Searching materials or information
OPAC
There are 3PCs in each 1st and 2nd floors to search OPAC, the Online Catalog ofShimane University Library, you can use them freely. Put the keyword in searchbox.

Information about a book

My OPAC

Only for Shimane University Members

In My OPAC, you can customize the service provided by the library and make yourown portal site. You are able to extend the loan period, confirm your reservations
and order documents without visiting the library. If you register your email
address, we will notify you that the day for returning your books is approaching,that books reserved by you are returned and that your ordered documents havearrived by e-mail.
*Confirmation and renewal of the loan period are available to any library cardholder.

Shimane University Library

User’s Guide➋

Main Library➊➍➌
Information about the location

The Library HP
It shows various services as a portal of the library services.

http://www.lib.shimane-u.ac.jp/0/e/index.html

1. OPAC search
2. My OPAC
This is a useful menu for using the library.
●Confirm your borrowed books andreservations●Order documents.
●Confirm your ordered documents.
●Register or changing your password
and email address

3. Opening hours calendar
You can check opening hours ofthe library.
4. Bookmark
You can register sites that you
often use and you are able to
make your own links.

2 .Main Menu
The list of information about thelibrary usage.
●My OPAC●About●Guide to Use●Guide to Materials●E-resource●Semesters
Mon.-Fri.
Sat.-Sun. and national holidays●Vacations
Mon.-Fri.
Sat.-Sun. and national holidays

8:30-21:30
10:00-17:30
9:00-17:00
Closed*Please check opening schedule calendar for further information.

Rules

Closed days

●Bring your student ID card, staff ID card or library card
●Handle materials with care
●Follow proper online etiquette●Keep your valuables on your person●Keep quiet●No smoking●No food●Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays during vacations●Summer holidays (Aug. 13–15)●Beginning and end of year (Dec. 28–Jan. 3)*The library might be closed due to special circumstances.
*We will inform you of the latest schedule on the library HP or by notices.

When you are not in a permitted space…
●No drink●No talking on the cellular phone
1. Search Box
You can search materials
effectively by switching tabs.
●OPAC(The Online Catalog ofShimane University Library)●Search for E-journals/E-books.
●Search for academic articles inJapan and outside of Japan.
●Search on the internet.

Opening hours

For Guests
Books in the library are accessible for academic purposes, without a “LibraryCard”. Please refrain from using only for private study without library materials.
If you want to borrow books, bring a proof of your current address (e.g. driver’slicense). We will issue with you a Library Card.
This issuing is only for people who come to borrow and return books inperson.(Sending by mail is unacceptable.)

Shimane University Library
1060, Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue-shi, Shimane, 690-8504
Tel
0852-32-6086
Fax
0852-32-2781
E-mail sabisu@lib.shimane-u.ac.jp
In the main library, Library Concierges (green-aproned staff) work for supporting
the guests. If you have a difficulty in the library, please ask them without
constraint.
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Loan / Photocopying

Using Equipment

Various Services

Check out booksGroup Study

Sending away for Books

Please bring books to the Checkout devices (nearby the Service Desk). Eachborrower must present his/her own ID card to check out materials or extend
the loan period. When you need CDs/DVDs or any other library items, pleasetell a library staff.

In “Learning Commons”, movable desks, chairs and whiteboards areavailable.
“Group Study Room” is more similar to a cubicle. To use this room, youneed to make an application at the Service Desk. （Only for Shimane

General Borrowing
Undergraduate

10books

Graduate

15books

Faculty
Academic Staff*Special
Borrowing
3books30days20books

90daysRefreshSending away for copies of articles

University Members）

Use PC

Only for Shimane University Members

14daysStudent of The Universityof Shimane or National
Institute of Technology,
Citizen Passport Member

5booksGeneral Public Visitor

3books*Special Borrowing ServiceSeniors, graduate students, and faculties are eligible to use Special Borrowing Servicefor the graduate thesis or study. Special Borrowing Service for faculties(20books/90days) is applied only to books in stacks.

Return books
The books you have read should be returned to the Return Corner (at theService Desk) within the loan period. Please make sure to return them ontime.
If you fail to return book on time, you will be prohibited from borrowing
books for that length of time in which you failed to return them.

Renew the loan period
Library materials can be renewed once as long as they have not beenrequested by another person. You can renew the loan period at theCirculation devices, at the Service desk (to ask library staff) and on*My OPAC. (you need to log in from the top page to use this service.)

Reservations“PC Room” is equipped with PCs for information retrieval. You can use a PC
in this room with your ID and password. Lectures on databases and OPAC
are also held in this room.
And you can use your PC with connecting a university wireless LAN in thelibrary.

Only for Shimane University Members
You can send away for unavailable books in Shimane University
Matsue Campus .Please confirm with OPAC ( the Online Catalog) thatthe library does not have the books before ordering.
●From the Medical library (the Izumo Campus), ordering on OPAC. It
usually takes 2 or 3 days. Free of charge.
●From public libraries, other university libraries, National Institute ofTechnology in Shimane Prefecture, ordering at the service desk. Free ofcharge. Most of these libraries can be searched the catalog on theirhomepages.
●From other university libraries (outside Shimane Prefecture),ordering on My OPAC. You need to pay the delivery fee both ways.

Only for Shimane University Members

You can make a reservation of the materials that are already checked out byanother borrower. Search materials you want to borrow then check the icon
to reserve at the bottom of the page. (You need to log in My OPAC.)
When the book is returned, you will receive the notice by email. Please
register your email address on *My OPAC before making a reservation.

Photocopying
Self-service copiers (coins, copy card and e-money) are available. Copy cards
are sold at the Seikyou Shop. Please fill out the Copy Request Form and hand
it in to the Service Desk staff, the Form is placed next to the copier.
Please follow the rules below.
1. Library materials only .
2. Research or academic purpose only .
3. Small part of a document only.
4. One copy per page.
*Please see back of the page for the usage of My OPAC.

How about reading newspapers or magazines on your refresh time?
The lobby and the lounge are suitable to rest in the library; drinking (abottled or a canned beverage with a cap) is allowed there.

Other

Only for Shimane University Members
You can send away for copies of articles unavailable in the Shimane
University Library. Please confirm with the OPAC that journals and Ejournals are unavailable in the library. Ordering on “My OPAC”. You
need to pay the copy charge (30 yen ～ 50 yen per page) and thecarriage.

Journals can not be borrowed; only reading and photocopying in the library.
It is necessary to make an application at the Service Desk to use services
below.
●Watching DVDs/VIDEOs at the AV room.
●Reading/Printing micro films.
●Entering stacks more than 3rd floor (4th-8th).
If you have any questions, please ask library staff.

NDL Digitized Contents Transmission Service
National Diet Library (NDL) has digitized materials that have gone outof print and the data is accessible on the internet.
Members of Shimane University and users who have Library Card areeligible to use this service, please ask a library staff for detail.

Book Purchase Request
You may request the library to purchase books which are unavailable in
Shimane University Library, on the library HP.

Floor Plan