Library Guide【Reference service】【Copying service】

・We assist you to find the information or material you're looking for.

・Materials of this library can be copied under the Copyright Act (one・Ask a staff member if you need help looking up or locating anything.
・We also accept inquiries by phone, postal mail, fax or e-mail.

copy per person, for a fee).
・Copy charges

・If requested, your desired item can be put on hold for a week.

Black and whiteColor【Searching】

Library¥10 per page
¥60 per A4, B4 and B5 page

Our mission is to provide materials useful to the citizens of Kanagawa¥90 per A3 page

Prefecture in their study, research and everyday lives. The library also

＊You need to pay extra fee when Library staff copy materials instead・You can search through the library's collection with our computer.

Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki

offers improved reference services to answer queries and provide
information for lifelong learning.

of you.

・If you wish to see any material from the KSP storeroom or the two

Especially, Kawasaki Library is “a library of manufacturing

Depots, fill in and print out an application form, and submit it at theinformation”, which supports manufacturing technologies andcirculation desk. Our staff will bring the requested item from the【Services for library users with disabilities】

contributes to the promotion of Kanagawa as a region of

KSP storeroom or the Depots. It takes a few days to deliver・ Postal delivery service is available for people with a disability

manufacturing excellence.

materials from the Depots.

certificate who live, work or study in Kanagawa and have difficulty

We aim to meet information requirements of engineers andin coming to the library.

researchers with our resources, such as technical books for science andtechnology, academic journals (including conference proceedings and【Reserving and back-ordering service】

technical reports), online journals and database, patent and standard

・You can reserve a book if it is not currently on the shelves.

【Notice】

・You can back-order books from Kanagawa Prefectural Library.

・No food is allowed in the library, excluding soft drinks.

materials and our famous “company history” collection.

【Opening hours】

・You can also back-order books not available in the two prefectural

・Monday-Friday : 9:30-19:30

libraries from other libraries.

・Saturdays and national holidays: 9:30-17:30【Access information】
・By train【Library card】

The nearest station

・ Library card is issued to anyone living, working or studying in

Mizonokuchi Sta. (approx. 15 minutes from Shibuya Sta. on the【Days closed】

Tokyu Den-en-toshi Line or Tokyu Oimachi Line)・SundaysMusashi-Mizonokuchi Sta. (approx. 20 minutes from Kawasaki

・The second Thursdays

Kanagawa Prefecture.
・Please bring a document that confirms your name and address forregistration.

(or Friday if Thursday falls on a national holiday)

Sta. on the JR Nambu Line)・Year-end and New-Year holidays

・On foot
15 minute-walk from Mizonokuchi Sta. or Musashi-Mizonokuchi【Borrowing materials】

Sta.

・Bring the items and your library card to the circulation desk.
・Number of items that can be borrowed at a time and for how longBooks

・Several days for inventory

103 weeks

・The loan period can be extended once, provided no one has made areservation request for the material.

・By bus
KSP shuttle bus【Facilities】

A direct shuttle bus service is available from Bus Terminal No.9

West Wing (KSP)of Mizonokuchi Sta./Musashi-Mizonokuchi Sta. to KSP.

・General reading room

*It operates as a membership bus until 10 o'clock on weekdays,

・Terminals for E-journals and databaseand membership card is required for boarding.

・Consultation room

Kawasaki City bus

・Conference room

【Returning materials】

Take a bus at Bus Terminal No.3 and No.7 of Mizonokuchi

R & D Wing (KSP)・Bring the items to the circulation desk.

Sta./Musashi-Mizonokuchi Sta. and get off at Takatsu Chugakko・Offices・Put the material (books only) in a book drop when the library isIriguchi bus stop. One minute walk from the bus stop.

Two Depots (Konan Ward, Yokohama City and Minami Ward,Sagamihara City)

closed. The book drop is at the entrance of the library.
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【For research】【Recommendations】■Books■E-Journals
About 260,000 books on engineering, industrial technology and natural science that support

Taylor & Francis Online journal archive

manufacturing technology

Taylor & Francis Online journal archive provides access to back numbers on chemistry, physics andmathematics & statistics until 1996. These back numbers are supported by National Institute of■Company history (Sha-shi)

Informatics (NII).

Over 22,000 books of Japanese company history. It is one of the most famous library collections in Japan.
Note: We also have printed journals. You can look up our collection of overseas journals in the catalog■Patents and standards(https://www.klnet.pref.kanagawa.jp/depo.pdf).

Materials on IP, JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards), ASTM, etc.
■E-Books■Electronic journals and online databases
JDream III, JP-NET, etc.

You can use E-Books 24hours a day from your computer, smartphone, or tablet.
You can use it for free(The communication fee will be borne by the user).
You need a library card and a login password to use it.

■Journals (printed materials)
About 8,000 titles of journals, including academic journals, conference proceedings, technical reports andoverseas chemical journals, useful for technology study and R&D■Others
Wi-Fi is available here.
This Wi-Fi traffic is filtered to block harmful sites and file sharing software.
○How to get connected
Register your e-mail address.
＊ You can use this service for any number of times (will be asked to re-login every 180 minutes.)
SSID and PW are posted in the library.

Yokohama Sta. west entrance branch (inside Kanagawa Kenmin Center)

There are two prefectural libraries in Kanagawa, each with distinct functions. Kawasaki Libraryfocuses on manufacturing skills, while Prefectural Library focuses on sociology and humanities. BothIssuance of library cards, lending books reserved online, returning books (from the two prefectural libraries

cooperate with each other to provide the best service possible to our users.

only)
Operating hours 15:00 to 21:00

Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki Library

Kanagawa Prefectural Library

Note: The book drop on the 1st floor can be used only when the Kenmin Center is open.

KSP West Wing 2F, 3-2-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku

9-2 Momijigaoka, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City

Closed days

Kenmin Center facility inspection days, Year-end and New-Year holidays

Kawasaki City, 213-0012

220-8585

Access info.

5-min. walk from Yokohama Sta. west entrance

Tel: 044-299-7825 Fax: 044-322-8878

Tel: 045-263-5900 Fax: 045-241-0985

2-24-2 Tsuruyacho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, 221-0835
Kanagawa Kenmin Center 9F
Tel: 045-312-1121

Website: https://www.klnet.pref.kanagawa.jp/