FAQ
What kind of items can I use in searches from [Bib Search] on the advanced search screen?
You can perform searches with the following items on the advanced search screen.
- The △ symbol in the entry example represents one or more blank characters.
- [Local] means that the search item is enabled only for local searches. Values entered for NII searches are ignored.
Search item | Description | Entry example: Searched material |
Material type | Narrows down the type of material that is the search target. | Check the check box of the material type, such as All, Books, or Serials. |
Holding library [Local] | Narrows down the campus or holding library that is the search target. | Check the check box of the campus or holding library. |
Location | Performs a search with the location specified from the pull-down menu. | Example: Main Building, 2F |
[Local] | Materials whose location is the first floor in the main building | |
Keyword | Searches for the items in all of the titles, authors' names, and subjects. The number of hits may be very large. | Example 1: Japan△Tanaka△politics |
Materials whose title, author's name, and subject contain "Japan," "Tanaka," and "politics" | ||
Example 2: Japan+politics | ||
Materials whose title, author's name, and subject contain "Japan" or "politics" | ||
Example 3: Japan^politics | ||
Materials whose title, author's name, and subject contain "Japan" but not "politics" | ||
Example 4: #politics of Japan | ||
Materials with "politics of Japan" in any of the title, author's name, and subject | ||
Example 5 #*politics of Japan | ||
Materials with "politics of Japan" as the ending of any of the title, author's name, or subject | ||
Title | Searches for a title, serial name, series name, etc. | Example 1: politics of Japan |
Materials whose title contains "Japan," politics," and "of" | ||
Example 2: Japan△politics | ||
Materials whose title contains "Japan" and "politics" | ||
Example 3: #politics of Japan | ||
Materials whose title is "politics of Japan" | ||
Example 4: #*politics of Japan* | ||
Materials with "politics of Japan" in the title | ||
Author | Searches for an author, publisher, translator, original author, etc. | Example 1: Fuji Hanako |
Author "Fuji Hanako" (No space possible between the family name and given name) | ||
Example 2: Fuji△Hanako or Fuji,Hanako | ||
Works by authors whose name contains "Fuji" and "Hanako" | ||
Example 3: Fuji | ||
Works by authors whose family name or given name contains "Fuji" | ||
Example 4: Fuji△Hanako (Katakana in Japanese) | ||
Author "Fuji△Hanako" (Search possible even when read in Hiragana or Katakana) | ||
Example 5: Margaret△Mitchell | ||
Author Margaret Mitchell | ||
Example 6: #Fuji* | ||
Works of authors whose family name begins with "Fuji" | ||
Publisher | Searches for a publisher or publishing house. | Example 1: Fujitsu Press |
Materials published by "Fujitsu Press" | ||
Example 2: Fuji△Publishing | ||
Materials published by a publisher whose name contains "Fuji" and "Publishing" | ||
Example 3: Fujitsu Press | ||
Materials published by "Fujitsu Press" (without Inc., Ltd., or other such words specified) | ||
Subject | Performs a search with the specified word expressing the subject of the material. | Example 1: library information |
Materials whose subject is "library information" | ||
Example 2: toshokan△joho (Japanese) | ||
Materials whose subject contains "toshokan" and "joho" | ||
Review [Local] | Searches for a registered review. | Example 1:programming |
Materials that contain "programming" in a registered review | ||
Example 2:recommended△information | ||
Materials that contain "recommended" and "information" in a registered review | ||
Tag [Local] | Searches for a registered tag. | Example 1:introduction to mathematics |
Materials that contain "introduction to mathematics" in a registered tag | ||
Example 2:Book changed my life | ||
Materials that contain "Book changed my life" in a registered tag | ||
Publication year (Western calendar) | Performs a search with the specified publication year. | Example 1: 2006 |
Materials published in 2006 (Specify the year with four digits.) | ||
Example 2: 199* | ||
Materials published in the 1990s | ||
Example 3: 1990-2000 | ||
Materials published between 1990 and 2000 (For each material, specify the respective year with four digits.) | ||
ISBN/ISSN | Performs a search with the specified international standard book number (ISBN) or international standard serial number. | Example 1: 4881357611 |
Book material whose ISBN is 4-88135-761-1 (Enter it without “-” (hyphen).) | ||
Example 2: 13407287 | ||
Successively issued materials whose ISSN is 1340-6297 (Enter it without “-” (hyphen).) | ||
NCID | Performs a search with the specified bibliography code ID assigned to an NII bibliography record. | Example: AN10202348 |
Material whose NII bibliography record ID is N10202348. | ||
Bibliography ID | Performs a search with the specified bibliography code ID assigned to a bibliography record. | Example: SB00078405 |
Material whose bibliography record ID is SB00078405 | ||
Registration No. | Performs a search with the specified registration number, which is the administrative management number assigned to each material. | Example: 123456789 |
[Local] | Material whose registration number is 123456789 | |
Material ID | Performs a search with the specified material ID for borrowing and returning materials. | Example: 0123456789 |
[Local] | Material whose material ID is 0123456789 | |
Call No. | Performs a search with the specified call number. | Example: 10-10||ho||10||4 |
[Local] | Materials whose call number is 10-10||ho||10||4 (Differentiate uppercase alphabetic characters from lowercase ones.) | |
Code | Performs searches with the specified numbers and IDs of various codes. Performs a search with one of the code types listed below selected from the pull-down menu and with the number specified in the right field. | Example 1: Pull-down menu: NCID selected; Right field: AN10070600 |
- NCID (NII bibliography record ID) | Material whose bibliography record ID is AN10070600 | |
- LCCN (LC card number) | ||
- NBN (national bibliography number) | ||
- NDLCN (NDL card number) | ||
- NDLPN (NDL periodical number) | ||
- FID (Family number) | ||
- OTHN (other number) | ||
Country code | Performs a search with the specified publication country code. To perform the search, select the [Browse] button on the right side of the input field, check the Country check box, and either specify the code with the [OK] button or enter the code directly. | Example: gw |
Materials published in Germany (You can use both lowercase and uppercase characters.) | ||
Language code | Performs a search with the specified title or language code of the text. To perform the search, select the [Browse] button on the right side of the input field, check the By language check box, and either specify the code with the [OK] button or enter the code directly. | Example: epo |
Materials written in Esperanto | ||
Classification | Performs a search with the specified classification characteristic expressing the subject of the material. | Example 1: 311 |
Material whose classification characteristic is 311 | ||
Example 2: 31* | ||
Material whose subject begins with a classification characteristic of 31 | ||
Material format | Performs a search with the material type specified from the pull-down menu. | Example: Video |
[Local] | Material whose material type is video | |
Section | Performs a search with the holding section specified from the pull-down menu. | Example:Library |
[Local] | Material whose holding section is the library |