READ User Guide ( Rikkyo Educational and Academic Discovery Service )READ is a discovery service which allow users to find library materials, including e-journals, e-books and various citation information.

1. How to Search▼Rikkyo University Library TOP Page https://library.rikkyo.ac.jp/index_e.php

１Choose the “Discovery (READ)” tab.

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Just enter the keyword in the search box and click on the“Search” button.

Searching automatically over multiple fields. For example, if users
enter the either one or some title of the journal article, the subject,
the author, the publisher, the title of the journal, the title of thebook, the volume, the issue, ISBN, ISSN and DOI, they can get thesearch results related to the above-mentioned conditions.
▼Advanced Search page

Click on the “Advanced Search” button and search by entering
the below conditions.
-Keywords
Author
Title
Publication Title
ISBNISSN
Issue
Volume-Publication dateContent type
Language
Limit to*Items in the library catalog,
Items with Full text online etc…

‐Exclude from results*Newspaper articles, Book Review, Dissertations～ Search targets ～Users can search all at once from the one search window !

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Recommended Information
Recommended information related to akeyword for a search, such as Database
Recommendations, is shown.

Related keywords
Keywords related to a keyword fora search are shown.

E-Journals
E-Books

Databases

2. Find the targeted material from the search results.
Ａ Narrow the search results -facet-▼Search Result

BＡK

Users can narrow search results by content type,
publication date, discipline, etc. Check the items—
search results are automatically updated.
Point !
Check "Full Text Online" if you
are looking for a ready-to-read
contents on the Web!

JDCHEGFIB Sorting search results

C Cover images / Material icons

Users can sort by the following options:
Relevance/Date (Newest) /Date (Oldest)/Author/Title

Cover images or material icons are displayed.
e.g.）

Books

Journal Articles

Newspaper
articlesData Set

eBookPatent

D The title of the material

Dissertations

Government
Document

Book reviews

Conference
Proceeding

Journal titles, book titles, journal article titles, etc.

E Bibliographic information
Volumes, issues, pages, authors, ISSN/ISBN, etc.
Point !

Clicking the journal title, you can search only contents which
published on the journal.

F Content type / Location / etc

If it is the available content with full text, "Full Text Online","PDF" or "More Options" link is displayed. If it is the available
contents only for citation or bibliography, "Citation Online" isdisplayed. Users can confirm the location of the content in thelibrary from the link, if it is your library holdings.

G Quick Look
By clicking “Quick Look,” users can see details of the item.

H Peer-Reviewed / Open AccessIf the content is Peer-Reviewed or Open Access, label is shown.
Peer-Reviewed…Indicates that this paper has been peer-reviewed.
Open Access…Indicates that the paper can be viewed for free.

I Altmetric
Altmetric shows the attention and the influence of the material.
Hovering the mouse over the icon, the breakdown is displayed.
Click on the icon and open the detail page.

J Save the item
enables you to save the item temporarily.
enables you to copy permanent link URL.
enables you to output the specified citation format.
enables you to send the item information by e-mail.
enables you to export to various citation tools.

K Saved Items
A saved item folder will be available for the duration of yoursearch session. You can view, copy/paste, email, print or export
your list to bibliographic management software.
Point !

Closing the browser deletes the items saved in thefolder. If you want to review the information at a latertime, please save it in some other way, such as using areference management tool.