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How do I cancel a submitted copy request (ILL copy request)?
You can confirm your loaned out materials and various requested materials on the user inquiry screen.
Select "Go to Copy Request List" in the information relating to copy requests, among those requests.
As a result, you can check a list of the copy requests that are current requests.
If you want cancel the request for a material in this list, place a check mark beside the material and click the [Cancel Request] button.
How do I cancel a submitted borrowing request (ILL borrowing request)?
You can confirm your loaned out materials and various requested materials on the user inquiry screen.
Select "Go to ILL Request List" in the information relating to borrowing requests, among those requests.
As a result, you can check a list of the borrowing requests that are current requests.
If you want cancel the request for a material in this list, place a check mark beside the material and click the [Cancel Request] button.
What kind of personal services are available?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
The personal services offered are broadly divided into the following three functions.
1. User Inquiry
Use this function to browse your current borrowing status, apply for an extension of the borrowing period, and change data such as personal information.
2. My Folder
This function is used to save search conditions, save search results, and browse the tag/review history.
3. Alert
This function notifies you of the arrival of new books and serials at the library.
I can't log in to OPAC.
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
If you have forgotten your ID or password, go to the library counter.
What can I do from Your Library Record in OPAC?
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5.1. Personal Services
Renewal and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the status in detail.
Reservation
Canceling a reservation, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the reservation status in detail.
Copy request
Canceling a copy request, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the status in detail.
Borrowing request
Canceling a borrowing request, deleting one from the list, and export to the book management tool are all possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the request status in detail.
Purchase request
Deleting a request from the list and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the purchase status in detail.
Borrowing history
Deleting an item from the list and export to the book management tool are both possible from the list. To do so, enter a check mark in each appropriate check box.
Click a bookmark title to check the borrowing history in detail.
Personal Info.
You can check and update your personal information. You can use the updated information to apply for a reservation, etc.
How do I change personal information in OPAC?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
Log in to OPAC.
Click "Notifications to Mr./Ms. _____" in "User Inquiry."
Click [Personal info.] in "Your Library Record."
Click [Change Personal Info.] on the next screen, and make your changes.
(You will be able to select the updated information, such as an e-mail address, even for a reservation, ILL copy request, and ILL borrowing request.)
What kind of functions does My Folder have?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
1. Bookmark
This function creates a list of materials on the Web. You can register the books you have already read or plan to read.
The list can also be used as a list for outputting data to EndNote and RefWorks.
2. My Search
This function saves search conditions. So you can perform your next and subsequent searches using the same search conditions.
3. Review History
This function is used to browse the history of your own written reviews.
4. Tag History
This function is used to browse the history of your own registered tags.
Can I have a list of materials kept for me to check at a later date?
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5.1. Personal Services
* The screenshot is the screen displayed after "Browsing History" is clicked.
To confirm content at a later date, register it in a bookmark.
Register it in the bookmark from the search result list or the bibliography details screen.
To register a material on the list screen, enter a check mark in the check box of the material, and click the [Bookmark] button.
You can check the registered contents from the bookmarks.
I want to save search conditions to use in a search at a later date. Can this be done?
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5.1. Personal Services
You can check the search history by clicking the [Search History] button at the top of the screen.
* The screenshot is the screen displayed when "Search History" is clicked.
To save search conditions until a later date by registering them from the search history browsing screen, enter a check mark in the check box of each search condition, and click the [Add to Favorites] button.
You can check the registered contents from My Search in OPAC.
I want to be notified when the latest issue of the serial _____ arrives. Is this possible?
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5.1. Personal Services
Apply for the alert service from the bibliography details screen.
This service covers serials being received on an ongoing basis.
Once you complete your application, the registered conditions appear on the alert list screen.
You can stop the sending of notifications and change the sending frequency on the alert list screen.
Also, you can register an RSS reader from the [RSS] button.
Once you have registered the RSS reader, you can check for any new arrivals of the relevant materials, even without checking OPAC.
