Guide to Yokohama National University
Libraries(for Students & Faculty)

Table of Contents
0. Library Hours & Service Hours …2
1. Library Access …4
2. Finding Materials …5
3. Using YNU Library (Check-Outs, Renewals, Reservations) …8
4. Using Library Facilities …12
5. Using External Resources (Loans & Visits) …16
6. Searching for Information/Study Help …18
7. Central Library Floor Plan …191

0. LIBRARY HOURS & SERVICE HOURSThe Yokohama National University Library consists of Central Library located at the center of campus, Scienceand Technology Library on the west side of campus, and Social Science Library located in the Research Building of
the Faculty of Economics.

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Central Library

Open Hours

During School Session

During Recess

Weekend/Holiday*

Open Shelves Floor

8:40-21:45

8:40-17:00

9:30-16:30

Media Hall

8:40-17:00

8:40-17:00

9:30-16:00

shoca.
(café)
1st Floor Entrance
Information Lounge
Media Booths

10:00-19:00

11:00-15:00

×

8:40-20:00

8:40-17:00

×Stack Room

8:40-21:00

8:40-17:00

9:30-16:00

Working Studios

8:40-21:00

8:40-16:10

9:30-16:10

Open Hours

During School Session

During Recess

Weekend/Holiday*

Reference Help

8:40-17:00

8:40-17:00

×Letters of Introduction

8:40-17:00

8:40-17:00

×Interlibrary Loans &Returns

8:40-17:00

8:40-17:00

×Learning Advisors(Study Help)

16:00-18:00

××* Only during school session.

Issue Date: February 1, 2013
YNU Library2(2) Science & Technology Library
The two-story Science & Technology Library sits on the west side of YNU campus and holds primarily
academic journals in science and engineering fields. Copies of past entrance exams to Graduate Schools ofEngineering, Institute of Environment & Information Sciences, and Institute of Urban Innovation are held here, too.
Any member of the YNU community can use this library. Please be aware, however, that Open Hours aredifferent from those of the Central Library.

Open Hours

During School
SessionDuring Recess

Weekend/Holiday*

Science &Technology Library

9:00-21:45

9:00-17:00

13:30-16:30

You can check out and return books, copy documents and use PCs of Information Technology Service Center.
Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) is available in the reading hall in front of the PC Space on the 1st.
* Only during school session.

(3) Social Science LibrarySocial Science Library is located on the 2nd floor of Research Building of Faculty of Economics Building One.
Its holdings consist primarily of academic journals in social science fields, which are stored in the stacks. There isno library staff working in this library. A special card key is required for access. Card keys may be borrowed at
the following counters.

Center for Economic and Social Studies in Asia

9:00-17:00(next door to Social Science Library)
8:40-21:30

Central Library Main Counter

Please be aware that Open hours of Social Science Library are different from those of Central Library.

Open Hours

During School
SessionDuring Recess

Weekend/Holiday*

Social Science
Library

9:00-21:45

9:00-17:00

Closed** Only during school session.
* Graduate students and faculty can use the Library on Saturday, 11:00-15:00.

For more information, contact:■ Central Library
Main Counter: Tel: 045-339-3219 / E-mail: libmain@ynu.ac.jp
Reference Desk: Tel: 045-339-3217 / E-mail: libref@ynu.ac.jp■ Science & Technology Library: Tel: 045-339-3231■ Library Website: http://www.lib.ynu.ac.jp/■ Mobile Website: http://opac.lib.ynu.ac.jp/mobile/31. LIBRARY ACCESS
Central Library houses 800,000 books, 1,100-seat Reading Areas, and approximately 100 computer terminals.
The great majority of the books are freely accessible.
You need the library card (back side of theStudent ID card or the Faculty ID card) to enter
the Library. Just hold the Library Card so thatbarcode faces ID Reader, wait for flapper toopen, and proceed.

If you try to walk through before flapper opens,
the sensor detects it and an alarm will sound.
Make sure sensor is not covered by your body,bag or umbrella.

* You must use your own card to enter the
Library!!

If you forget your card, go to the Main
Counter and apply for a special permission.

* You may find ID reader a little bit
cranky! Do not hold card too close toreader. Instead, hold card about 5 mm fromreader and slightly move it to & fro and up &
down.

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2. FINDING MATERIALS(1)

In the Stacks

What are stacks?

Stacks are shelves where books are lined up and kept.

Book Labels
Library books all have a label that looks like this example toward the bottom of the spine.
What is a call number?

Combination of numbers and letters on a book label.
Call Number = Classification Code + Author CodeClassification Code
Author CodeAll the books in the Library are sorted in the order of Call Numbers.

