search issue announced on August 13, we have confirmed that the problem was resolved as of 9:00 AM on August 18, 2026.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused during this outage and thank you for your patience.

[Library System Section, Main Library] 

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As of 9:30 AM on August 13, 2026, an issue is causing search results on KULINE to display incorrectly.

We are currently investigating the cause.

As an alternative, You can use CiNii Books to search for books and journals.
For details, please refer to "How to search books and periodicals held in the KU Libraries when KULINE is out of service".

We apologize for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience.

[Library System Section, Main Library]