WｅｂOPAC Help:Detailed Search

 

　

□ Search Operation Procedure

 

              1. Specify a search target.

              2. Enter/Select the search values (information on the book to be searched for) for the search items.

              3. Perform the search.

              　　Local search: Click the [Search] button.

              　　NII* search: Click the [Search NII] button.

              4. To clear the search values, click the [Clear search conditions] button.

 

              * Search the materials of the others university that have participated in NII (National Informatics Laboratory).

□ Narrowing Down the Search Target

 

              Checking the checkboxes of the following search items displayed on the bibliography search screen enables narrowing down the search target..

             

Search item

Explanation

Material type

Retrieves the search target from all material or narrow down by designation of books/serials/audiovisual material.

Holdings library

Retrieves the search target from all of holdings library or narrowed down by holdings library such as the main library and branch library.

 

□ Search Method

 

           ■ Characters that can be used

                           

Characters that can be used on a Japanese page include Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, and alphanumeric characters.

              Both upper case and lower-case alphabetic characters can be entered.  Also, both em-size and en-size characters can be entered.

 

             

           ■ Primary and secondary search items

          

           The following search items are primary search items that can be used alone as a search value.

・      Keyword

・      Title

・      Authors name

・      Publisher name

・      Subject

・      Classification

・      ISBN/ISSN

・      Bibliography ID

・      Registration number

・      Material ID

・      Request symbol

 

The following search items are secondary search items and must be combined with at least one primary search item to perform a search.

* is placed prior to the item name on the search screen.

・      Material type

・      Holdings library

・      Year of publication

・      Country code

・      Language code

・      Section

・      Holdings place

・      Material format

 

 

■ Logical operation of the search values

 

If multiple search values are entered for one search item, one of the following three types of search is executed based on the entry method:

 

・      Logical product (AND) search:  A search of material simultaneously satisfying two or more search values is performed.

Entry method:  Join each search value by " " (blank).

Example) Search for material containing both "Japan" and "USA" in the title

        Title: 　Japan　USA

 

・      Logical sum (OR) search:　 A search of material satisfying at least of one of two or more search values is performed.

Entry method:  Join each search value by "+" (plus sign).

Example) Search for material containing either "Japan" or "USA" in the title

        Title: 　Japan+USA

　　　　

・      Logical difference (NOT) search:　 A search of material, which satisfies some condition, but does not satisfy other conditions is performed.

Entry method:  Join each search value by "^" (hat symbol).

Example) Search for material containing "Japan" and not containing "USA" in the title

        Title:　　Japan^USA

*) To perform a NOT search, there must be at least one search value without "^".

 

 

              If search values are entered for multiple search items, either of the following two types of search is done based on the entry method:

 

・      Logical product (AND) search:  A search of material satisfying simultaneously two or more items is performed.

Entry method:  Simply enter search values in multiple items.

Example) Search for material containing "Japan" in the title and "Fujitsu" in the author's name.

        Title:             Japan

        Authors name:　　Fujitsu

                     

・      Logical difference (NOT) search:  A search of material, which satisfies some item, but does not satisfy other items is performed.

Entry method:  Enter a search value to be excluded prefixed with "＾".

Example) Search for material containing "Japan" in the title and not containing "Fujitsu" in the author's name.

        Title:             Japan

        Authors name:　　＾Fujitsu

 

 

              ■ Keyword and literal searches

          

           Two types of search methods, the keyword search and literal search, can be used.

              In the keyword search, a search of material containing the entered search values as words (= keywords) is performed.

              In the literal search, a search of material containing the entered search values simply as characters (= literals) is performed.

                           

In the literal search, the following search methods can be specified:

 

Search method

Explanation

Entry example

Sample match

Perfect matching

Searches for material that perfectly matches the entered search string.

and

and　 AND　 And

Right truncation

Searches for material that matches the initial part of the entered search string.

and*

Andes  andante

Left-right truncation

Searches for material that matches the intermediate part of the entered search string.

*and*

Cassandra  panda 

Left truncation

Searches for material that matches the last part of the entered search string.

*and

Poland  band

Optional matching

Searches for material that optionally matches the entered search string.

a*nd

almond  armband

                           

 

For the following search items, a keyword search is normally performed

To perform a literal search of one of the following keyword search items, prefix the search value by "#".

