FAQ(English)

Recommended browsers

We recommend using the latest versions of the following browsers so that OPAC 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.

• Bib Search: Books and serials in our collection
• Article Search: Articles, etc. accessible domestically
• Other Univ.: Books, serials, etc. in the possession of university libraries, etc. nationwide
• Cross Search: Materials in the possession of national universities, the National Diet Library, bookstores, etc.

Switch to and use the tab appropriate to the search target and materials.
For details, see the respective tab.

• 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.")
  
  
  

On the Japanese-language pages, you can use Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and alphanumeric characters. For alphanumeric characters, you can enter uppercase and lowercase characters. Single-byte and double-byte characters can both be entered.

Searches can use the original spelling (with characters as they appear in materials). 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.

You can perform the following three searches by entering multiple conditions in a single search field or filling in multiple search fields (logical operation).

Entering multiple search values in one search field (enabled on the basic search screen and advanced search screen)

Entering multiple search values in multiple search fields (enabled on the advanced search screen)

Primary search items and secondary search items

The following search items are called primary search items. You can perform searches independently with their search values alone.

• Keyword
• Title
• Author
• Publisher
• Subject
• Review
• Tag
• Classification
• ISBN/ISSN
• NCID
• Bibliography ID
• Registration No.
• Material ID
• Call No.

The following search items are called secondary search items. You cannot perform a search with a secondary search item unless it is combined with at least one primary search item. The search screen displays * in front of the item names.

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