Books and journals are organized in order from left
to right, top to bottom.
Once you reach the bottom, numbering picks up
again at the top of the right shelf. When you reachthe end of the rightmost shelf, numbering continues onto the shelf behind it or on the shelf behind your back.

* Journals & magazines have no labels.

Japanese journals/magazines are sorted in order ofJapanese syllabary, a-i-u-e-o.

Japanesejournals/magazines whose titles begin with a Roman
letter (letter in the alphabet) are grouped before thehiragana あ/a and placed in order of the alphabet.
* Japanese journals/magazines are organized by Title,
exclusive of quarterlies, monthlies and weeklies.

Western journals/magazines are organized in order of the alphabet.

* Titles are organized without articles such as “the”.

5(2)Searching OPAC
What is OPAC?
Online Public Access Catalog

Through OPAC, books, journals, AV materials, and electronic journals in YNU’s collection can be searched, 24
hours a day, from anywhere in the world.

http://opac.lib.ynu.ac.jp/opc/index_detail.html

You can search books and journals/magazines by Title, Author and others.
Chances of hits will increase dramatically if you break up Japanese titles into smaller
Tip!

elements. Use a space between family name and given name for Author.

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A return screen after you entered “Haruki Murakami” for Author and did a search. Items in blue indicate booktitles.

This is the detailed screen you get after clicking a title. The top half contains information on the publicationand the bottom half contains information on location of the book (where it is stored) and check-out status. Jot
down the location and call number, and be on your way!

* When the publication is located outside of Library, such as a lab, consult Reference Desk.

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3. USING YNU LIBRARY (Check-Outs, Renewals, Reservations)(1) Checking Out Books
Use Automated Check-Out Stations to check out books.

* The following items cannot be checked out at Automated Check-Out Stations. Go to Main Counter forassistance.
・Materials stored in stacks and have no barcode.
・Materials that contain extra materials such as CDs.
Number of books that can be checked out and the length of time:
StatusBorrowing Limit

Loan Period

Undergraduates (excluding
seniors)

10 items

14 days

Seniors/Research Students

10 items

31 days

Graduate Students/Faculty

15 items

62 days* Borrowers are responsible for returning books by the due date.
If you do not return books by the due date, your borrowing privilege will be suspended for equal number of days
that lapse from due date till books are returned.
Books can also be renewed at Automated Check-Out Stations (see next page for more detail).

8(2) Renewals
Books can be renewed once if they are not overdue and if no one has recalled them. To renew, use Automated
Check-Out Stations or go to My Library.
You can renew books, put books checked out by others on recall, use
What is My Library?

inter-library loan services and make reservations for Library facilities (e.g.,
Working Studio) online by going to My Library.

Go to Library website（http://www.lib.ynu.ac.jp/）and look for My Library Login below Calendar on the right.
For Card ID,

use the barcode number on Library Card. The default password is the last 8-digits of Card

Number.
e.g.,

If Card Number is 1100099999, its password is 00099999.

* If you forget your password after you change it, request a re-issuance of a password at Main Counter.

9After logging in, click Confirm under “Lending and reservation” and check the box next to the book titles that you
want to renew.
Books that have already been renewed and books that are being recalled do not have the check box, as thesecannot be renewed. Make sure to return them by the due date.
Click to lending extend screen at bottom of the screen and click Renew.
* Simply clicking lending extend screen does not renew the book(s)!!

(3) Returning Books
Drop books in the white box on Main Counter or into the Book Return Bin outside Library entrance. You canreturn books checked out of Central Library in Science & Technology Library and vice versa.

10(4) Reservation
When an item you would like to borrow is checked out, you can request through OPAC that the item be held foryou when returned. You will receive an email notice that the item has been returned and that you can come andpick it up.

Click the reserve button to open My Library page. Enter your Card Number and Password to log in.

The message “Do you reserve as follows?” and a book title appears. If this is what you want to borrow, click“reserve.”11

4. USING LIBRARY FACILITIESCentral Library not just boasts open stacks that affords easy access to books and journals, or Reading Areas forstudents to read and study as they like, but also makes available to YNU members various facilities and equipment.

(1) Using Personal Computers
In the PC Plaza on the 2nd and 3rd floors of Central Library, the Information Technology Service Center

maintains PCs for use by everyone, to surf the Internet, to email, to use word processing programs, create spread
sheets and prepare presentations.
There are 65 PCs on the 2nd floor and 16 PCson the 3rd floor. Multipurpose printers arelocated only on the 2nd floor.
If you are having trouble with computers andother equipment, or if you have questions about
how to use them, seek help from the Help Desk
staff at PC Plaza located on the 2nd floor.

