February 2, 2022
Nagoya University Library Guide Sheet 2. Search for materials in Nagoya University

2-1E Search for Books in Nagoya University
Nagoya University Library Search
Nagoya University Library Search (OPAC) is a tool for searching materials available in Nagoya University.
You can search almost all books and journals, except for some materials such as Japanese and Chineseclassic literature, newspapers and microform resources.

How to Search(1) On library web page <https://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index_e.html> click Nagoya University OPAC.
(2) Enter keywords related to the book you are looking for and click.
⚫ Information on the book which can be used in Basic Search is shaded in grey as below.
(e.g.) Adrian Wallwork. (2016). English for Writing Research Papers (2nd. ed.)
Author/Editor

Publication yearTitle

EditionEnglish for academic research / series editor, Adrian Wallwork Cham: Springer.
Series information

Publisher information⚫

No need to enter exact title of the book or author name. You can search by some words included in
the title of the book. No need to enter articles or prepositions such as the, a, etc.
⚫ If you do not know the Kanji, insert in Hiragana or Katakana. Ex.）辞典？事典？ → じてん⚫ Complete information on the book is not required, just insert any keyword that is relevant.
⚫ For searches involving multiple words, separate by inserting a space in between.
(3) [Bibliography Search Result List] will be displayed
On search results page you can refine search results or sort results.
① Search results can be refined by Material Type (e.g. Books/Serials), Holding Library,Author/Contributor, Publication Year. Click on condition to apply.
② Order or number of results can be changed. By default, results are sorted by year “Year (Newest)”,but can be changed to other options such as “Title (ASC)”.

(2) Enter information about material and search(3) ①(3) ②(4) Click on title to view detail(4) Click on the corresponding title of the book to view detailed information.

yHow to read information about holdings
On Bibliography Details page, you can see the information about a book itself and its holdings (where thebook is in the library). You can also use other search services.

…①③…②
Make sure to takenotes of both.

There are 10 copies of this bookavailable in Nagoya University Library,of which 2 are in the Central Library.

…④…①① Bibliography Details： Title, author, publisher, and so on
For more details, check the “Bibliography Details” area on the bottom of the page.
② HoldingsListing： Where the book is locatedWhen you go to find a book make sure to check information on holdings [Location], [Call No], and [Status].
[Location] It means approximate location of the book in Nagoya University. “Cent Lib ...” meansthat the book is in the Central Library. If you click on location, detailed information on locationand map will be displayed.
[Call No] It indicates alignment sequence of books. It is labeled on the spine of the book (seeon the right) as Call No. On the book shelves books are arranged by classification number (firstitem of the call no.) and then by author’s symbol (second item).
[Status] If the status is “checked out”, then, you can reserve the book （see Guide Sheet 6-2E ”Reservebooks that are currently on loan”）. If the status is “in laboratory”, then contact the library shown in location.
③ Related Items： Search for related books[author] You can search for the books by same authors.
[classification] Search for books on the same topic. “Classification (number)” means number indicating
subject of the book. First item of the Call No.
**Relation between “subject” and alignment sequence of thebooks**
In Nagoya University Library books are classified by subjects
using method of the Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC; on theright). The first item of the Call No. Label indicates number of theclassification. This relation means that since books are arranged
by call numbers on the shelves, the books located nearby haverelated themes.

④[subject] Search for books on the same topic. “Subject (heading)” means
keywords explaining content of the book.
E-Journals / E-Books Listing： If the electronic books is available it will be
displayed [Link] To view the electronic version, click on the “Link” for the list.