Library Guide

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Library Hours

	Library hours	Note
Mon.-Fri.	8:30-22:00	-
Sat. Sun., National Holidays	10:00-22:00	*During Vacation, etc. (Library specified date) 10:00-17:00

*Please see the Library Calendar.

Closed

Planned outage: May, 3rd Saturday
Aug.12-Aug.16
Dec.27-Jan.4

Library Calendar

Contents

Library Card
Circulation
Locating Materials
My Library (Library Web Service)
Information on Library Services

Library Card

Users need Library Card (or student ID card) to use the library.
To enter the library, please scan your Library Card at the entrance gate.
When you need Library Card, please apply for Library Card at the Circulation Desk.
*You can also use Library Card in Central Library.

Circulation

All books, materials and journals --- except reference books, rare books, manuscripts, newspapers and latest journals --- are to be taken to the Circulation Desk with your Library Card.
Please return the materials to the Circulation Desk. When the library is closed, please return the materials to the book post.
If you fail to return the materials within the designated period, you will pay penalty for delay.
Because our Book Detection System is working, taking out the materials illegally will cause the alarming sound. Please follow the regulation on taking out.

Borrowing Limits

Users	Checkout Limits	Loan period
Undergraduate students	5 v.	books 14 days journals 7 days
*Graduate students	10 v.	books 14 days journals 7 days
*Faculty members	20 v.	books 30 days journals 7 days
*University staffs	10 v.	books 14 days journals 7 days
Students preparing thesis	10 v.	books 30 days

* Circulation service of the latest journals:
10 v. (from 4 pm to 10 am next morning)

Locating Materials

All stacks are open for browsing except for a rare books and theses.

Books
There are two call number systems used in the Library:
NLMC（National Library of Medicine Classification）for medical books, and NDC（Nippon Decimal Classification）for non-medical books.

Journals
Journals are shelved in alphabetical order.

Location Japanese Journals Foreign Journals

1st floor -1984 -1989

3rd floor 1985- 1990-

Location	Japanese Journals	Foreign Journals
1st floor	-1984	-1989
3rd floor	1985-	1990-

You can search the OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) for library materials.

My Library (Library Web service) [Niigta Univ. members only]

Please access from OPAC or our Home Page. Using this portal site, you can use Library Web Service by yourself as follows;

Checking your status (Borrowed and reserved materials)
Reservation for books on loan (From the OPAC search results)
Requesting a loan renewal
Interlibrary Loan

When you use "My Library", you need your Library Card Number (ID) and the password.

Information on Library Services

Reference service:
Please ask our staff for advice, when you are not sure of locating the materials or how to search the database.

Photocopy service:
Coin-operated copiers are available on the 1st and 3rd floor.

Interlibrary Loan:
You may ask for the photocopies of the materials or loan books from other libraries at your expense.
Please fill out the application form.

Using the library of another university:
If you are going to visit the library of another university, you may ask the staff to write a recommendation letter.

For more information, please ask the

Medical and Dental Library in Asahimachi Campus: Phone 025-227-0694 or 0695 e-mail：
Central Library in Ikarashi Campus: Phone 025-262-6219