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First steps to search for books and papers @UTokyo■ Session overview◆ The “Literacy” website and the UTokyo Library System Database◆ Searching for books by title－ The books available at UTokyo (Example 1) p.2－ How to use “OPAC” p.3－ Using an e-book at the University of Tokyo OPAC p.4－ (Supplementation) The books not available at UTokyo p.5◆ Searching for academic papers by title on the web－ E-journals available from TREE (Example 2)p.6◆ Searching for academic papers on a subject－ Web of Science Core Collection (Example 3) p.7-9－ Engineering Village (Example 4) p.10-11－ CiNii Articles (for articles in Japanese)
p.12■ Distributed materials
・ First steps to search for books and papers @UTokyo・ “How to access databases, E-journals and E-books from off-campus.”(“Support Book” Supplement)
・ Web of Science Core Collection Quick Reference Guide

The “Literacy” website and the UTokyo Library System Database
University of Tokyo Library
System Database[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/contents/database

Please jump to eachpage from the left
menu or user guide.

The “Database” page is acollection of links todatabases available atthe University of Tokyo.

Literacy site：
https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/literacy

You can search for databases by specifying thematerial type and subject area you want to use.

Academic Information Literacy Section, Information Technology Group, The University of Tokyo
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Searching for printed books by title

Printed(The books available at UTokyo)

materials

The Universityof Tokyo OPAC
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A tool to search for books and journals held by the University of Tokyo.
[On-campus/off-campus access OK] Accessible from the “Database” page

Let’s borrow the following books listed in the reference list.

Pevsner J, 1961-. Bioinformatics and functional genomics / Jonathan Pevsner. 3rd ed.
（Author name）（Book title）（Edition）
Chichester: Wiley Blackwell; 2015.
(Place of publication) (Publisher)（Publication year）① Enter keywords and click the search button. The search result page will be displayed.
② Click the title to see the detailed information of the chosen material.
③ Check “Location”, “Call number”, and ”Status”. You will need the call number to locate the book.
④ Reservations can be made for books currently on loan. Log in to MyOPAC and click “Reserve”.
⑤ You can also borrow books from other UTokyo libraries by having them delivered. Please see
below for more information.

①

Search by book title orjournal title

In the example on the left, both a paper
book and an e-book are available. If you
want to borrow the book, click the title ofthe book.

--See p.4[Reserving / ordering books from MyOPAC]Free

Make a note of
the library nameand call number
before heading tothe library. (Click“Location” inadvance to checkthe opening
hours, entry
conditions, etc.)

You can search for bookswith the same subject on
the v-shelf.

If an “Online” option is displayed here, you can jump to the e-book.
E-books may not come up in the initial search results because it does not include the author'sname and so on. In such a case, you should check this part of the paper book.

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How to use “OPAC”
On MyOPAC, you can request for photocopy delivery, PDF viewing, extension of due dates,reservation of books on loan, book delivery from UTokyo libraries, and acquisition of books.
Log in with your★ UTokyo Account or★ Library Account
You can log in to MyOPAC from off-campus as well.
【MyOPAC page】

ChargedCharged★

★ For journals, check the volumes and issues that
If thethere
is a +,
it is continuing to be accepted. If not,libraryholds.
(“Year” does not mean all volumes within thedisplayed range are held.)
If there is a +, it is continuing to be accepted. If not,acquisition has stopped.
example 1:
26-70→The library holds all issues from vol. (or issue)
26 to vol. (or issue) 70.
example 2:
12,14,18,20-24→The library does not hold vol.13, 15-17, and 19.
example 3:25(1-3)→The library has the first three issues of volume
25, but not the later issues.

★ MyOPAC Delivery Request Service
Copy / PDF viewing (Charged*)
The following 3 services require advanceapplication at your department libraryJournals can be delivered fromother campuses(and betweenHongo area). Click to go tothe request page.
A PDF file containing therequested pages can be viewedon-campus. Click to go to therequest page.