 

Keyword search item

・      Title

・      Authors name

・      Publisher

・      Place of publication

・      Subject

・      Keyword

・      Country code

・      Language code

 

For the following search items, a literal search is normally performed

 

              Literal search item

・      Year of publication

・      Classification

・      Code

・      ISBN/ISSN

・      Registration number (only allow right truncation)

・      Material ID (only allow right truncation)

・      Call No. (only allow right truncation)

 

 

Search example

Entry example (item: search value)

Sample matches

Search for material containing the keyword "Japan" in the title

Title: Japan

Japanese history

Japanese old tales

USA and Japan

Search for material whose title is "Japan"

Title: #Japan

Japan

Search for material whose title ends with "Japan"

Title: #*Japan

USA and Japan

Revitalized Japan

Japan

Search for material whose year of publication is 1900s

Year of publication: 19*

1945

 

           ■Roman alphabet searches

                           

When you search something with the roman alphabet, you would add the “$” to the header of search key value that you want to search,

Before the time of search the value, the roman alphabet will be changed into the katakana(Japanese) automatically, and go to search

the value of katakana(Japanese) that changed from roman alphabet.

 

※The Roman alphabet corresponds to the mark of the instruction type and Hepburn system.

※It doesn't correspond to the long vowel character. for example: when you want to get the same result with the “キーワード”, you should

  input the value “$kiwado” but not the “$kîwâdô”

 

Input sample

Search results

Hit ’s sample

$genji

It is will return the same search results with the key value “ゲンジ”(katakana:genji).

源氏(ゲンジ)世界の文学

源氏(ゲンジ)物語の人と心

源氏(ゲンジ)物語の世界

$syamisen+$wahuu

It is will return the same search results with the key value “シャミセン+ワフウ”(katakana:syamisen+wahuu)

玉菊とその三味線(シャミセン)

和風(ワフウ)

和風(ワフウ)と洋式

$nihon△$amerika

It is will return the same search results with the key value ”ニホン△アメリカ”(katakana:nihon△amerika)

日(ニホン)米(アメリカ)関係キーワード

アメリカの心・日本(ニホン)の心

日(ニホン)米(アメリカ)同盟

 

 

□ Search Items

           * △ in the entry examples indicates one or more blank characters.

              * [Local] indicates a search item that is valid only for local searches.  Any item with [Local] is ignored during NII search even if any value is entered.

Search item

Explanation

Entry example

Material to be searched

Material type

Retrieves the designation of material to be searched.

Check the check box of the Material type such as All/Books/Serials.

Holdings library

[Local]

Retrieves the holdings library to be searched.

Check the check box of the holdings library such as All/Main library/Branch library.

Keyword

Searches for all items of the title, authors name, and subject.

The number of hits may be excessive.

Example 1) Japan△Tanaka△politics

Material containing "Japan," "Tanaka," and "politics" somewhere in the title, authors name, and subject

Example 2) Japan+politics

Material containing "Japan" or "politics" somewhere in the title, authors name, and subject

Example 3) Japan＾politics

Material containing "Japan" somewhere in the title, authors name, and subject, but not containing "politics"

Example 4) #Politics of Japan

Material whose title, authors name, or subject is "Politics of Japan."

Example 5) #*Politics of Japan

Material whose title, authors name, or subject ends with "Politics of Japan."

Title

Searches for the book name, serial name, series name, etc.

Example 1) Politics of Japan

Material containing "politics," "Japan," and "of" in the title.

Example 2) Japan△politics

Material containing "politics" and "Japan" in the title.

Example 3) #Politics of Japan

Material whose title is "Politics of Japan"

Example 4) #*Politics of Japan*

Material whose title contains "Politics of Japan"

Authors name

Searches for the author, editor, translator, original author, etc.

Example 1) Hanako Fuji

Works by "Hanako Fuji"

Example 2) Hanako△Fuji　or Hanako, Fuji

Works by authors whose name contains "Hanako" and "Fuji"

Example 3) Fuji

Works by authors whose surname or name contains "Fuji"

Example 4) ふじ△はなこ

Works by "ふじ△はなこ" (In addition to a search based on the Kanji representation of a name, a search can also be performed based on the Hiragana or Katakana representation)

Example 5) Margaret△Mitchell

Works by Margaret Mitchell

Example 6) #Fuji*

Works by authors whose name begins with "Fuji"

※    When you cannot get any results through the method of Example 1, please try to search by the method of Example 2.

Publisher

Searches for the publisher and publishing company.

Example 1) Fujitsu Publishing

Material published by Fujitsu Publishing

Example 2) Fuji△Publishing

Material issued by publishers whose name contains "Fuji" and "Publishing"

Example 3) Fujitsu Press

Material published by "Fujitsu Press" (Do not specify such words as Inc. and Ltd)

Year of publication

Performs a search by specifying the year of publication.

