Elsevier to suspend service temporarily (March 10, 2010)
Science Direct (electronic journal) and Scopus will not be available for the service. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, and ask you to kindly understand the situation.
Suspension Period: from 12:30 PM to 21:00 PM (Japan time, about 8.5 hours) on March 14, 2010

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<Digital Archive> Two new titles added to "Full-text Digital Archive of Rare Books"! (March 2, 2010)
We newly uploaded two titles. "Kyoto Furisu Igakkou Kyoyu Igakushi Kamon Keitarou Sensei Kougi Kaibougaku Yuen Hikki Jintaigaku Kingakuhen" and "Shinkei Keitou Chuusuuki zufu". Do take a look. We will be adding new titles.

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"GeNii Seminar" to be held (March 2, 2010)
A seminar will be held for GeNii, the portal website for which National Institute of Informatics provide academic contents.
Day & Time: from 18:00 on March 12 (Friday)
Venue: AV Room, 2nd floor of KPUM Library
Application: not required

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Selection and order placement of journals to be purchased in 2010 ( March 1, 2010)

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Free trial of "Konnichi no Shinryo (Today's Practice)" online version returns (February 26, 2010)
You can now access "Konnichi no Shinryo (Today's Practice)"that contains Igaku Shoin's 12 bestseller books.
(This free trial is available up to the end of March, while the chargeable access is likely to follow from April onwards.)

＜Included Books＞
Today's Therapeutic Guidelines, 2009 Version
Today's Therapeutic Guidelines, 2008 Version
Today's Diagnostic Guidelines, 5th Edition
Today's Orthopedic Therapy Guidelines, 5th Edition
Today's Pediatric Therapy Guidelines, 14th Edition
First Aid Manual, 3rd Edition
Clinical Inspection Data Book, 2009-2010
Therapeutic Drugs Manual, 2009 Version
New Clinical Medicine, 9th Edition
Medical Diagnostics, 2nd Edition
Today's Dermatological Disease Therapeutic Guidelines, 3rd Edition
Igaku Shoin's Great Medical Dictionary, 2nd Edition

Access ：https://top.islib.jp/bcs/li/kpu-m/

＊To finish the access, make sure to click "log out" button.

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Free trial of RSC journals (February 22, 2010)
We are still in a 2-year free trial period for Integrative Biology published by RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry). This time 6 journals of RSC are just added to a 2-year free trial as follows.
・Analytical Methods　・Integrative Biology　・Metallomics　・Nanoscale　
（2009-2010）
・Chemical Science　・MedChemComm　・Polymer Chemistry　
（2010-2011）
Access: http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/
（The electronic journal search window of this Library website can hit the contents.)

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Cochrane Library is now available (January 21, 2010)
Effective this year, we contracted Cochrane Library that collects databases for practicing EBM. It covers a wide range of topics including the prevention of injuries, alternative medicines, natural therapies. Please use them.
Access: www.thecochranelibrary.com
User guide：http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/homepages/106568753/UserGuideJapanese.pdf

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A trial of online video journal (January 21, 2010)
We just started a trial of JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) that features experimentation protocols using videos. It explains by around 15-minute video the complicated experimentation methods that are hard to be represented by texts alone.
Access: http://www.jove.com/　(accessible only from PC terminals connected to KPUM LAN)
Trial period: up to February 28 (Sun)

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<Digital Archive> Two new titles added to "Full-text Digital Archive of Rare Books"! (December 17, 2009)
We just uploaded two new titles, "Hoshino Sensei Shindangaku Byori Souron" and "Igakushi Kamon Keitaro Sensei jutsu Kaibogaku Gokankihen Myakkankizu". Do take a look. We will be adding new titles.

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<Digital Archive> Six volumes newly added to Old Medical Books Collection of Nisuke Matsumoto Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science! (October 7, 2009)
The six volumes added this time are "Fujin Kotofusa", "Saiyu Nikki", "Tansen Kikou", "Yabureya no Tsuzukuribanashi", "Junsei Shoinki", and "Kikoku Sensei Genkouroku". Do take a look from here!

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<Digital Archive> Provision of "Full-text Digital Archive of Rare Books"starts! (November 18, 2009)
The first volume is entitled "Records of anatomical lectures given by Dr. Mansvelt. Do take a look from here!
We will be adding new titles in the future.

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ProQuest "Medical Evidence Matters" now available for a trial! (May 26, 2009)

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"Integrative Biology" starts a trial (March 24, 2009)

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KPUM history and commemorative journals are available on this library's website !
(January 19, 2009)
On the digital archive page, you can view 135th Anniversary Year Commemorative Journal, 125th Anniversary Year Commemorative Journal, 100 Years' History, and 80 Years' History. Take a look now！