Whenno staff is available, you can pick up the phoneon the Help Desk, which connects you directly
to Information Technology Service Center, anddirect your questions there.

When using your own laptop, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) is available in the following locations:
1st Floor: Information Lounge, Café, Media Hall
2nd Floor: Refresh Room, Working Studio 201-203
3rd Floor: Panorama Reading Room, Working Studio 301-304
Science & Technology Library: Reading hall in front of the PC Space on the 1st Floor

For information on how to use wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), go to webpage below or ask at Information Technology
Service Center.
http://www.itsc.ynu.ac.jp/gakunai/network/wireless_lan.html
Information Technology Service Center Network Staff：045-339-4391

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(2) Working Studios, Media Booths
These are group study rooms. There are three Working Studios on the 2nd floor and four on the 3rd floor, all ofwhich are partitioned by glass panels. You can engage in discussions and projects without worrying about thenoise you create. In every room is one or more computers maintained by Information and Technology Service
Center that can be used to access the Internet and e-mail.

A white board is also provided for your convenience.
Furthermore, these rooms canbe used for video and DVD
viewing by groups and forholding meetings by various
student circles.

If you wish to use Working
Studios, apply on My Libraryor at Central Library Main
Counter on the 2nd floor.
Reservations can be made forthe same day to end of thefollowing month.
There are six group study rooms called Media Booths on the 1st floor. Media Booths are always open andavailable to anybody, so you can use them any time without a reservation.

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Information Lounge
Information Lounge is aspace next to the café on the
1st floor, complete withhardwood floor. You can
not only eat and drink thingspurchased at the café, butalso use this space for groupstudy or to access the web
over Wi-Fi.
This Lounge makes for
an ideal exhibition space forsenior-year projects andworks by student circles.
Just apply on My Library to

use this space for this purpose.

13(4) Café
Central Library 1st floor is home to “shoca.”, a café joint run by YNU CO-OP. Here you can take a break fromstudying while enjoying drinks and light meals. (No food from outside is allowed!!)

Wi-Fi is available so
you can surf the web here,too.

(5) Media Hall
The Media Hall is a space with stadium-style seating on the 1st floor of Central Library.
Those wishing to use
this hall for lectures
and/or guest speakers willneed to apply on My
Library in advance.
Reservations are accepted
3 months to one weekprior to the planned event(only YNU faculty
members are eligible).
Wi-Fi is available in the
Hall.

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(6) Refresh Room
Refresh Room is where people can relax, where newspapers and travel guides are found. Since the room isdesigned so that a minimal amount of noise leaks outside, you can casually chat inside.
On the inside of the
Library entrance gate, this is
the only room where you canbring in beverages in capped
containers such as PET
bottles (food is strictly
forbidden). There are threecomputers that are
maintained by Information
and Technology Service
Center. Laptop users cantake advantage of the Wi-Fi
network as well.

(7) The AV AreaYNU Library’s holding are not limited to books
and journals. A large number of AV materials,
including movies in DVD/ VHS formats and music
on CDs, are available.
Although AV materials cannot be checked out,
they can be played in the AV Area located on the 3rd
floor of Central Library as well as in Working
Studios.
Find materials you want to watch or listen to from
OPAC and/or movie collection list, and apply at
Main Counter. Viewing AV materials brought infrom outside is also permitted.

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USING EXTERNAL RESOURCES (Interlibrary Loans/Visits to Other Libraries)(1) Requesting Materials from an Outside Library- 1 - Interlibrary Loans for no fee (only with public libraries in Kanagawa Prefecture)
As YNU Library is dedicated to learning and research, its collection includes very few novels andbusiness books. Those kind of items are more often found in public libraries rather than university libraries.
As long as an item is located in any public library in Kanagawa Prefecture, it can be requested for a freedelivery.

It takes 2 to 3 weeks for requested materials to arrive.

Materials can be picked up or returned

between the hours of 8:40 and 17:00 on weekdays.

If OPAC search returns no matches within YNU, click KL-NET Search.

Screen will display the holding statusof public libraries in Kanagawa withrespect to the item you are looking for.
Items in the possession of a library in
the prefecture that are available for loan
can be requested for delivery.
Fill out the ILL (Interlibrary Loan)
Request Form located at Main Counterand hand it to Main Counter staff.
If you have applied for online use of
ILL, it is also possible to request
materials on My Library.

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– 2 – Requesting Materials from Other Libraries (for a fee)
When YNU does not have an item you need in its possession, you can request it from other libraries. Once you
confirm on OPAC YNU does not have the item, fill out necessary information on ILL (Interlibrary Loan)
Request Form located at Main Counter and hand it to Main Counter staff.
If you have applied for online use of ILL, you can request materials on My Library as well.
To borrow items this way, you need to pay the round-trip postage at cost (approximately ¥1,000 - ¥1,500),
payable at the time you return the material.

