Nagoya University Bioagricultural Library Guide ( for AGR members ) Hours / Closed Dates Mon. - Fri. Opening Hours Browsing Circulation Services Photocopying (University Expense) Photocopying (Private Expense) 9:00-20:00 9:00-20:00 9:00-16:30 Closed Payment 12:00-13:00 Closed Dates Sat./Sun./National holidays Summer holidays (Bon period) Winter holidays (Dec.28 Jan.4)
Using the Library Caution No canned drink and paper carton drink is allowed. Put the plastic bottle drink into your bag. Library Cards Your Student ID or Staff ID serves as your Library Card for borrowing materials. The members of Nagoya University who have No Student ID or Staff ID can substitute Central Library Card as our library card. If you do not have library card, please fill out the application form. Faculty / Staff / Graduate students can use our library during closed dates from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Browsing and Photocopying at University Expense Only.) Browsing All of the materials in the library are accessible freely. Please return materials to the bookshelves after you use. < Books > Books are arranged on the shelves by "Call Number" on their spine labels. According to NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification) printed at the first line of the label, books are shelved from left-to-right and top-to-bottom. And when many books have the same Classification Number, they are placed in alphabetical order by the second line of Author's Initial (the first letter or letters of the author's last name). < Journals > Journals are arranged in alphabetical order of the titles. (Non-Japanese : ABC, Japanese : Kana) NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification) 000 General works 500 Technology. Engineering 100 Philosophy 510 Construction. Civil engineering 200 General history 520 Architecture. Building 300 Social sciences 530 Mechanical engineering 330 Economics 570 Chemical technology 350 Statistics 590 Domestic arts and Science 400 Natural sciences 600 Industry and commerce 410 Mathematics 610 Agriculture 420 Physics 620 Horticulture 430 Chemistry 630 Sericulture. Silk industry 440 Astronomy. Space sciences 640 Animal husbandry. Veterinary medicine 450 Earth sciences 650 Forestry 460 Biology 660 Fishing industry 470 Botany 700 Arts 480 Zoology 800 Language 490 Medical sciences. Pharmaceutics 900 Literature Bldg.B Stack Back issues of Japanese Journals (before 2006) are stored in the Building B Open Stack Room (Room No.B227). The entrance door of the stack room is usually locked and there is an intercom in the wall on the left-hand side. When you enter the stack room, please press the intercom button and tell your affiliation and name. A librarian will unlock the door remotely. If you would like to borrow or photocopy (Private Expense) materials held in the stack room, please bring them to the Service Desk of the library. If the material that you would like to copy is not good state, you only browse. Materials in Laboratories OPAC's Location "Agr " means the material is held in laboratory. If you would like to use the material, please ask at the Service Desk. We ask the laboratory, and you will visit to borrow there. NO EATING AND DRINKING NO TALKING NO CELLULAR PHONE Call Number Classification Number 3 Social sciences Author's Initial 4 Natural sciences 5 Technology. Engineering 45 Earth sciences 46 Biology 47 Botany 462 Biogeography 463 Cytology 464 Biochemistry 463 Sa ex) Agr Crop Sci etc...
Borrowing Circulation Services To check out library materials, bring them to the Service Desk and present your ID card. When you borrow unbound journals, you will need to fill out a loan application form. Call No. Label OPAC Location Types of Materials Location Loan Limits Loan Periods Agr Lib Books for Students Books for Students Reading Room 3 items Audio-visual Materials Browsing Room 2 items Agr Lib Books in Stack Books in Stack Japanese Non-Japanese Stack Room 1F Stack Room 2F 5 items 7 days Agr Lib Collection * Books in Stack Japanese Non-Japanese Bldg.B Stack Agr Lib Journals Bound Journals Japanese Non-Japanese Unbound Journals Bldg.B Stack (~ 2006) Reading Room (2007~) Stack Room 1F / 2F Reading Room Browsing Room 2 items 10 items 2 days * If the material that you would like to copy is not good state, you only browse. Non-circulating materials Reference books(encyclopedias, dictionaries etc.) Dissertations Some of audio-visual materials Temporary Loans Instead of returning on the same day, you can borrow almost everything (except dissertations and some of audio-visual materials) without loan limits in exchange for your ID card. Renewals You can renew the material via OPAC. Unless requested by another user. Unless the material you borrowed overdue. Reservations Reservations can be made only for materials currently out on loan to another user (except journals and materials in laboratories). In OPAC's Bibliography Details, a "reserve" button appears. Click on it and follow on-screen instructions. Returning Please return materials into the "Return Box" on the Service Desk. Please return materials into the "Book Return Box" at outside of the Library during the closed dates. If existing overdue loans, you may not be borrowed any materials.
