Utilization

Electronic Journal/Database remote access service

The service “Tulips Warp” allows you to access the electronic journals and the databases which the University of Tsukuba subscribes, when you are outside of the campus. (Normally they can be accessed only via campus network.)
(* Warp is an abbreviation for "Web Access from Remote Place".)

※Remote access service may not be available when the VPN is connected.
 Please disconnect the VPN connection before using remote access service.

How to use this service

  1. Click the link below “I agree on the terms and go to the electronic journal / database list.”.
  2. Access an electronic journal or a database with “R” on the right side.
  3. Enter your Unified Authentication ID (13 digits numbers on your ID card) or Library Authenticaction ID (13 digits numbers issued by the library) and your password (controlled in「Unified Authentication System」).
  4. If you are presented with a screen asking for your consent to provide personal information, please consent to the provision of "eduPersonAffiliation", "eduPersonScopedAffiliation", and "uid" to determine whether you have access to the service. If you do not consent, you will not be able to use the service.
  5. The URL remains “xxx-xxx-xxx.ezproxy.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp” while using this service. Tulips Warp is valid only for the pages with this URL.

Go to remote access service

Your agreement to the terms below is required to use Tulips Warp.

  • Libraries of University of Tsukuba take users’ access log, which will be used only for statistical purposes and will not be opened publicly.
  • Users will inform Library of problems (e.g. the disconnection).
  • According to the terms of the electronic journals and databases, users will not download or access excessively. (-> More information) With illegal use, the publishers may suspend the whole services available for the University of Tsukuba.

I agree on the terms and go to the electronic journal / database list.
(access an electronic journal or a database with “R” on the right side)


When you cannot access Tulips Warp…

Besides Tulips Warp, some databases (listed below) accept login with Unified Authentication account and do not require Tulips Warp to log in. Here is the list of the databases and some instruction to log in:

  • CiNii
    Click “Log in” on the upper right and select “筑波大学 (University of Tsukuba)” as 所属機関 (the institute which you belong to).
  • NII-REO Humanities & Social Sciences Collection
    • 19c & 20c HCPP(19th C & 20th C House of Commons Parliamentary Papers)
    • 18c HCPP(18th C House of Commons Parliamentary Papers)
    • MOMW(Making of the Modern World 1450-1850)
    • MOMWⅡ(1851-1914)
    • MOMW III(1890-1945)
    • ECCO(Eighteenth Century Collections Online)
    • EEBO(Early English Books Online)  
    • Evans(America's Histrical Imprints, Series I: Evans) 
      Click “Log in” on the upper right and select “筑波大学 (University of Tsukuba)” as 所属機関 (the institute which you belong to).
  • Web of Science
    Select “Japanese Research and education (GakuNin)”, then “筑波大学 (University of Tsukuba)”
  • Ovid (Ovid E-Journals)
    Enter "tsukuba" in the "Institution name or email..." field and click on the option that comes up.
  • EBSCO host (Business Source Complete, SPORTDiscus with Full Text, CINAHL, eBook Collection etc.)
    Access the site and log in with the unified authentication screen.
  • Cambridge Journals Online / Books Online
    Enter "tsukuba" in the search window and click on the suggestions that come up.

The access is limited only to the titles which University of Tsukuba subscribes.