FAQ(English)

Recommended browsers

We recommend using the latest versions of the following browsers so that CHOIS is easy to use:

Windows

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome

Macintosh

• Safari

Notice

These browsers do not operate normally with the following settings. Change these settings when applicable.

• Cookies setting: Disable
• Compatibility View setting: Enable (Internet Explorer)
• Referer setting: Disable

• 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 .