You can requestdelivery from otheruniversities.

Charged*(*charged)
requires advance application
through the 【Application form for
the MyOPAC delivery request
service】 at your department library.
Form: https://opac.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.
jp/webreq/ill/webreq_ILL_form.pdf

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Database Training Course / Libraries for Engineering and Information Science & TechnologyUsing an e-book at the University of Tokyo OPAC

The following screen will be shown if you click the title of the e-book on p.2 ①On campus

Off-campus

See previous page
When accessing from off-campus, the sign-in screen for
UTokyoAccount will be displayed.

The publisher's platform will bedisplayed.
In this case, the Maruzen eBook
Library was displayed. Click on
the “閲覧“ button to browse.

When you finish browsing, make sure tocheck for the Log Off, Sign Out, etc.
buttons.
In this case, click the “閲覧終了” button.
Since e-books often do not allowsimultaneous access, if you close yourbrowser completely (and exit fromEZproxy) without logging off from eachdatabase site, others will not be able tobrowse.
If you are logged in to MyOPAC, click thecompletely, and exit.

button to log out, close the browser

If you are using TREE or other services from off-campus via theremember to close your browser completely to exit from EZproxy.

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Supplementation:
The books not available at UTokyo

Printedmaterials

The Universityof Tokyo OPAC

A tool to search for books and journals held by the University of Tokyo.
[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
Accessible from the “Database” page

① Enter a keyword and click the search button. A list of search results will be displayed.
② Switch the tab to "CiNii Books".
③ Search for the material you need from collections held in university libraries nationwide.
④ To apply for delivery, click "Order from another university" and log in to MyOPAC.
⑤ When you finish using MyOPAC, close the browser and exit.

③②If the book you are looking for isnot available at the Universityof Tokyo, switch the tab to[CiNii Books].

Search by book title or journal title.
(You cannot search by article title orauthor of articles.)①

To apply for delivery, log in to MyOPAC (see p.3)③④
ChargedClick on the title if you want to see more information.

Charged*(*charged)*requires advance application
through the 【Application form for
the MyOPAC delivery request
service】 at your department library.

Always end the session by logging out
and closing the browser window

Form: https://opac.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.
jp/webreq/ill/webreq_ILL_form.pdf

For more information on how to use EZproxy, please refer to the following：https://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/library/literacy/user-guide/campus/offcampus

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Searching for academic papers by title on the web(E-journals available from TREE)TREE (UTokyo REsource Explorer)2[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
Accessible from Accessible from the “Database” page

Let’s try to search for this article cited in a reference list.

S. Li and A. Waag. GaN based nanorods for solid state lighting. J. Appl. Phys.
(Author of article)(Title of article)(Title of journal)111(7), pp. 071101 (23 pp.). 2012.
(vol. no.)(Page numbers)(Year)① Enter the article title (If it can be identified, you do not need to input the complete title), and click “Search”.
② On the search results page, click the article title.
③ The website (of the publisher etc.) providing the e-journal opens.
④ Click “PDF” and view the full text of the article.

①

gan based nanorods【TREE search tips】 To search by the title, use the title: operator.
To search by a phrase, put the phrase in quotations: “”.

② 【TREE search results page】

Saving the search result③④

View thefull textfrom here6【Publisher websites providing e-journals】

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Searching foracademic papers
on a subject

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Web of Science Core Collection

Let’s search for articles on biomass gas engine.

Web of Science
http://isiknowleCoreCollection[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
Accessible from Accessible from the “Database” page
Adding an asterisk (*) enables partial① Enter biomass “gas engine*” and click “search”.
match retrieval.
② The search results are displayed.
Adding quotations marks (“ “) enables aSearch results can be analyzed, refined, and sorted as necessary. phrase search.
For more details, see Help>Search rules③ Click on the title in the search results page.
④ View the full text of the article. （Or click UTokyo Article Link button.）①biomass “gas engine*”(cf.) The other search pattern is: biomass (“gas engine*” or “gas turbine*”)In this way, search modifiers (and/or/not) can be included in lower-case letters.