Self-Service Photocopying / Library Catalogs Self-Service Photocopying All users must comply with Copyright Law when photocopying of library materials. Black / White Color Hours University Expense 9 yen / Sheet 45 yen / Sheet Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m - 8 p.m Private Expense 20 yen / Sheet 60 yen / Sheet Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m - 4:30 p.m * University Expense Library Catalogs * Closed Payment 12 p.m. - 1 p.m. Please use a copy card distributed to each laboratory and fill out a photocopy application form for University Expense available on the desk of the Copy Room. Network Printer (University Expense Only) A color copier in Copy room is available as a network printer. "Network Printer Setup User's Manual" (Japanese Version Only) is downloadable from the AGR-Office website. Private Expense Please fill out a photocopy application form for Private Expense at the Service Desk. After your photocopying is complete, please pay your fees at the Accounting Section of the Office on the 1st (ground) floor. OPAC(Online Public Access Catalogue) OPAC is the Online Library Catalog for all the NU Libraries and Laboratories. And it provides location status information for books, journals, and other library materials. You can access OPAC from off campus. [Books-Bibliography Details] http://nagoya-opac.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/?lang=english Location Call No. Material ID Status Place where the material is presently shelved. Call No. is like a book's address. It informs where the book is shelved. Each material has its unique number. It is labeled in the form of barcode. Current status of the material. If blank, the material is available. [Journals-Bibliography Details] By clicking on the number of volume, it is possible to get more information about the state of recent acquisitions and bookbinding. Electronic Journals The members of NU have access to online scholarly journals. Full-text of journal articles is available to on-campus users via NU campus network. Before using, please read "copyright & fair use" (http://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ej/ej_atten.html) thoroughly and observe the rules. http://sfx9.usaco.co.jp/nagoya/az/?lang=eng
Services AGR Members Only Online Request Bioagricultural Library welcomes requests / recommendations for the purchase of books from AGR faculty, staff and students. (http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/agrlocal/requestmail_e.html) If you have a reference question or need help finding materials, please fill in the form on our website. (http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/agrlocal/reference_e.html) Using Materials of Other Libraries Visiting Other Departmental Libraries of NU All the departmental libraries are accessible to the members of NU. But library regulations vary depending on each library. Before visiting, please read the User's Guide on each website. Visiting Other University Libraries CiNii Books (http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/?l=en) and OPAC provide a database for searching the union catalog of books and journals held in the major Japanese academic libraries. When visiting other university libraries, some of them may require a Letter of Introduction from the user's home library. If you need such a letter, please apply at the Service Desk of the Bioagricultural Library. How to request photocopies / loans (InterLibrary Loan = ILL) If Bioagricultural Library does not own materials you are looking for, you can request photocopies or loans through the Interlibrary Loan Service. If another library in Higashiyama campus holds them, we recommend you to visit there directly. You can request the Interlibrary Copy / Loan Service online via OPAC. Please click the "CopyOrder" or "LoanOrder" icon. How to apply for university expense; Please fill in a comment column "Use the university expense. Your laboratory name ". Permission of faculty adviser is required, when students use university expense. ILL fees depends on lending libraries. For more information on ILL fees, please ask at the Service Desk. Information Retrieval There are some library public's computers which allow users to search a variety of electronic resources during the opening hours. NUWNET wireless access points exist in the Reading Room for NU members to connect their own devices to the campus network. Warning for using NUWNET Bioagricultural Library assumes no responsibility for your devices is infected with viruses or data loss. We recommend that you install the virus software and backup of data. Tips & Tricks leaflets http://www.sfx9.usaco.co.jp/~library/eng/marutoku_e.html Tips & Tricks Leaflets help you learn how to find library materials, how to use databases, etc. These leaflets in PDF format can be downloaded at above Tips & Tricks' URL.
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OPAC's Location "Agr " means the material is held in laboratory. If you would like to use the material, please ask at the Service Desk.
Access 地下鉄東山公園駅 管理棟 Bioagricultural Library Administrative Building, 2nd Floor Bioagricultural Library, Nagoya University E2-1(300), Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 JAPAN TEL: 052-789-4011 FAX: 052-789-4012 E-mail: agri@nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp http://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/indexe.html Issued in March, 2018