I want to be notified of any books related to _____ received by the library. Is this possible?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
The function of this service is to memorize search conditions and send notification by e-mail, RSS, etc.
when the library receives any matching material.
After a search with OPAC Bib Search, you can register the search conditions by clicking "Add Search Alert."
You can also register search conditions from Alert in OPAC.
The process of registration displays the Alert list screen.
From there, you can check the list being sent and change the sending frequency.
You can register an RSS reader from the [RSS] button.
Once you have registered the RSS reader, you can check for any new arrivals of the relevant materials,
even without checking OPAC.
How do I register a tag?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
.Method 2) In the bibliography details screen, click
.However, tags such as those used in a list of the specified books in a syllabus (e.g., all university, 2012 first term) cannot be registered.
Referring to other tags
By attaching the same tags to multiple bibliographies, you can batch search them.
Checking the tag history
You can check the tag history from [OPAC] -> [My Folder] -> [Tag History], which is on the right menu.
What if a tag is inappropriate?
If you think that a tag is inappropriate or does not match the material, please contact us.
Click [Report as inappropriate] behind "Register tag" on the bibliography details screen to register your report.
How do I check the tags that I attached?
Category:
5.1. Personal Services
I want to express a question, opinion, or request to the library.
Category:
4.1. Requests to the Library
What kind of service is OPAC?
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9. Other
OPAC is the abbreviation for Online Public Access Catalog.
Can I use materials whose holdings location for the OPAC search results is [Faculty office]?
What do I do when I don't find the materials I'm looking for on the [Bib Search] tab? (Part 1)
- check the Kanji and spelling of keywords to see whether they are correct.
- Are searching by "Article title" or "Article author"? Try searching by serial title.
When you want to search by "Article title" or "Article author," try searching from the [Articles] tab. In such cases, you may also be able to read the text of electronic journals from a personal computer. - If you still do not find the materials you are looking for, try searching from the [Other Univ.] tab.
If you can confirm that the library of another institution possesses the materials you are looking for, you may be able to go directly to that library to use the materials there or get them from the library.
What do I do when I don't find the materials I'm looking for on the [Bib Search] tab? (Part 2)
1. Search the holdings of other university libraries, and apply to get the book or a copy (ILL copy request and ILL borrowing request) from the relevant library.
→ Perform the search from the [Other Univ.] tab.
2. Search the holdings of your neighborhood public library and university libraries, and visit the relevant library directly.
3. Perform a search from a bookstore, etc., and consider purchasing the materials there.
What do I do when I want to extend the borrowing period of a loaned out book?
1. First, log in to OPAC.
2. "User Inquiry" appears after login. Click "Borrowing" there.
3. "Borrowing list" appears. Place a check mark beside each material you want to renew, and click [Renew].
In "Borrowing list," you can check the borrowing status: where (borrowing library), what (bibliography information), and when (Due Date).
4. Click [OK] in the pop-up.
5. The update is completed when the return date is extended.
If the update cannot be completed, the screen displays this fact and the reason for it.
From "Borrowing list", you can check the number of renewals by clicking "Bibliography information" for loaned out materials.
Note the following points concerning renewal.
- Renewed return dates are calculated based on the special online rules of each holding library.
- An online renewal is updated on the day that the update process is executed. Note that the borrowing period is not an added period from the due date.
- Renewal is not possible in the following cases:
- Materials for "holiday loan"
- Materials already reserved by another user
- Overdue materials and materials in a restricted borrowing period
- Where update may not be possible depending on the material type (textbooks, serials, etc.)
How do I cancel a reservation?
1. Log in to OPAC.
2. Click "Reservation" from User Inquiry on the OPAC top page.
3. The reservation list screen appears. Place a check mark beside the material whose reservation you want to cancel, and click [Cancel Reservation].
4. Click [OK] in the pop-up.
5. "Canceled" appears under Status upon the completion of the reservation cancellation.
