□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□JACAR Newsletter Number 5 (November 16, 2011)□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□**INDEX*********************************************** ************◇ JACAR updated its system on September 27, improving search and browse features.
◇ Seats are available for the International Symposium on JACAR’s 10th Anniversary.
◇ New documents are released.
◇ JACAR has moved its office.
◇ Editor's note*************************************************************************************◇ JACAR updated its system on September 27, improving search and browse features.
To visually complement these changes, the search and browse pages have also been
overhauled to match the style of the homepage previously updated.
The following search and browse features have been updated in the new system:Search・ You can now view detailed information on documents along with search results.
・ When using the dictionary feature with search results, synonym and related word
functions can now be individually selected (on Japanese webpage only).
・ Search terms can now be highlighted in result lists.
・ Proper noun variants transliterated into Japanese with multiple spellings havebeen added to optimize search results (on Japanese webpage only).
Browsing
・ Website changes and the newly improved navigation tools make viewing JPEG
images easier.
・ If you open an image as a JPEG, the website will continue to automatically provide
documents in that format.
・ You can now view documents simultaneously in multiple windows.
・ When browsing a document, it is now possible to see detailed information on its
reference code, holding agency call number, hierarchy, and citation.
◇Seats are available for the International Symposium on JACAR’s 10th Anniversary.
Please email us or fax us if you wish to join our symposium on Friday November 18th.

◇ New documents are released.
Many documents have been released in August and September by JACAR from theNational Institute for Defense Studies and the Foreign Ministry. Please see theJapanese version of the JACAR website for details on these documents, which pertain totopics such as trade, communications, and transportation.
◇ JACAR has moved its office.
JACAR relocated to the following address on September 12. Telephone and fax numbers
have changed, but our URL remains the same http://www.jacar.go.jp/. Since all ourmaterials are provided online, our new office is not equipped with a public reading
room.
[New Office]Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)
Sumitomo Fudosan Hongo Building 10F
3-22-5 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
TEL: +81-(0)3-5805-8801

FAX: +81-(0)3-5805-8804

Email: enquire@jacar.go.jp
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