Guide for Visitors

Akita University Library is open to the general public. The Library's collection are available for in-house use and books can be checked out.
After filling out the visitor's form at t the entrance, you can freely browse the library.

Library Materials

Online Catalog
OPAC is available to search the library materials.

Books are on the second floor.
Books about Medical Science, Life Science, Nursing Science are classified and shelved according to the NLM Classification, and other fields are classified according to the Nippon Decimal Classification.
Reference Books are at 'Reference Books Shelves' on the second floor.

Journals are shelved in alphabetic order.
Journals until 1991 are on the first floor.
Journals since 1992 are on the second floor.
Current subscribing journals are located at 'New Arrival Shelves' on the second floor.

Index Medicus and Current Contents are on the first floor.

Circulation

Library Materials can be checked out and renewed at the Counter. The Library card is needed.

Library Patrons Limit Materials Loan Period
Visitors 2 Books 8days

The Library card

For applying to the library card, photo identification card and personal seal is needed. On the afternoon of following business day after your application, we can issue you the library card. Card expiration date is 31, March.
The library card is available both at the main library and the medical school library.

Renewal
Materials can be renewed if no one else has requested the materials.
Bringing the materials to the library is needed for renewal.

Reservations
You can reserve the material which is now borrowed by others at the library counter.

The following are 'Library use only' materials.
 Reference Books-with green label
 Newspapers
 Rare books
 Audio Visual Materials
 Thesis
 Monbu Kagaku-sho Kakenhi Hokokusho-Grant-in-Aid Reports

Return
Materials must be returned within due to the library counter.
Your borrowing privileges will be suspended as many days as the book is overdue.
When the library is closed, the book post is usable.

Photocopying

Copy in the library is permited in accordance with the Copyright Law
It needs...
Library Materials
Copy for Research and Study
A part of published production
One copy per one article

Copiers
Library materials can be copied in accordance with the copyright law.
A cash copier is located at first floor. It costs 10 yen per sheet.
Filling out 'Application for copies' is needed.

Others

'Book Detection System' is located at the entrance.
You can use your computer at the 2nd Reading Room on the first floor.
Cellular Phone cannnot be used in the library.
You may eat and drink only at the browsing room on the first floor.
Smoking is prohibited.