Mon. - Fri.
Opening Hours 9:00-20:00
Browsing
Circulation Services
Photocopying (University Expense)
9:00-20:00
Hours / Closed Dates
Closed Dates
Sat./Sun./National holidays
Summer holidays (Bon period)
Winter holidays (Dec.28 – Jan.4)
( for AGR Members )
Bioagricultural Library GuideNagoya University
All of the materials in the library are accessible freely. Please return materials to the bookshelves after you use.
< Books >Books are arranged on the shelves by "Call Number" on their spine labels.According to NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification) printed at the first line of the label, books are shelved from left-to-right and top-to-bottom. And when many books have the same Classification Number, they are placed in alphabetical order by the second line of Author's Initial (the first letter or letters of the author's last name) .< Journals >Journals are arranged in alphabetical order of the titles. (Non-Japanese:ABC, Japanese:Kana)
Your Student ID or Staff ID serves as your Library Card for borrowing materials. The members of Nagoya University who have No Student ID or Staff ID can substitute Central
Library Card as our library card. If you do not have library card, please fill out the application form. Faculty/Staff/Graduate students can use our library during closed dates from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
(Browsing and Photocopying at University Expense Only.)
NDC (Nippon Decimal Classification)
Materials in Laboratories
OPAC's Location "Agr ***" means the material is held in laboratory. ex) Agr Crop Sci etc... If you would like to use the material, please ask at the Service Desk.
We ask the laboratory, and you will visit to borrow there.
Using the Library
Library Cards
Browsing
Classification Number
Author's InitialSa
463〔Call Number〕
3 Social sciences
4 Natural sciences
5 Technology. Engineering
45 Earth sciences
46 Biology
47 Botany
462 Biogeography
463 Cytology
464 Biochemistry
000 General works 500 Technology. Engineering100 Philosophy 510 Construction. Civil engineering200 General history 520 Architecture. Building300 Social sciences 530 Mechanical engineering330 Economics 570 Chemical technology350 Statistics 590 Domestic arts and Science400 Natural sciences 600 Industry and commerce410 Mathematics 610 Agriculture420 Physics 620 Horticulture430 Chemistry 630 Sericulture. Silk industry440 Astronomy.
Space sciences640 Animal husbandry.
Veterinary medicine450 Earth sciences 650 Forestry460 Biology 660 Fishing industry470 Botany 700 Arts480 Zoology 800 Language490 Medical sciences. Pharmaceutics 900 Literature
Caution
Bldg.B Stack Back issues of Japanese Journals (before 2006) are stored in the Building B Open Stack Room
(Room No.B227). The entrance door of the stack room is usually locked and there is an intercom in the wall on the
left-hand side. When you enter the stack room, please press the intercom button and tell your affiliation and name. A librarian will unlock the door remotely.
If you would like to borrow materials held in the stack room, please bring them to the Service Desk of the library. If the material that you would like to copy is not good state, you can only browse.
No canned drink and paper carton drink is allowed. Put the plastic bottle drink into your bag.
NO EATING AND DRINKING
NO TALKINGNO CELLULAR PHONE
Call No. Label
OPACLocation
Types of Materials LocationLoanLimits
LoanPeriods
Agr Lib Books for Students
Books for Students Reading Room 3 items
7 days
Audio-visual Materials Browsing Room 2 items
Agr Lib Books in Stack
Books in Stack
Japanese Stack Room 1F
5 itemsNon-Japanese Stack Room 2F
Agr Lib Collection *
Books in Stack
JapaneseNon-Japanese
Bldg.B Stack
―Agr Lib Journals
Bound Journals
Japanese
Bldg.B Stack(-2006)
2 items
2 days
Reading Room(2007-)
Non-JapaneseStack Room
1F/2F
Unbound JournalsReading RoomBrowsing Room
10 items
To check out library materials, bring them to the Service Desk and present your ID card. When you borrow unbound journals, you will need to fill out a loan application form.
Non-circulating materials
Temporary Loans
• Reference books(encyclopedias, dictionaries etc.)• Dissertations• Some of audio-visual materials
• Instead of returning on the same day, you can borrow almost everything (except dissertations and some of audio-visual materials) without loan limit.
Reservations Reservations can be made only for materials currently out on loan to another user (except journals
and materials in laboratories) . In OPAC's Bibliography Details, a "reserve" button appears. Click on it and follow on-screen instructions.
