Maruzen eBook Library is a Japanese language e-book collection of language learning material, graphic novels, and scholarly material in Japanese.  To view the e-books MIT subscribes to, select the link above or the link below to view as an Excel spreadsheet.

The recommended browsers to use Maruzen are Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge.

Maruzen eBook Library has a user guide in English that includes user instructions and the terms and conditions.  Select the link below to open the user guide as a PDF document.

To comply with the licensing agreement, "please refrain from using MeL texts as textbooks. Classroom use is accepted within the range of the number of simultaneous access contracted, but not accepted if using different parts of the same work for each lesson ends up in using most of the work as a result. Also, users cannot download or distribute MeL texts instead of purchasing the print textbooks required for the classes. If using MeL material in class at an academic institution, please do so in accordance with the latest version of the guidelines (PDF in Japanese)."

Maruzen has no problem using MeL as a reading assignment. However, they do not expect it to be used as a substitute for a textbook.

Please Ask Us if you have questions.