{"id":26831,"date":"2025-12-16T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/?p=26831"},"modified":"2026-04-01T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:19:58","slug":"%ef%bc%88%e4%bb%ae%ef%bc%89%e9%9b%bb%e5%ad%90%e6%9b%b8%e7%b1%8d%e3%81%ae%e8%b3%bc%e5%85%a5%e3%83%aa%e3%82%af%e3%82%a8%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e5%8f%97%e4%bb%98%e3%82%92%e9%96%8b%e5%a7%8b%e3%81%97%e3%81%be-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/news-en\/2025\/12\/16\/26831\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Service Terminated\u3011Trial Reading Service and Reception of Purchase Request for E-Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/news\/2025\/11\/13\/26826\/\">\uff1eJapanese<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: red;\">This service ended on March 31, 2026.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Waseda University Library will discontinue to extend the trial reading service for ebooks of the following databases at the end of March 2026.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Purchase requests must be submitted by February 24, 2026.<\/span> Please note that requests submitted on or after February 25 will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">Information about purchase requests for FY2026 and beyond has been announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/news-en\/2026\/02\/11\/27299\/\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Databases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/waseda-jp.libguides.com\/az\/47316929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebook Central<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/waseda-jp.libguides.com\/az\/47316927\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maruzen eBook Library<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Who is eligible?<\/h3>\n<p>All faculty and students who are able to access the databases.<small><br \/>\n*<span style=\"color: #a3024a;\"> Before using this service from off-campus,<\/span> please check with the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/search_find\/off-campus-access\/#anc_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off-Campus Access<\/a><\/u> <b>to ensure you are eligible<\/b>.<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<h3>Time period<\/h3>\n<p>Until March 2026. (Purchase requests must be submitted by February 24, 2026.)<\/p>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 153px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ddaflow2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nFor the details, please refer to the &#8220;How to use&#8221; tips in the &#8220;\u5fc5\u305a\u304a\u8aad\u307f\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\uff0fRead Before Use&#8221; at each database log-in page.<\/p>\n<h3>Notice<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You can use <u>5 minutes trial reading<\/u>\u00a0service without access limits.<\/li>\n<li>As for Maruzen eBook Library, please read &#8220;Notes for Use of Maruzen eBook Library (MeL)&#8221; carefully before requesting or using ebooks.<\/li>\n<li>Please be sure to fill in the &#8220;Reason for Purchase.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The Library gives priority to purchasing ebooks requested by the faculty members for their own courses. In addition, please check &#8220;Notes for Use of Maruzen eBook Library (MeL)&#8221; if the Maruzen eBook Library is to be used in a class.<\/li>\n<li>Please fill in the details such as the class name and the name of the teaching staff in charge in the following cases.\n<ul>\n<li>The faculty needs to use ebooks for preparing their courses or lecture.<\/li>\n<li>The faculty needs to recommend ebooks to their students for their classes, seminars or research guidance.<\/li>\n<li>Students have to read ebooks professors recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Library would reject requests for high-priced titles, requests for titles already held physical materials, or excessive requests from the same user.<\/li>\n<li>Movies and periodicals are excepted from requests of purchasing on this service.<\/li>\n<li>You are not informed of the rejects of your requests. The status of &#8220;Pending&#8221; remains in Ebook Central even though your requests are rejected.\u00a0 This status will be initialized and reset at the end of the fiscal year.\u00a0 Thank you for your understanding.<\/li>\n<li>Some titles have a limit on the number of simultaneous accesses. Please refer to each instruction for the details. Please note that when you use ebooks for courses.\u00a0 Please try after a while if you cannot access the ebook.<\/li>\n<li>Though in rare cases, buttons of \u201crequest\u201d or \u201ctrial\u201d of some titles in MeL do not work due to decisions by the vendor. Both preview and purchase requests are not available for this title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Other<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>This purchase request service is <b>different<\/b> from conventional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/library\/en\/services\/online-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Request<\/a>.\u00a0 Please use \u201cLibrary Online Request Form\u201d as ever when you need <u>printed materials<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>Please check the implementation period and eligibility for using the service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Contact<\/h5>\n<p>Department of Collection Management<br \/>\nEmail:\u3000shiryokanrika(\u2605)list.waseda.jp\u00a0 \u00a0 *Please replace (\u2605) with @ when sending mail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uff1eJapanese This service ended on March 31, 2026. 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