FAQ (★ is in preparation)
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 |