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FAQ(English)
What should I do if I want to use a combination of multiple search conditions (such as one including x or y)?
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)
Logical AND search: Search for materials that simultaneously satisfy two or more search valuesEntry method: Connect all search values with " " (blank space).Example: Search for materials containing both "Japan" and "America""Japan America"Logical OR search: Search for materials that satisfy any one of two or more search valuesEntry method: Connect all search values with "+" (plus sign).Example: Search for materials containing either "Japan" or "America""Japan+America"Logical NOT search: Search for materials that satisfy certain conditions and do not satisfy other corresponding conditionsEntry method: Connect all search values with "^" (caret).Example: Search for materials containing "Japan" but not "America""Japan^America"
Entering multiple search values in multiple search fields (enabled on the advanced search screen)
Logical AND search: Search for materials that simultaneously satisfy two or more search valuesEntry method: Enter search values in multiple fields, and select "AND" from the pull-down menu between the fields.Example: Search for materials containing "Japan" in the title and "Tokyo" in the author's nameTitle: Japan
Pull-down menu: ANDAuthor: TokyoLogical NOT search: Search for materials that satisfy certain items and do not satisfy other itemsEntry method: Enter search values in multiple fields, and select "NOT" from the pull-down menu between the fields.Example: Search for materials that contain "Japan" in the title and do not contain "Tokyo" in the author's nameTitle: Japan
Pull-down menu: NOTAuthor: Tokyo
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
When I search for materials whose title starts with _____, or ends with _____.
There are two search methods: keyword search and literal search.
- 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 - 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
- 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 JapanSearching 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
What can I do using Advanced Search?
You can search for books you need by the following items on the advanced search.
- [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab]: means that the search item is enabled only when using [Nagoya Univ] tab.
- [Second Search Key]: means that you cannot perform a search only with the item. You need to add keywords in other items too.
- Search results, which are seemed to have nothing to do with keyword you entered, are sometimes hit.
| Search Item | Description | Entry example: Searched material |
|---|---|---|
| Material Type [Second Search Key] | Narrows down the type of material that is the search target. | All / Japanese Books / Non-Japanese books / Japanese Serials / Non-Japanese Serials |
| Campus / Holding library [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] [Second Search Key] | Narrow down the campus or holding library that is the search target. | Cent Lib / Higashiyama / Tsurumai / Letters / GSID / etc. |
| Location [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] [Second Search Key] | First, you need to select the holding library. After that you can choose the location in that library from the pull-down menu. | Example: Cent Lib 3F(Cent Lib) Materials located in the third floor in the Central Library |
| Keyword | Searches for all items of the titles, author's name, and subjects. The number of hits may be very large. | Example 1: Japan△Edward△politics Materials containing "Japan", "Edward" and "politics" somewhere in registered information. Example 2: Japan+politics Materials containing "Japan" OR "politics" somewhere in registerd information. Example 3: Japan^politics Materials containing "Japan", but not "politics" in registered information. Example 4: #politics in Japan Materials whose at least one between titles, author's name and sujects contain the phrase "politics in Japan" Example 5: #*politics in Japan Materials whose at least one between titles, author's name and subjects ends the phrase "politics in Japan" |
| Title | Searches for a title, serial name, series name, etc | Example 1: education in Japan / education Japan Materials containing "education", "in" and "Japan" in titles. Example 2: #education in Japan Materials whose title is "education in Japan" Example 3: #*education in Japan* Materials containing the phrase "education in Japan" in titles. |
| Author | Searches for an author, editor, translator, original author, etc | Example 1: Margaret Smith / Smith, Margaret Works by authors whose name contain "Margaret" and "Smith". (Not always one authors name has both first and family name) Example 2: #*Margaret Smith* Effective to search for works by the specific author "Margaret Smith". (If you enter "#Margaret Smith", the works by more than one authors are not hit) Example 2: #Mich* Works by authors whose first name or family one starts from "Mich". Michael, Michaël, Michelet, etc. Example 4: 夏目漱石 When typing with Kanji, you can search for authors name with no blank between first and family name. (Need blank between them when typing with Hiragana, Katakana and Alphabet) |
