http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/
Quick guide <Keyword Search>
CiNii Books is a service that provides information, which has been accumulated by NACSIS-CAT, on books andjournals that are held in university libraries in Japan. In addition to recent books, you can also search for resources
such as classical documents, western books, CDs and DVDs
●Features●
Searches can be performed on a large collection of books, journals and holding data.
Searches on holding libraries can be refined by ILL availability and area.
Through joint collaborations, we also provide links to navigate to other services.

CiNii Books top page
Simple search【A-1】

Searches can be performed easily by inputting
keywords. Searches target registered information
like the title, author name, publisher, ISBN, ISSN,
NCID and/or author ID.
【A-1】 Searches can be refined.
“Books and journals “⇒Searches all books and journals“Books"⇒Searches books (includes CDs and DVDs)“Journals"⇒Searches periodicals

Advanced search【B-1】◆Search technique◆No distinction is made between numbers, upper- or lowercase letters,
Japanese full-width or English half-width characters.
Searches using OR or NOT between categories cannot be performed.

Clicking “Advanced” displays the advanced
search input field.
With the advanced search, desired searchedcategories can be specified.
【B-1】 There are input fields for title, author
name, author ID, uniform title ID, publisher, ISBN,ISSN, NCID, subject, classification, note, format,language, year of publication
library ID,organization ID and area. Additionally, multiple
conditional search relationships (logic operators)
can be used.

Tip: 4 icons of CiNii Books<Book> <Journal> <Author> <Institute>【Search using “AND”】
Search for records containing all entered keywords. Specify using spaces (English half-width spaces or Japanese fullwidth spaces) or “__&__” (where __ is a space, as in the example below).
Example: Inputting "information digital" or "information & digital" returns search results for records containing both
"information" and "digital"【Search using “OR”】
Search for records containing any of the entered keywords. Specify using “__OR__”(OR must be written in English halfwidth, uppercase characters) or “__|__” (where __ is a space, as in the example below.)
Example: Inputting "information OR digital" or "information | digital" returns search results for records containing either"information" or "digital" or both.

【Search using “NOT”】
Search for records containing the entered keyword(s) but excluding the keyword after NOT. Specify using “__NOT__” (NOT
must be written in English half-width , uppercase characters) or add “__-“ (where __ is a space and – is an English halfwidth hyphen) after the main keyword(s) but before the term to be excluded.
Example: Inputting "information NOT digital" or "information -digital" returns search results for records containing"information", excluding those records that contain "digital".
1http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/
Quick guide <Search result>Book & journal search results list

【C-1】
【C-3】

【C-2】

【C-6】

【C-4】

【C-5】

【C-1】It is possible to further refine thesearch by adding keywords.
【C-2】You can choose to output the search
results by opening a new window or displaying
Refer/BibIX ”.
【C-3】The number of books displayed per
page can be set to 20, 50, 100, or 200.
Additionally, the sorting order can be set byyear of publication (ascending/descending),
numberof
holdinglibrary(ascending/descending),
ortitle(ascending/descending/relevance).
【C-4】Clicking the title takes you to thedetails page for that entry.
【C-5】Author name, publisher, publication
year, edition, series title, series number,volume/number, format and the number ofholding libraries are displayed.
【C-6】The author names included in thesearch results are listed. After clicking an
author name, the original search will beperformed again with that author name as anadvanced search parameter.

Details display page

【D-1】

【D-6】

【D-2】

【D-7】

【P.3】
【D-8】

【D-3】
【D-4】

【D-5】

【D-1】In book records, title, author name and thetranscription of the author name are displayed inJapanese Kana. In journal records, title, editor
name and the transcription of the editor aredisplayed in Japanese Kana.
【D-2】In book records, title, uniform title, author
name, series title/number, publisher , publication
year, edition, volume/number, format, other title
and title transcription are displayed. In journal
records, title, editor name, publisher, publication
start/end year, volume/number contained, annualrange, classification, alias of title and title
transcription are displayed.
【D-3】External links to other sites of books andjournal information. Links to Webcat Plus, National
Diet Library search, World Cat, Calil and CiNii
Articles (journals only) are displayed.
【D-4】Works contained, notes and table contents【D-5】In book records, series title and the list ofbooks which are included in the series aredisplayed.
In journal records, the titles of the former/latterare displayed.
【D-6】Information of the book can be shared onFacebook and Twitter.
【D-7】An image of the book cover is displayedwhen available.
【D-8】In book records, the following details are
displayed: NCID, ISBN, country code, title
language code, text language code, original
language code, publication place, page/volume,size,classification,subject
andparent
bibliographic history ID. Additionally in journal
records, ISSN, publication status, frequency,regularity, type of continuing resources, CODEN
and bibliographic history ID are displayed.
【D-9】Bibliography information for the article iswritten in "Refer/BibIX", "BibTex", and "Tab
Separated Values (TSV)" formats.

【D-9】2http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/
Quick guide <Holding Library Search>

Details display page
【E-3】

【E-2】
【E-1】

【E-4】

You can see the holding libraries (participatinginstitutions) and the total number of thoselibraries. By using a refined search, you checkthe holdings of other libraries in your area.
【E-1】You can refine the search for the locationof holding libraries by both prefecture and area.
【E-2】ILL stands for interlibrary loan, whichmeans to lend and borrow materials amonglibraries. By refining the search by ILL
participation type, the libraries where loan
service is available will be displayed.
【E-3】Selecting “OPAC links” enables you torefine your search to only holding libraries
which have a direct link to OPAC.
【E-4】Clicking the name of library displays its
details.

Library information details page
【F-1】

【F-3】

【F-1】Library name, location andcontact information【F-2】Basic information regarding hoursof operation, procedure for use,
reception desks, etc.
【F-3】Library ID, organization ID,
abbreviated name, symbol of OCLC,
CAT membership, ILL membership, loanservice, copy service and fax service
are displayed. You can use the library ID
and organization ID in advancedsearches.

【F-2】

Specifying the library and location in advanced search
In the advanced search, you can specify
the library and the location.
【G-1】You can search for materials by
specifying a library ID or organization ID.
You can find the ID of a library on its
library
information details page and
NACSIS-CAT(http://www.nii.ac.jp/CATILL/tool/libsearch.html）.
【G-2】You can refine the search basedon location of holding libraries byprefectures and areas.
【G-3】Other library IDs, organization IDs,and area can be stored. Please use thisfunction if you repeat a search often.

【G-1】
【G-3】

【G-2】

3

http://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/
Quick guide <Outside Cooperation>
Outside sponsor interfaces※For specification details please see the CiNii help pageOpenSearch【H-1】

Using OpenSearch【H-1】By creating an OpenSearch
query and registering it to an RSS
reader, you will be able to easily
obtain the latest information ofarticles in the field of interest. TheOpenSearch query format is asfollows:
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/opensearch/search?(parameter=value)&....
For details, please refer to the CiNii
help page.
【H-2】Search for resources without
accessing the top page of CiNii byselecting "CiNii Books" on thebrowser search bar and entering
keywords.

【H-2】

The big picture / Inquiries
CiNii Books collects large amounts ofbibliographic
dataandholding
information,
cooperates
withorganizations, and provides services.
We hope to continue to improve ourservice so that our users can
comfortably navigate our site and locate
the resources they need.

◆Inquiries◆
CiNii Desk, National Institute ofInformatics
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 101-8430, Japan【For inquiries about CiNii
operation and content】
E-mail: ciniiadm@nii.ac.jp【Tel】
03-4212-2300

Inquiries by telephone can be acceptedon weekdays,
9:00-12:00 , 13:00-17:45(JST)4