FAQ(English)

There are two search methods: keyword search and literal search.

1. The keyword search is a search method, which is aiming to seek materials containing the entered words (i.e., keyword). 
   The literal search is a search method, which is aiming to seek materials containing the entered letters (i.e., literal). 
   
   In the literal search, you can specify the following search methods.
   

   Search method	Description	Entry example	Example of hit
   Exact match	In searches only those materials, which are completely identical with order of entered letters.	end	end END End
   Right-hand trancation	It searches only those materials, whose initial part is identical with the order of entered letters.	end*	ending
   Left/right truncation	It searches only those materials, whose intermediary part is identical with the order of entered letters.	*end*	weekends
   Left-hand trancation	It searches only those materials, whose backward part is identical with the order of entered letters.	*end	weekend

   
   
   
2. The following search items are common keyword search methods. If you would like to conduct a lliteral search with the folloing keyword search items, it is necessary to put "#" at the beginning of the search values.

   
   

   Keyword search item
   • Title
   • Author
   • Publisher
   • Subject
   • Keyword
   
   
   
3. For the following search items, a literal search is usually carried out. 
   
   Literal search item
   • Publication year (fill in the blank boxes instead of using */# symbols)
   • Classification
   • ISBN/ISSN
   • Country code
   • Language code
   • NCID
   • Registration No. (available only with right-hand trancation)
   • Material ID (available only with right-hand trancation)
   • Call No. (available only with right-hand trancation)
   
   By using the literal search, you can set the following search conditions in details.
   

   Search method	Entry example (Item: Search value)	Example of hit
   It searches materials that have a keyword "Japan" in the title	Title: Japan	History of Japan Tales of Old Japan America and Japan
   Searching for materials whose title is "Japan"	Title: #Japan	Japan
   Searching for materials whose title ends with "Japan"	Title: #*Japan	America and Japan A Rebirth of Japan Japan