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Know Before You GoInformation for Researchers Using Libraries in Japan: 

Know Before You Go Information for Researchers Using Libraries in Japan CEAL Committee on Public Services 2004 Annual Meeting in San Diego Tokiko Y. Bazzell University of Hawaii at Manoa Library

Before You Take Off....: 

Before You Take Off.... Do whatever you can do HERE to maximize your time and money... OR You will regret in Japan.

Outlines: 

Outlines Finding Bibliographic and Holdings Information Academic libraries Public libraries National libraries Special libraries Getting into Libraries Getting Help?

Finding bibliographic and holdings informationAcademic libraries: 

Finding bibliographic and holdings information Academic libraries NACSIS WebCat (Union Catalog of academic libraries in Japan) offered by the National Institute for Informatics (NII) URL English http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat_eng.html URL Japanese http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat.html

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Information on an Individual institution

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OPAC of an individual institution (example: Waseda)

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Waseda OPAC English Search Page

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Directory of Japanese Research Institutions http://read.jst.go.jp/EN/

Finding bibliographic and holdings informationPublic libraries: 

Finding bibliographic and holdings information Public libraries Tokyo Metropolitan Library URL English (but very limited) http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/1b/1b100.html URL Japanese (extensive) http://www.library.metro.tokyo.jp/index.html

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Cross Search among public libraries in Tokyo Newspapers and Magazines union list among public libraries in Tokyo

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Cross Search Function among Public Libraries in Tokyo

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Newspapers and magazines union list and holdings

Finding bibliographic and holdings informationNational Diet Library: 

Finding bibliographic and holdings information National Diet Library Home Page (English) http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html How to register http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/information/guide.html NDL OPAC http://opac.ndl.go.jp/ National union list of newspapers and holding institutions (Japanese only) http://sinbun.ndl.go.jp/ NDL Tokyo NDL Kansai

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Basic Search Advance Search Journal Index

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Union List of Newspapers in Japan National Union List of Newspapers Newspaper Search Holding Institution Search

Finding bibliographic and holdings informationSpecial Libraries: 

Finding bibliographic and holdings information Special Libraries International House of Japan (I-House) Library http://www.i-house.or.jp/ihj_e/librar_e/index.html Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies online http://www.i-house.or.jp/lib_db/searchdb_e/index.html Japan Foundation Library http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/learn/library/libindex.html

Getting into Libraries: 

Getting into Libraries Find out rules for visitors. Hitotsubashi University http://www.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/service/guide-eng/ Ritsumeikan University http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/www-lib/rlib/e/rlibserv-1-e.htm Tokyo University http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/koho/guide/gakugai-e.html Waseda University http://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/CLIB/visitor-e.html Letters of introduction? Who writes it? How?

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Letters of Introduction 紹介状: 

Letters of Introduction 紹介状 Who writes it? How? example http://www.lib.mie-u.ac.jp/archive/form/letter_introduction.html User’s name, affiliation, contact, Research Theme, Academic advisor, etc.

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name Affiliation Address Date(s) to visit

Getting Help?: 

Getting Help? Researchers must ask librarians at their OWN institutions first. Online guides of each library is a must-see-source of information. Librarians in Japan are very helpful.

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Steve Clark’s page: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~sjc36/