It takes about one week for requested materials to arrive.

Materials can be picked up or returned between the hours of 8:40 and 17:00 on weekdays.

– 3 – Requesting Copies of Papers, Dissertations, etc., from Other Libraries (for a fee)
You cannot request journals from other libraries, but you can request that literatures you need be photocopied
within the boundary of copyright law and sent to you. Once you confirm on OPAC YNU does not have the item,
fill out necessary information on ILL (Interlibrary Loan) Request Form located at Main Counter and hand it toMain Counter staff.
If you have applied for online use of ILL, you can request materials on My Library as well.
To request items this way, you need to pay for photocopying (approximately ¥35 - ¥40/copy) and theround-trip postage at cost.
Materials can be picked up and payment can also be made between the hours of 8:40 and 17:00 on weekdays.

* Order Forms to use Online ILL are available at Central Library Main Counter or on the web. Fill in thenecessary information and submit, and you will be able to request material(s) on My Library after 5:00 p.m. on thefollowing weekday.

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Visiting Other Libraries

All public libraries are accessible to anyone, but to visit other university libraries you would almost always needa letter of introduction.
・Issuing a letter of introduction takes 1-2 days. Request one at Reference Desk by at least 2-3 days before the date
you wish to make a visit.
・If a university is a member of the Consortium of University Libraries in Yokohama Municipality, you can visit
and use its library with just your student ID. To find out details about the library use policies of each university,refer to Consortium brochures or visit its website:
http://ccs.tsurumi-u.ac.jp/bungakubu/201104/index.html
・Some university libraries allow access to visitors with a KULC*-issued common library card. You can apply forthis card at the Reference Desk. To find out details about the library use policies of each university, visit KULC
website:http://www.kulc.net/gaiyo/kulc-list.htm* Kanagawa Region University Library Cooperation Organization

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SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION/STUDY HELP
(1) Reference Desk
Reference Desk offers assistance ranging from how to use the Library to research in general, to bibliographicaland holdings research for books and journals (“reference service”).
If you can’t find a book you’re looking for, have questions about how to use electronic journals/databases, orfind yourself at a loss not knowing how to look for information, simply let us know. (Weekdays 8:40 – 17:00)(2) Guidance, Workshops-- 1 – Periodic Workshops
Central Library holds regular Library workshops in spring. You can learn how to look for books and journals,
how to write papers, how to use databases, etc. Minimum number of participants required: 1.
For more details, look for posters and fliers in the Library.

-- 2 – Workshops Coming to Class
By request from faculty, guidance on library use is provided in one class session. The venue and content will
be decided on in consultation with the faculty member.
Please inquire at Reference Desk about how to apply for this service.

-- 3 – Learning Advisors
Every weekday between 16:00 and 18:00 during school session, learning advisors are standing by in the
dedicated space in front of Refresh Room to offer help. You can ask graduate students in their specialized field
how to write papers and how to find materials needed for study.

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CENTRY LIBRARY FLOOR PLAN
4TH FLOOR① Japanese Journals
Reading Area す(su) - わ(wa)② University Bulletins③ Newspapers (monthly reduced edition)④ Reserved for Professors Emeriti

3RD FLOOR① Working Studios (p.13)② Japanese Journals Reading Area あ(a) - し(shi)③ Current Journals④ Mobile Phone Corner⑤ AV Area (p.15)⑥ PC Plaza (p.12)⑦ Book Reading Room
⑧ International Exchange Section⑨ Large Books Section⑩Shinsho Section

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2ND FLOOR① Main Counter② Reference Desk (p.18)③ OPAC Terminals (p.6)④ Learning Advisors (p.18)⑤ Refresh Room (p.15)⑥ Media Hall (P.14)（Entrance is on the 1st floor）⑦ Working Studios (p.13)⑧ Reference Materials⑨ Copy Machines⑩ Art Books⑪Research by our University⑫ PC Plaza (p.12)⑬ Yearbooks, Statistics, White Papers

1ST FLOOR① 1st Floor Stacks Call Nos. 000-335.19② Special Collections Room (Off Limits)③ Microforms Room（Off Limits）④ Moving Shelves
A/B/C: Foreign Journals
D/E: Call Nos. 800-999* Use Stair C, not Stair B, to go to BF Stacks* You cannot go directly from Moving Shelves to MediaHall or Information Lounge.
* You cannot exit outside from stack rooms!!
* To go to Entrance Gate from 1st Floor Entrance, take
Stair A.

BF
① BF Stacks
Call Nos. 335.2 - 799

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