FAQ(English)

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• The column width of specific items in the bibliography details holdings list narrows drastically.
• A gray line borders each bibliography in the search result list.

• Temporarily allowing the pop-up blocker
  
  Click [Allow once] on the pop-up blocker notification bar.
  (Depending on the browser version, select "Temporarily Allow Pop-ups.")
  
  
  
  * However, with this method, if the browser is closed once, the pop-up blocker is enabled when the browser is started again. Consequently, the same work will need to be repeated to apply for a reservation or ILL in OPAC.

• Always allowing the pop-up blocker
  
  Click "Always allow" from [Options for this site] on the pop-up blocker notification bar.
  (Depending on the browser version, click the notification bar, and select "Always Allow Pop-ups from This Site.")
  
  
  

• Basic Search：You can search for materials by either Keyword, Title, Journal Title, Author, Subject, Publisher.
• Advanced Search：You can select search fields and incorporate Boolean operators (AND, OR and NOT) between search terms in your queries.

＊Searches can also use keywords converted into Roman alphabet letters using the ALA-LC Romanization Tables of the U.S. Library of Congress. Some materials are registered in Roman alphabet letters only. An index is created for them. So if the search has no hits with the original spelling, convert the keywords into Roman alphabet letters, and perform the search again.

Select the Advanced Search at [Catalogue] tab and enter in the Keyword field the words included in the book title or author that you can remember.

If the search has too many number of hits, you can also refine your search by material type, holding library, author, publication year, classification, subject, publisher, language on the left side of the search result list screen.

When you don't remember Kanji
When you are looking for Japanese materials and do not remember Kanji, try to search Kana - Japanese  pronouncation  characters.
And there is also a way to search in Roman characters instead of Kana.   
Add "$" symbol to the header of each Roman alphabet keyword for search, the system automatically convert to Roman alphabet keywords into katakana keyword, and search in katakana.

When you remember part of the title
If you clearly remember a part of the title, search for the words of title you remember by enclosing it in "*" and prefix the search value by "#".
Tthe words enclosed with "#" marks ,  they are treated as though 1 word or a phrase.
For example:  

You are looking for the specific subject
Click "Classification" in the lower part of the  [Catalogue] tab.
For example,  if you are looking for books related to "internatinal law"
You can select and narrow down the classification in the following categories, 
 ・3:Social Sciences > 32:Law > 329:International law
 And click "329", you can search and browse for books in the category.

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If you can't find the book you are looking for, please consult the librarians at the Reference Desk .

• Keyword
• Title
• Authors name
• Publisher
• Subject
• Classification
• ISBN/ISSN
• NCID
• Bibliography ID
• Material ID
• Call No.
• Special Collections

• Holding library
• Publication year
• Country code
• Language code
• Location
• Material format
  

There are two search methods: keyword search and literal search.

1. The keyword search is a search of materials to find those containing the entered search value as a word (i.e., keyword).
   The literal search is a search of materials to find those containing the entered search value as a simple character string (i.e., literal).
   
   For the literal search, you can specify the following search methods.
   

   Search method	Description	Entry example	Example of hit
   Exact match	Retrieves the materials that have a complete match to the character string entered as a search condition.	end	end END End
   Prefix search	Retrieves the materials that have a character string matching the prefix entered as a search condition.	end*	ending
   Left/right truncation search	Retrieves the materials that have a character string matching the left/right truncation entered as a search condition.	*end*	weekends
   Suffix search	Retrieves the materials that have a character string matching the suffix entered as a search condition.	*end	weekend

   
   
   
2. Searches for the following search items are normal keyword searches. To perform a literal search with the following keyword search items, add "#" to the beginning of the search values.

   
   

   Keyword search item
   • Title
   • Author
   • Publisher
   • Subject
   • Keyword
   
   
   
3. Searches for the following search items are normal literal searches. 
   
   Literal search item
   • Publication year
   • Classification
   • ISBN/ISSN
   • Country code
   • Language code
   • NCID
   • Material ID (available only with prefix search)
   • Call No. (available only with prefix search)
   
   By using the literal search, you can set the following search conditions for the details.
   

   Search method	Entry example (Item: Search value)	Example of hit
   Searching for materials that have the keyword "Japan" in the title	Title: Japan	History of Japan Tales of Old Japan America and Japan
   Searching for materials whose title is "Japan"	Title: #Japan	Japan
   Searching for materials whose title ends with "Japan"	Title: #*Japan	America and Japan A Rebirth of Japan Japan
   Searching for materials published in the 1900s	Publication year: 19*	1945

You can perform searches with the following items on the advanced search screen.

• The △ symbol in the entry example represents one or more blank characters.
• [Local] means that the search item is enabled only for local searches. Values entered for NII searches are ignored.

By placing a "$" symbol in front of Roman characters used for search values, you can convert the Roman characters into Katakana characters to perform a search.

• Writing in the official Kana romanization system and the Hepburn system is supported.
• The Roman alphabet doesn't correspond to the long vowel character. For example, please enter "$kiwado" not "$kiwado" when you want to get the same result in the "キーワード."
• _ means a blank.