| Publisher | Searches for a publisher. | Example 1: University Press Materials whose publisher's name contains "University" and "Press"(No need to enter "Inc."/"Ltd."/any words specified) Example 2: #University Press Materials whose Publisher's name are "University Press" |
| Publication year [Second Search Key] | Searches with the specified publication year. | Example 1: 2006 to 2006 Materials published in 2006 Example 2: 2006 to 2016 Materials published from 2006 to 2016 Example 3: 2006 (in a left box) Materials published after 2006 Example 4: 2006 (in a right box) Materials published before 2006 |
| Subject | Searches with the registed word expressing the subject of the material. | Example 1: Library information science Materials whose any of registed subjets contain "Library", "Information" and "Science" |
| Classification | Searches using classification systems which categorize books by each subjects. Enter the number directly, or click the [Ref] botton on the right side of the input field. You can slect classification system commonly used in the world, such as DCC, LCC, etc. | Exaple 1: 311 Materials which have classification number 311 Example 2: NDC9 0* Materials categorized 3 "General" in the NDC 9th edition. |
| ISBN/ISSN | Searches with the specified international standard book number(ISBN) or international standard serial number(ISSN). | Example 1: 4881357611 Books which has ISBN "4-88135-761-1"(No need to enter the hyphen "-") Example 2: 13407287 Serial Material which has ISSN "1340-6297"(No need to enter the hyphen "-") |
| Code | Searches with the specified numbers and IDs of various codes. Select one of the code types from the pull-down menu, and enter the code in the right field. ・LCCN（LC card number） ・NBN（national bibliography number） ・NDLCN（NDL card number） ・NDLPN（NDL periodical number） ・FID（Family number） ・OTHN（other numbers） | |
| Country Code [Second Search Key] | Search with the specified publicaton country code. Click [Ref.] button on the right side of the input field. Next, check the box of the Publication country code and click [Select] button, or enter the code directly. | Example: gw Materials published in Germany(Both lowercase and uppercase characters are available) |
| Language Code [Second Search Key] | Search with the specified title or language code of the text. Click [Ref.] button on the right side of input field. Next, check the boxes of the language code and click [Select] button, or enter the code directly. | Example: epo Materials written in Esperanto |
| NCID | ID for books, used by CiNii | Example: BB18814148 A book that has ID "BB18814148" |
| Bibliography ID [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] [Second Search Key] | Seach with the specified bibliography code ID assigned to a bibliography record. | Example: YB03064036 The material that has the bibliography ID "YB03064036" |
| Material ID [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] | Search with the specified material ID that is a unique identification number given to each book. | Example:0123456789 The material that has ID "0123456789" |
| Call No. [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] | Call Number is a unique code given to each book in the library and its label is put on the book spine. The books are arranged on the shelves in order by that call number. | Example: 010.7||N Materials that have call number "010.7||N"(Uppercase and lowercase characters are distinguished) |
| Material format [ONLY Nagoya Univ tab] | Searches with the material type specified from the pull-down menu. | Example: movie Audio-visual materials |
Can I use only Roman characters to search Japanese language materials?
By adding the "$" in front of the keyword written in Roman characters, OPAC automatically convert them into Katakana characters to perform a search.
- Writing in the official romanization system, also known under the name Kunrei-siki, and the Modified Hepburn system is supported.
- The Roman alphabet doesn't correspond to the long vowel character. For example, please enter "$kiwado" not "$kîwâdô" when you want to get the same result in the "キーワード."
- _ means a blank.
| Entry example | Search results | Example of search results |
|---|---|---|
| $genji | It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ゲンジ" (genji in katakana). | 源氏世界の文学 源氏物語の人と心 源氏物語の世界 |
| $syamisen+$wahuu | It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "シャミセン+ワフウ"(syamisen+wahuu in katanaka). | 玉菊とその三味線 和風 和風と洋式 |
| $nihon_$amerika | It will be shown the same search results in the keywords "ニホン_アメリカ"(nihon_amerika in katanaka). | 日米関係キーワード アメリカの心・日本の心 日米同盟 |