Search for Materials Other Than Books or Journals
From April 1, 2024, when accessing electronic resources(e-journals, databases and e-books) from both of inside / outside the campus, you will be required institutional account authentication.
For issues related to institutional account authentication, please check with or contact the THERS account Help Center.
Books. Books held by Nagoya University are linked to OPAC.
A web database contracted by Nagoya University. Some of them can be also accessed from off-campus.
Free public web database and resources.
- JSA Library Server (Japanese Standards Association)
- JSA Webdesk (Japanese Standards Association Group)
- Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat) (National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training)
- How to Search for Patents (National Diet Library)
- KAKENHI Report (Nagoya University Engineering Library)
- KAKEN (National Institute of Informatics)
- NDL Online (National Diet Library)
Search for Standards
It can search and view the currently valid and obsolete (those valid as of 2002) JIS standards. ID and password required to use this database can be found here. Saving PDF files on your PC is not allowed. If you print, please be discarded after use.
It is a sales site for JIS, domestic group standards, international standards (ISO, IEC), and major overseas standards (BSI, ASTM, etc.). You can see the standard number and outline.
Search for Patents
It contains public relations information on patents, utility models, designs, trademarks, and decisions in Japan, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere around the world, as well as information on legal status, including procedures and examination processes.
It shows how to search for domestic and foreign patents and provides reference examples (in Japanese).
Search for KAKENHI Report
You can search for Grant-in-Aid reports (1986-2006) by faculty members of the Nagoya University Graduate School of Engineering and related graduate schools that are held by the Engineering Library.
It contains information on Grant-in-Aid research projects, research performance reports, research outcome summaries, research outcome reports, and self-evaluation reports.[Available Data]
It can search for Grant-in-Aid reports held by the National Diet Library. To search Grant-in-Aid reports, please click the Advanced Search button on the right side of the search box, then select "NDLC" from Classification field and enter "Y151". Please enter the title of the research project and research category in the "Title" field, the name of the principal investigator and research institution in the "Author/Editor" field, and the project number in the "Other No." field.
