Kyoto University Library Network

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

This seminar will tell you how to find academic articles with database "Web of Science"

and how to make citation lists with "EndNote Online".

We look forward to having you join us!

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Library Network Online Seminar " Web of Science & EndNote Online "
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*This seminar is held in Japanese only.

Date：5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Lecturer：Clarivate Plc (the provider of "Web of Science")

Route Map level:
[2]Obtain information accurately（Intermediate） [3]Evaluate, organize, and manage information（Advanced）
（ref. 京大図書館 最強ユーザ へのルートマップ）

Detailed Contents:
We invite a lecturer from Clarivate Plc, the provider of academic article database "Web of Science". She will explain article search and management.
・How to find important articles with "Web of Science".
・How to organize articles and make citation lists with citation management tool "EndNote Online".

Let's learn tips on article search and management!

Place: Online (WebEX)

Application date and time:
4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Application and Participation Page (webex):
https://qr.paps.jp/Usyz8J
*Registration starts at 4:30 p.m. on the day of the event.
*Please apply using your Kyoto University e-mail address.（KUMOI：～@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp、KUMail：～@kyoto-u.ac.jp）

*We will share the recording later.

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

20250715_WoS講習会ポスター_20250630

Solved. (2025/06/23)

Kyoto University has been blocked from accessing content on Project Euclid website due to an excessive download violation.

Publishers of e-journals and e-books are prohibited from accessing all pages, not only the full text, but also the table of contents and abstracts, with excessive frequency, thus overloading the servers.
If excessive access or large downloads are detected, penalties such as blocking access to e-journals from the entire university will be imposed by publisher.

Please read the "[Library Network] Conditions of Use and Licensing Restrictions for E-Resources" announced on Apr. 25, 2025, and review the settings of your browser and reference management tool plug-ins.

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.

Due to the server maintenance, Library Network Service will temporarily stop on August 14. Sorry for inconvenience.

■ Downtime : August 14, 2025, 9:00-13:00 (tentative)
■ Services not available : KULINE, MyKULINE, Online Services(Book Renewal, Reservations, Requests of Interlibrary Loans, automatic check-out machine, etc.)

※Upon completion of the update, services will restart.
※E-journals, Databases, "Kyoto University Research Information Repository(KURENAI)", "Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive" and Library Homepage will be available as usual.

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]

The issue was solved. Thank you for your cooperation.

KURENAI will be temporarily unavailable for maintenance during the following time:

• Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025
• Time: 17:00 PM - 21:00 PM (JST, estimated)

Since 4:45 p.m. on April. 24, 2025, KURENAI has been temporarily inaccessible.
We are investigating the cause of the failure. We apologize for your inconvenience.

[Repository Section, Main Library]
Posted: 2025-04-24
Update: 2025-05-29

Solved. (2025/05/14)

Kyoto University has been blocked from accessing content on the ACS Publications website due to an excessive download violation.

Publishers of e-journals and e-books are prohibited from accessing all pages, not only the full text, but also the table of contents and abstracts, with excessive frequency, thus overloading the servers.
If excessive access or large downloads are detected, penalties such as blocking access to e-journals from the entire university will be imposed by publisher.

Please read the "[Library Network] Conditions of Use and Licensing Restrictions for E-Resources" announced on April 25, 2025, and review the settings of your browser and reference management tool plug-ins.

To commemorate the awarding of the Abel Prize to Masaki Kashiwara, RIMS project professor and KUIAS program-specific professor, we will hold a special exhibition at Main　Library and Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Library.

Period: May 14, 2025 (Wed.) - end of the exhibition to be determined

Location: Learning Commons, Main Library (1F)

　　     　Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Library (3F), near the entrance of the reading room

Contents:▼Main Library

　　　   ・What is “The Abel Prize” ?
　　　   ・Biography of Masaki Kashiwara
　　　   ・Related materials (biographies, books for beginners, explanatory essays, etc.)
　　　
　　　     ▼Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Library

　　  　・Dr. Kashiwara's books and major papers
　　  　・Abel related books

柏原先生アーベル賞受賞記念展示ポスター

☆The website of the Kyoto University Library Network provides a collection of links to Dr. Kashiwara's related papers and other publications. The site introduces papers (Key Publications) related to the D-additive group and quantum group that triggered the award, as well as papers registered in the Kyoto University Research Information Repository (KURENAI). Information on the papers will be updated in the future!

［The Kyoto University Library Network News］

Lists the articles by the Abel Prize winner, Masaki Kashiwara, RIMS project professor and KUIAS program-specific professor, are open

[Contact]

Main Library 　075-753-2636　unyou660[@]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Library 　075-753-7223　400tosho[@]mail2.adm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

The service has been restored (2025/04/28/13:00).

As of 9:30 a.m. on April 28, 2025, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive is unavailable due to trouble.
We are investigating the cause of the failure. We apologize for your inconvenience.

[Digital Archive Section , Main Library]