• Cross Search: CiNii Books, Google Books, and book collections of the National Diet Library and libraries outside Japan (WorldCat, British Library)
• University libraries: Neighborhood university libraries, etc.
• Public libraries: Book collections of neighborhood public libraries, etc.
• Bookstores: Book collections and bibliography data of Amazon, Junkudo Bookstore, and Books Kinokuniya
• Classic books: Classic books in university libraries and public libraries across Japan (comprehensive catalog of Japanese classic books)

• The search result list screen can display the search results of each specific search site or all sites.
• The first displayed search results belong to the search site where the search ended the earliest.
• If you want to find out the search results of another site, select it from the left menu.
• You can display a list of search results of each specific search site by clicking "Show All Sites" at the top left of the screen or clicking the site link in the results for each site on the left side of the screen.

• The number of acquired results is limited (10 to 100) depending on the site. If you want to find out all the search results of a specific site, perform the search directly from that site.
• The results of searches with [Cross Search] may differ from the direct search results of a specific search site. Use [Cross Search] mainly as a guide to determining the good sites to search for the materials you are looking for.

By selecting "Various applications" displayed for the bibliography on the search result list screen, you can make an ILL copy request (getting a copy from another library) and an ILL borrowing request (getting a book from another library).

• ILL Copy Request (getting a copy from another library)
• ILL Borrowing Request (borrowing a physical book)

The following functions in the MyAccount are collectively called My Folder. 

You can register the bibliography of books you have already read or wish to read.
You can directly export the list to "RefWorks" or "EndNoteWeb".

2.My Search

Search or Browsing History automatically save until the browser is closed (or the operation is stopped for a long time). 
You can use them by clicking the [Browsing History] button.


* This screen displays after "Browsing History" is clicked.


If you want to check materials at a later date, save them in a bookmark.
You can register them at the search result list or the bibliography details screen.

If you register them at Search Result list Screen, Select the check box of the materials you want to bookmark  and click [Bookmark] button.




You can confirm the list you saved at the ”Bookmark” in My folder tab.

1. Method of directly importing book information from OPAC to EndNote Web
   (A plugin must be downloaded before book information can be imported.)
   1. Log in to EndNote Web.
      * Users who do not have an account with EndNote are requested to register as users from "Account Registration."
      
      
      
      
   2. Click [Options] -> [Download Plugin].
      1. If you are using Internet Explorer or Safari as the browser, select "Download Windows Version" or "Download Macintosh Version" from CWYW (Cite While You Write), according to the operating system used on your computer, to download the plugin.
         
         
         
      2. If you are using Firefox as the browser
      • Click "Download Windows/Macintosh Version" in Firefox Extensions to download the plugin.
        
        
        
      • When a message prompting you to restart Firefox appears, restart Firefox.
      • From the Firefox menu, click [Tools] -> [Add-ons] -> [Extensions]. Then, click [Options] of EndNote Web.
        
        
        
      • Confirm that the pop-up check box is checked.
        (If it is not, enter a check mark.)
        
        
        
   This completes the plugin download procedure.
   
2. Click "Book Management" on the bibliography search result list screen or bibliography details screen.
   (The bibliography to be imported must be selected on the bibliography search result list screen.)
3. When the "Select Export Destination" pop-up appears, select "EndNote Web."
   
   
   
4. The selected bibliography is imported to EndNote Web. (If you are not logged in to EndNote Web, a login screen appears. Log in by entering your e-mail address and password.)

1. Click "Output" on the bibliography search result list screen or bibliography details screen.
   (The bibliography to be imported must be selected on the bibliography search result list screen.)
2. When the "Select the file output format" pop-up appears, select "RIS format."
   
   
   
3. The file is downloaded. Save the file at an appropriate location on your computer.
4. Log in to EndNote Web.
   * Users who do not have an account with EndNote are requested to register as users from "Account Registration."
5. Click [Collect] -> [Reference Point].
6. Click the [Browse] button in "File," and select the newly saved file.
7. Select "RefMan RIS" for "Import Options."
   
   
   
8. Specify the import destination folder in "Import Destination," and click the [Import] button.
9. The selected bibliography is imported to EndNote Web.

* If "RefMan RIS" does not appear in "Import Options," click "Select Favorites," select "RefMan RIS," and click [Copy to My List] to add the file to My List.





Reference:
EndNote Web help - importing references
EndNote Web operating environment (supported browsers) (Usaco)

• You can import book information from OPAC to RefWorks from the following screen.
• You can import book information directly (direct import) to RefWorks without downloading a plugin.
• Register as a new user only the first time.
  

1. Click "Book Management" on the bibliography search result list screen or bibliography details screen.
   (The bibliography to be imported must be selected on the bibliography search result list screen.)
2. The "Select Export Destination" pop-up appears. Select "RefWorks."
3. The selected bibliography is imported to RefWorks. (If you have not logged in yet, the login screen appears. In that case, enter your login name and password.)