Kyoto University Library Network

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Announcing Summon Research Assistant (BETA)!

Summon Research Assistant (BETA), a new tool that uses generative AI to help with academic information, joins "Discovery", our convenient platform for searching a wide range of academic literature.

Simply enter your question, and it will provide you with five useful documents and their summaries. You can also expand your research further.

To get started, click on Summon Research Assistant BETA in the upper left corner of the Discovery search screen.　User Guide

Discovery:https://kyoto.summon.serialssolutions.com/#!/

poster:PDF

AI Usage Tips
・It's Beta! Features might change.
・Don't put in private info or personal data. Watch out for copyright too.
・Don't copy outputs directly. Use them to help your work, and always cite your sources.
・AI can sometimes be wrong or biased. Always verify the info yourself.
・To use Summon Research Assistant from off-campus, please connect via VPN.

Contact: Kyoto University Library Network  https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/form/14378?lang=en

There may be approximately a 10-minute downtime during each of the following maintenance windows. If you attempt authentication during these times, you might encounter an error. In such cases, we kindly ask that you please wait a few minutes and try accessing again.

Scheduled Maintenance Dates & Times:

• June 20, 2025 (Fri) 19:00 – June 21, 2025 (Sat) 1:40 (Approximately 10 minutes within the 6 hours and 40-minute window)
• June 20, 2025 (Fri) 19:30 – June 21, 2025 (Sat) 3:30 (Approximately 10 minutes within the 8-hour window)
• June 23, 2025 (Mon) 19:00 – June 24, 2025 (Tue) 3:00 (Approximately 10 minutes within the 8-hour window)

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

JapanKnowledge service will be suspended due to its temporary security measures during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.

Schedule

• June 2, 2025 (Mon) 18:00 - 19:00 (Japan Time)

Suspended service

All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)

Database List "J"
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb?c=erdb_alpha_j&lang=en

[E-Resources team, Kyoto University Main Library]

Prohibited use of electronic resources

Use of electronic resources including databases, e-journals and e-books subscribed by Kyoto University is subject to copyright laws and licence agreements.
The licences generally prohibit the following uses:

Violation of the licence agreements may result in the suspension of access to e-resources for the whole University. Please be aware that access may also be blocked on a per-user basis due to the authentication system.

Note on text and data mining and generative AI

• In some cases, special permission from the publisher or a separate agreement may be required to use electronic resources for text and data mining or for training generative AI. If you plan to use resources for such purposes, please contact "Question about E-Journals/Databases" in advance.
• Please note that uploading electronic resource content to cloud-based services, such as generative AI, machine translation, etc., may constitute a breach of contract and copyright infringement.

Automatic Download Features of Reference Management Tools and Browser Preloading Functions

Recently, there have been cases of unintentional mass downloading/mass access caused by the automatic download function of literature management software/plug-ins or the link preview function of web browsers.

These functions repeatedly access links within a page in the background. As a result, the user may be unaware that he or she is causing a mass download/access. Please do not use these functions as they may induce a malfunction of the e-journal/database authentication system.

For information about settings in each literature management software and web browser,
[Attention!] Regarding Bulk Access to Electronic Resources Due to Automatic Download Features of Reference Management Tools and Browser Preloading Functions

Flyers

• Electronic Journal "Excessive Access" Recent Case: It happens without any intention!!（PDF）[Flier]

Related Pages

• E-Journals & E-Books List
• Flyer: E-Journals : Access and Use Restrictions (PDF) [English] [Chinese] [Korean] [Japanese]
• How to use e-resources
• Authentication System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

[Kyoto University Library Network]
Posted: 2025/04/25

Due to system maintenance, some services of "Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search" will be unavailable during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.

To access this database via the new authentication system, click here.

Date and Suspended service:

Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2024 Time: 14:00-15:00 (JST)

* The functions of the following contents will be unavailable.

• Asahi Graph (optional): Search results will be zero

* Other services such as article search are available.

Access to ProQuest's "Sociological Abstracts" will end on March 31, 2025.

We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

From April 2025, we will introduce EBSCO Sociology Source Ultimate as a database for sociology and related fields (trial use is available until the end of March 2025).

EBSCO Sociology Source Ultimate

Database List "S"

[Kyoto University Library Network]

Prohibited use of electronic resources

Use of electronic resources including databases, e-journals and e-books subscribed by Kyoto University is subject to copyright laws and licence agreements.
The licences generally prohibit the following uses:

Violation of the licence agreements may result in the suspension of access to e-resources for the whole University. Please be aware that access may also be blocked on a per-user basis due to the authentication system.

Note on text and data mining and generative AI

• In some cases, special permission from the publisher or a separate agreement may be required to use electronic resources for text and data mining or for training generative AI. If you plan to use resources for such purposes, please contact "Question about E-Journals/Databases" in advance.
• Please note that uploading electronic resource content to cloud-based services, such as generative AI, machine translation, etc., may constitute a breach of contract and copyright infringement.

Automatic Download Features of Reference Management Tools and Browser Preloading Functions

Recently, there have been cases of unintentional mass downloading/mass access caused by the automatic download function of literature management software/plug-ins or the link preview function of web browsers.

These functions repeatedly access links within a page in the background. As a result, the user may be unaware that he or she is causing a mass download/access. Please do not use these functions as they may induce a malfunction of the e-journal/database authentication system.

For information about settings in each literature management software and web browser,
[Attention!] Regarding Bulk Access to Electronic Resources Due to Automatic Download Features of Reference Management Tools and Browser Preloading Functions

Flyers

• Electronic Journal "Excessive Access" Recent Case: It happens without any intention!!（PDF）[Flier]

Related Pages

• E-Journals & E-Books List
• Flyer: E-Journals : Access and Use Restrictions (PDF) [English] [Chinese] [Korean] [Japanese]
• How to use e-resources
• Authentication System Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

[Kyoto University Library Network]
Posted: 2025/03/03

JapanKnowledge service will be suspended due to its system maintenamce during the following period.
We appreciate your support and patience.

Schedule

• March 8, 2025 (Sat) 10:00 - 13:00 (Japan Time)

Suspended service

All JapanKnowledge Services (JapanKnowledge Lib, Select contents and JKBooks)

Database List "J"
https://www.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/erdb?c=erdb_alpha_j&lang=en

[E-Resources team, Kyoto University Main Library]

The authentication system switchover of "Asahi Shimbun Cross-Search" will take place during the following time. There will be no service outage, but the session of the service you are using will be disconnected during the switchover. Please note that you will need to log in again.
We appreciate your support and patience.

To access this database via the new authentication system, click here.

Date and Time:

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, 18:00-19:30 (JST)