1.         1990 ～

Material published from 1990(Specify it by four digits at the Christian era)

2.         1990 ～ 2000

Material published from 1990 to 2000 (Specify it by four digits at the Christian era)

3.         199* ～

Material published in the 1990's (prefix search)

4.                ～ 2000

Material that will be published before 2000(Specify it by four digits at the Christian era).

Subject

Performs a search by specifying the words representing the subject of the material.

Example 1) Library information

Material whose subject is "library information"

Example 2) toshokan△joho

Material containing "toshokan" and "joho" in the Japanese reading of the subject

Classification

Performs a search by specifying the classification characteristic representing the subject of the material.

Example 1) 311

Material whose classification characteristic is 311

Example 2) 31*

Material with a subject whose classification characteristic begins with 31

ISBN/ISSN

Performs a search by specifying the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) or International Standard Serial Number (ISSN).

Example 1) 4881357611

Book material whose ISBN is 4-88135-761-1

Example 2) 13407287

Serial material whose ISSN is 1340-6297

Code

Performs a search by specifying various code numbers or IDs.

Select the code from the following code designations in the pull-down menu and specify the number in the right field to perform a search.

・NCID (NII bibliography record ID)

・LCCN (library of congress card number)

・NBN (national bibliography number)

・NDLCN (national diet library card number)

・NDLPN (national diet library periodicals number)

・FID (family ID)

・OTHN (other numbers)

Example 1) Pull-down menu: Select NCID; right field: AN10070600

Material whose NII bibliography record ID is AN10070600

 

Country code

Performs a search by specifying the country code.

Click the [Code reference] button on the right of the input field to check the check box of the country of publication and click the [OK] button or directly enter the code value to perform a search.

Example) gw

Material published in Germany (Both upper-case and lower-case characters may be used)

Language code

Performs a search by specifying the book name or the language code of the text.

Click the [Code reference] button on the right of the input field to check the check box of the language and click the [OK] button or directly enter the code value to perform a search.

Example) epo

Material written in Esperanto.

Bibliography ID

Performs a search by specifying the bibliography record ID assigned to each bibliography record.

Example) SB00078405

Material whose bibliography record ID is SB00078405

Registration number

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the registration number, which is an office control number assigned to each material.

Example) 123456789

Material whose registration number is 123456789

Material ID

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the material ID for lending/return.

Example) 0123456789

Material whose material ID is0123456789

Request symbol

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the request symbol.

Example) 10-10||ホ||10||4

Material whose request symbol is 10-10　ホ　10　4.

(Alphabetic characters are case-sensitive.)

Section

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the holdings section from the pull-down menu.

Example) Library

Material whose holdings section is a library

Holdings place

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the holdings place from the pull-down menu.

Example) Main library 1F

Material whose holdings place is 1F of the main library

Material format

[Local]

Performs a search by specifying the material format from the pull-down menu.

Example) Video

Material whose material format is video

 

□ Search Options

 

■    Sorting of the list of bibliographies (sort key/sorting order)

 

Specifying the sort key and sorting order during a bibliography search displays a sorted list of bibliographies.

However, when a search is performed using only primary search items of holdings such as the registration number, material ID, and request symbol, the sort key and sorting order are not enabled.

The sort key is enabled only for local searches and is not valid for NII searches.

 

The following items can be specified as the first sort key:

 

・      Title

・      Authors name

・      Year of publication

 

The following two sorting orders can be specified:

（The sorting order of the second sort key conforms to that of the first sort key.）

 

・      ascending

・      descending

 

 

■    Number of items displayed in the list

 

              Select the number of items to be displayed in one page of the bibliography list from the pull-down menu.

 

 

□ Bookmark Reference

Any searched bibliography can be saved so that it can be referenced later.

Bibliography information is saved in the bookmark and the bookmark can be "referenced" on the bibliography search screen.

　　　　　　

　[Bookmark] button:  Displays a list of bibliographies stored in the bookmark.  If only one bibliography is stored, its bibliography details are displayed.

 

 

□ Search History Reference

 

Clicking the [Search history] button enables you to reference the search history.

 

 

□ How to Use

 

Clicking the [How to use] button activates the "online manual" for the currently displayed screen.

 

 

□ Navigation Function

 

Clicking the Navigation Guide button causes a jump to the beginning of a set of available function buttons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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