Please return materials into the "Return Box" on the Service Desk. Please return materials into the "Book Drop" at outside of the Library during the closed dates. If you have overdue books, you may not borrow any materials.
Circulation Services
Borrowing
Returning
* If the material that you would like to copy is not good state, you can only browse.
Renewals You can renew the material via OPAC.
• Unless requested by another user.• Unless the material you borrowed overdue.
All users must comply with Copyright Law when photocopying of library materials.
Black/White Color Hours
University Expense 9 yen/Sheet 45 yen/Sheet Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.
Self-Service Photocopying / Library Catalogs
Library Catalogs
You can't make photocopies at private expense in the library.Please borrow or make temporary borrowing materials first, and then use a copy machine outside.
Private Expense
https://opac.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/?lang=english
OPAC is the Online Library Catalog for all the NU Libraries and Laboratories. And it provides location status information for books, journals, and other library materials. You can access OPAC from off campus.
OPAC(Online Public Access Catalogue)
https://sfx9.usaco.co.jp/nagoya/az/?lang=eng
The members of NU have access to online scholarly journals. Full-text of journal articles is available to on-campus users via NU campus network. Before using, please read "copyright & fair use" (https://www.nul.nagoya-u.ac.jp/ej/ej_atten.html)
thoroughly and observe the rules.
Electronic Journals
Location Place where the material is presently shelved.
Call No. Call No. is like a book's address. It informs where the book is shelved.
Material ID Each material has its unique number. It is labeled in the form of barcode.
Status Current status of the material. If blank, the material is available.
[Books-Bibliography Details]
[Journals-Bibliography Details]
By clicking on the number of volume, it is possible to get more information about the state of recent acquisitions and bookbinding.
Self-Service Photocopying
Please use a copy card distributed to each laboratory and fill out a photocopy application form for University Expense available on the desk of the Copy Room.
Network Printer (University Expense Only)
University Expense
• A color copier in Copy room is available as a network printer. "Network Printer Setup User's Manual" (Japanese Version Only) is downloadable from the AGR-Office website.
Visiting Other Departmental Libraries of NU
All the departmental libraries are accessible to the members of NU. But library regulations vary depending on each library. Before visiting, please read the User's Guide on each website.
Visiting Other University Libraries
CiNii Books (https://ci.nii.ac.jp/books/?l=en) and OPAC provide a database for searching the union catalog of books and journals held in the major Japanese academic libraries.
When visiting other university libraries, some of them may require a Letter of Introduction from the user's home library. If you need such a letter, please apply at the Service Desk of the Bioagricultural Library.
How to request photocopies/loans (InterLibrary Loan=ILL)
If Bioagricultural Library does not own materials you are looking for, you can request photocopies or loans through the Interlibrary Loan Service.
If another library in Higashiyama campus holds them, we recommend you to visit there directly. You can request the Interlibrary Copy/Loan Service online via OPAC. Please click the "CopyOrder"
or "LoanOrder" icon. How to apply for university expense;
• Please fill in a comment column "Use the university expense. 【Your laboratory name】".• Permission of faculty adviser is required, when students use university expense.
ILL fees depends on lending libraries. For more information on ILL fees, please ask at the Service Desk.
There are some library public's computers which allow users to search a variety of electronic resources during the opening hours.
NUWNET wireless access points exist in the Reading Room for NU members to connect their own devices to the campus network.*Warning for using NUWNET*Bioagricultural Library assumes no responsibility for your devices is infected with viruses or data loss. We recommend that you install the virus software and backup of data.
Using Materials of Other Libraries
Information Retrieval
Tips & Tricks Leaflets
Tips & Tricks Leaflets help you learn how to find library materials, how to use databases, etc. These leaflets in PDF format can be downloaded at above Tips & Tricks' URL.
https://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/eng/marutoku_e.html
【 AGR Members Only 】 Online Request
Bioagricultural Library welcomes requests/recommendations for the purchase of books from AGR faculty, staff and students. (https://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/agrlocal/requestmail_e.html)
If you have a reference question or need help finding materials, please fill in the form on our website. (https://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~library/agrlocal/reference_e.html)
Services
図書室フロアマップFloor Map
Issued in March, 2020
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Bioagricultural Library, Nagoya University
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Administrative Building,2nd Floor
管理棟
地下鉄東山公園駅