Kyoto University offers E-Journals (over 60,000 titles), E-Books (over 240,000 titles) and Databases (over 100 DB) to the faculty, staff, and students of kyoto University.

For Access to e-resources, the license conditions has set forth by publishers who provides.
All publishers prohibit the following actions,

• Systematic and programmatic download --> Even if you download manually, it shall be considered as excessive use if you download a lot of files at one time.　 Just to display on the screen of the PC, it will be considered "Download".
• Usage beyond the private purpose
• Reproducing and distributing

In case that you violate the license conditions, they will suspend our license to access from campus.
You are required to comply with the license.
Please refer for detail to Terms and Conditions by Publishers / Providers.

E-Journals : Access and Use Restrictions (PDF)
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Previous Warning
Poster "Excessive clicks are dangerous!" [Japanese]（PDF）
Poster "Don't lend others your "ID"! " [Japanese]（PDF）

You'll need to authenticate your user status by ID and password when you access e-journals and databases. Please type your ECS-ID (Educational Computer System ID) or SPS-ID (Groupware ID) and password in the appropriate field.
Guide to E-Journal and Database Authentication System　

• Required settings for Authentification System[JPN]
• EJ/DB Authentication System FAQ [JPN]
• Log files shall not be used for any purposes other than the investigation of inappropriate use or statistical analysis to carry out administration.Statistics will not include any personal information.

The Institute for Information Management and Communication [ENG]
How to Get the Account (IIMC) [JPN]
Guide Pamphlet "Let's get the ECS-ID! : For the use of E-Journals/E-Books and Databases" [ENG]