5 Facilities

Library Map

Sapporo Medical University
Scholarly Communication Center●Entrance is on the 2nd floorof the building.
●You can use your own device

by wireless LAN (only members).
●For questions and applications,please come to the 2nd floor counter.

ニ テン ィ
グ ブエリアBrowsing
Room

Language
Books

PC
CornerGate

Audio-visual
Materials

Lending Machine

LoungeCounter

Reading
Area
PrivateResearch
Rooms

Examination
Text Books

Current Issues

Reading
Area

Reading
AreaPC
Corner■ Library Hours■ Weekdays
9:00 - 20:00
20:15 - 9:00 [Special opening hours]■ Vacation9:00 - 17:00
17:15 - 29:00 [Special opening hours]

Current Issues

Japanese Journals

Refrain from behaviors that cause disturbance to other users.
Please help maintain a comfortable environment.

Library Guide

Reading
Area

Foreign Journals

Reference Collection

6 Manners & Rules

Office[published after 2000]【3rd and 4th floor - Silent Area】●3rd floor has current issues and journals published after 2000.
●4th floor has books and journals published up to 1999.
●Private Research Rooms - Reservation required [Web booking] /●Seminar Rooms - Reservation required [Web booking] /You can study in groups. Can be used by up to 12 people.
Maximum of 2 hours per use. [2 hours extension possible]

ActiveLearning
ラAreaアー クEntrance【2nd floor - Active Learning Area】●Food and drink are available in the browsing room and lounge.
You can read newspapers and take a break.
●No reservations are required for the Active Learning Area.
●A/V room - Individual study area： No reservation required /You can learn while using computer.
●A/V room - group study area: No reservation required /You can study in groups.

ReferenceCollection

A/VRoom■ Weekends & National Holidays[published after 2000]

9:00 -Reading Area

9:00 [Special opening hours]*Special opening hours : Visitors excluded.

Don’t leave
your belongings

Don’t chat, drink or eat
except in designated areas

PrivateResearch
Rooms

Foreign Journals[published up to 1999]

PCcorner【Please check the website forthe latest library hours. 】

Reading
Area
開架図書

Mass downloading of
e-journals is prohibited.

Only beverages with a cap
are allowed.

In case of emergency
at Special opening hours ,call ext. 12 or 21270.

Medical Books

Don't lend
your library ID

High School
Textbooks

edited in Jan 2024

JapaneseJournals

Sapporo Medical University
Scholarly Communication
Center Library[publishedup to 1999]

TEL: 011-688-9547
https://hamanasu.sapmed.ac.jp/library/

Reference Collection
ReadingArea■ Closed
New Years Holidays [Dec.29 - Jan.03]

Books

SeminarRooms

South1, West17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido,060-8556, Japan1 How to Use

2 Search Materials

Enter & Exit

Please use "PIRKA (discovery search)" on the Library website.

●Students : Available with student ID.

3 “My Library”- What is “PIRKA” -Others : Available with Library ID.
●Tap your student ID or pass your library ID through gates.
●No ID : Please Call 60 on the extension phone beside the gate.

"PIRKA" provides simple, one-stop searching for books ande-books, journals, e-journals, articles, and more.

*Special opening hours [unstaffed] : Visitors excluded.
Please pass your ID through the reader with the library entrance
door and press the PIN.

Holdings Search
You can search the library catalog and e-journals and e-books.

Read in the library●You are free to read materials.
●After use, please leave them on the return rack next to the shelf.

Article Search
In addition to subscription journals, you
can also search for open access articles.

Borrowing & Return●You can borrow Books and Bound journals.

Undergraduate Students
Graduate Course Students
Non-degree Students
Faculty & Staff
Graduate Students
Research Students
Medical Residents
Visiting Researchers
Exchange Students
JICA Trainees
Graduates
Retired Faculty & Staff

Books
Bound Journals
Max items
Loan
Max items
Loanof books
periodof journals
period14 days
3 days6 （books & Bound journals）

No limit

14 days

314 daysElectric Holdings Search
You can search the electric holdings. (e-journals/e-books/repository)

No limit

3 days・Authorized audiovisual materials may be loaned for 3books
for 3 days.
・Current journals can not loaned.
*Borrowing service is not available to visitors.
Borrowing●You can borrow materials by the lending machine with your ID.
●If you forget the procedure, an alarm goes off.
Return●Return the borrowed materials at the counter.
●When the library is closed, place the materials into the return box.
●Be sure to return all borrowed materials by the due date.
Please note that you cannot borrow additional materials until
previous ones returned.
Photocopying & Printing●You can use the coin-operated copy machine on the 3rd/4th floor.
[monochrome : 10 yen per page, color : 50 yen per page]【Location and Order】
Books●Check the location and the call mark to find it.
●Location and call mark can be found in the holdings search.
[Main location]
2F - Language books：for language learning
3F - For national examination text books
4F - Medical books and general books
Journals●Check the location and the year of holdings.
●The journals are divided into Japanese and foreign journals.
●They are arranged in alphabetical order.
Within that, they are arranged in order of year and volume number.
●Current issues of major journals are located in [Current Issues].
Newspaper●Current issues are located opposite the 2F - counter.
●Back issues are kept in the browsing room.
Online Contents
PubMed(SMU) / CINAHL / Web of Science / Database@Ovid /ScienceDirect / ProQuest / Journal Citation Report / DynaMed

Online contents

My Library
How to Log in●SMU members：SAINS account ID and password.
●Others：User ID and password
Check and extend materials on loan
●You can check and extend materials on loan.
●The loan period can be extended only once, as long as theborrowed materials are not overdue by the due date.
●If someone else has reserved the material, it cannot be extended.
Reservation of materials●You can reserve materials on loan.
【New request】
Request books [Only student]●You can request books that not held the library.

Request photocopy / Request borrowing●You can order photocopies of articles from other institutions.
●You can have sent books from other institutions.
●There is a charge for these services.

4 Remote Access【Only SMU members】"Remote Access" is a service that allows you to access online
contents from outside the university.
You need a SAINS account to log in.
(Exchange Students, Graduatesand visitors are not allowed.)
Subscribed e-journals
Search through "e-journal search" or Click on
the database search results to use it.

e-journal searchfrom