②③

Save to reference manager

See thenext page④
Times Cited:
How many articles cite this article
Cited References:Bibliography of this article
View Related Records:
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How to use “UTokyo Article Link”
This service allows users to access the full text of an article from a database's search result
screen. If there is no link to the text when you use a literature search tool, please click the"UTokyo Article Link" button.
Clicking on the "UTokyo Article Link"
button or the "Full text@UTokyo" link
displayed in various databases will takeyou to the UTokyo Article Link.
In this case,the full text
is available.

Jump tosee thefull text.

In this case,the full text is
not available.

Other Resources

Search for printed materials held at theUTokyo libraries.
You can also request for photocopy delivery orto use the PDF viewing service by logging
into MyOPAC.
(Continued on next page)Log in to MyOPAC to request copy
delivery or PDF viewing service.
⇒See p.3.

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Database Training Course / Libraries for Engineering and Information Science & Technology【Advanced Information】◆ Boolean Search Operators
ANDOR◆ Web of Science’s Citation Network
Cited Papers

Citing Papers

NOT

Shared References◆ Cited Reference Search
Example Find articles which cite the following article.
Shechtman D, Metallic phase with long-range orientational order and no translational symmetry.

Phys. rev. lett. 1984; 53(20):1951-1953.

① Click “CITED REFERENCES”.
② Enter the author name, journal title and published year.
③ Click Search button.
④ Select the article, click Finish Search button.
⑤ The search results are displayed.

①②Search by the journaltitle, not article title.

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Engineering Village

Searching foracademic papers
on a subject

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Let’s search for articles on laser diode.

Engineering Village[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
Accessible from Accessible from the “Database” page

① Enter “laser diode” or “laser diodes”② Click the Search button.
③ The search results are displayed.

in “Quick Search”.

②①<Tips for searching 1>
Autostemming will provide you with much broader search results automatically.
If you enter the term management, you will get results for manage, manager, managing,etc.
<Tips for searching 2>
If you enter a phrase, AND is assumed.
To guarantee that the results for a phrase in a search query are an exact match, use
quotations marks (“ “).
Quotations marks cannot be used with asterisk (*), wildcards(?).
When using quotations marks, the autostemming is not available.
The search result can be sorted or refined.

③
Save to reference manager

Link to detailed information, e-journal, UTokyo OPAC

Engineering Village contains standardized
numeric quantities and ranges.
Numeric search function can be usedin this normalized
data format.

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Database Training Course / Libraries for Engineering and Information Science & Technology【Advanced Information】◆ Thesaurus Search
The thesauri are guides to the controlled vocabulary used in indexing articles. Indexers choose terms fromthe controlled vocabulary to describe the article they are indexing. The controlled vocabulary is used tostandardize the way the articles are indexed. The thesauri are hierarchical in nature. Terms are organized
by broader, narrower or related concepts.

① Enter laser diode in “Thesaurus search” and click the Search index button.
② Click “Laser diodes” from listed terms.
③ Check the boxes to select search terms. Then click the search button.
④ The search results are displayed.

laser diode①②Click the term to view broader,narrower or related terms.

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CiNii Articles

Searching foracademic papers
on a subject◆Search for CiNii, when you would like to find academic articles published in Japanese

academic society journals or Japanese university research bulletins.
CiNii Articles[On-campus/off-campus access OK]
Accessible from Accessible from the “Database” page

① Enter terms and click the Search button.
② The search results are displayed.
③ Click on the title in the search results page.
④ Click
to view the full text of the article. （Or click UTokyo Article Link button.）①②④

This icon leads you to full text articles for free.
Try clicking other icons to see whether the article is available online.
* If there is no PDF button, click UTokyo Article Link (see p.8).

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