OPAC is the system for searching the online union catalog databases of books and serials held in your university. Cross-file searching of your university’s OPAC, NACSIS-CAT and so on can be performed.

"Local Database" is the online catalog databases of academic materials (books, serials and audio visuals) in the collections of your university.

"NACSIS-CAT" is the online cataloging system which NII (National Institute of Informatics) provides. By using it, you can search union catalog databases of academic materials in the collections of institutions such as university libraries.

Please choose database to search.

Please type search terms. Material including search terms is searched from among all data.

Search begins.

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You can type search terms by using the keyboard displayed in another window.

Simple search and Advanced search can be switched by pushing this link.

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Please choose database to search.
Cross-file searching of your university’s OPAC and NACSIS-CAT can be performed by checking both checkbox.

You can select object (book, serial, etc.) to search.

When you select "Books" and "Journals", all books and jornals is searched.

It is safe to select neither “Books” and “Journals” when there is especially no necessity that you select this because there is a material that is difficult to distinguish whether it is a book or a serial.

The document division which you can narrow down changes by the database which you chose.

Distinction between Japanese books and foreign books can be selected only when you use local database.

You can select campuses to search.

*The campus that you can select is campuses of your university.

You can search by selecting search items.

Please refer to the paragraph of "Detailed typing method of search terms" for details

You can search by using Boolean search.

You can select published year.

You can select published country.

You can select language.

You can select classification (philosophy, history, literature, etc.).

You can select the kind of media (CD-ROM, DVD, etc.).

You can search selecting place where book is on display.

You can select the order of displaying search results.

You can select the number of search results displayed on one screen.

Search begins.

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You can type search terms by using the keyboard displayed in another window.

Simple search and Advanced search can be switched by pushing this link.

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• Letters can be typed in either upper case or lower case (such as abc, ABC, or Abc).

• Please type full or partial title or series name.



• Various characters* can be used.


* kanji・hiragana・katakana・the Roman alphabet・full-width Cyrillic alphabet・full-width Greek alphabet

<Example of typed data>

"OK"  Cultural history of Japan
"OK"  Cultural history Japan

• Please type full or partial author or editor name.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  森鴎外
"OK"  shakespeare

• Please type the name of publisher.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  University of Chicago Press

• Please type subject.“Subject” is defined by some subject headings (BSH, NDLSH, MESH, LCSH, etc.).


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  psychology
"OK"  education history

• ISBN（International Standard Book Number）is a unique number to identify books.



• The hyphen “-“ can be omitted.



• XISBN can be used here.


* When you use CiNii Books, if you want to search by using ISBN, please set “books” in an item of “The object of reference”.

<Example of typed data>

"OK"  978-4-6230-4725-3
"OK"  9784623047253

• ISSN（International Standard Serial Number）is a unique number to identify journals.



• The hyphen “-“ can be omitted.



• XISSN can be used here.


* When you use CiNii Books, if you want to search by using ISSN, please set “journals” in an item of “The object of reference”.

<Example of typed data>

"OK"  0064-7895
"OK"  00647895

• In the case of OPAC, it can refer to both “Classification Type: Classification Table Number”, and the “Classification Table Number”.


* It is possible to search NACSIS Webcat by classification, only when “Books” is chosen and “Standard classification” field is chosen, and type “Classification Table Number”.

<Example of typed data>

"OK"  DC21：747*
"OK"  NDC8：120*

"OK"  747*
"OK"  120*

• "Possession classification" means a number written to the first frame of label of call number.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  747.6*
"OK"  747.6

• Please type call number. Call number is written in the label attached to the back cover of a book.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  A15：317
"OK"  000：550

• Please type Bibliography ID.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  20000531
"OK"  1010547

• Please type barcode number.Barcode Number is written on the label attached to the books held by your university.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  4219929388
"OK"  5011265517

• Please type LCCN (LC Card Number).Please search LCCN after replacing the hyphen of LCCN with 0 and correcting the number of digits of LCCN to eight digits.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  98-11705  ->  98011705
"OK"  75-432  ->  75000432

• Please type NDLCN (National Diet Library Card Number) or NDLPN (National Diet Library Periodical Number).



• When you use NACSIS Webcat, “NDLCN” and “NDLPN” can be used on the following conditions.



• [When you search by using “NDLCN”]



• Please set "books" in an item of “The object of reference”.



• [When you search by using “NDLPN]



• Pease set "journals" in an item of “The object of reference”.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  65411754
"OK"  00142586

• "CODEN (Code Designated)" is an identification code put on the periodical of the natural science field.


When you use NACSIS Webcat, if you want to search by using CODEN, please set "journals" in an item of “The object of reference”.

<Example of typed data>

"OK"  TEASEP
"OK"  POLJB8

• "NACSIS-ID" is an identification number of NACSIS-CAT."NACSIS-CAT" is a number composed of the character such as "AA, AN, BA, BN" and the figure of eight digits.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  BA33856994
"OK"  AA11359961

• "NBN No" means National Bibliography Number.The National Diet Library gives the number to the book published in Japan.


<Example of typed data>

"OK"  JP80033432
"OK"  JP92055679

• Please type other numbers(OTHKEY).

The prefix search can be done by typing the first part of search terms and "*".

When search terms are typed like the above-mentioned example, all words that begin with "communi" such as "community" and "communism" are searched.
※Please type search terms without putting the blank ahead of "*".

When search terms are typed to two or more items and “AND” is selected, materials that agree with both terms are searched.

Example:)

Material including word "beautiful" and "life" is searched.

example:) [The beautiful life]

You can search like the above-mentioned by putting space between two words or putting “*”. However, the title of a book (complete type) and the author name are excluded from it.


When you search by typing “*” between two words
Example:)



When you search by putting space between two words
Example:)

When search terms are typed to two or more items and “OR” is selected, materials that agree with either two search terms are searched.


Example：）

Material including word “Takamura” or “Kotaro” is searched.

example：[Takamura Kotaro] ,[Takamura Koun], [Sawaki Kotaro] ,etc.

When "NOT" is selected, materials including the second word are excluded though materials including the first word are searched.

Example：）

Materials including word “Charlotte” are excluded though materials including word “Bronte” are searched.

example：[Emily Jane Bronte] ,[Anne Bronte] ,etc.