WebOPAC Help: Simple Search |
□ Search
Operation Procedure
1.
Specify a search target.
2.
Input the value that you want to search into the
[Search value], the value is the information about
materials that you have knew.
3.
If there are other search condition behind current
condition, you should select value from the pull-down of [Search option] to
specify the logical
operation with behind condition. The last, combining conditions to together,
and go to search the materials that
you want. So you can specify multiple search conditions.
4.
Perform the search.
Local search: Click the [Search]
button.
NII* search: Click the [Search
NII] button.
5.
When clear the search values, please click the [Clear
search conditions] button.
6.
When add the search condition, please click the button
of [add].
7.
When delete the search condition, please click the
button of [delete].
*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 condition.
・
Keyword(pull-down)
・
Title(pull-down)
・
Authors name(pull-down)
・
Publisher name(pull-down)
・
ISBN/ISSN
* The value of primary items of
[(pull-down)] is specified by selecting it from the [Search key] pull-down menu
in the left.
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
■
Search Option
・
You can specify the [Search Option] through selecting
the value of pull-down menu in the right, and to search materials.
The [Search Option]
have three values that are: AND, OR, NOT.
You can specify
multiple search value in simple search page.
* The [Search Option]’s function is
combining the current search value before and after.
「keyword: japan」 OR 「keyword: American」
「title: japan」 AND NOT 「keyword:American」
※The following combination Cannot be executed: when searching
materials with multiple search keys, must tie condition
that has the same search key to be
together.
The follow sample can be executed:
The
following combination cannot be executed:
※Search key:
there are conditions of title between the conditions of keyword.
In this case, when click the
[Search] button, the dialogs will be show in a pop page. Click the [OK] button
to return
the simple search page, and Please correct the search condition.
This case can be executed like the following figures:
「keyword: japan AND NOT American」 AND 「title:Nikkei
AND science」
* When condition has not any value in [Search value], it will be
disregarded.
■ADD and DELETE the conditions
1.
When you want to combine more than four search
conditions, you can add the search conditions by clicking the [Add] button.
* The number of
search conditions that can be added is up to ten.
clicked the 「Add」 button, the search condition will be added shown in following
figures
2.
When you want delete the search conditions that have
been added in step [1.], click the [Delete] button please. The added
Search conditions
will be deleted shown by the following figures:
* The default four
search conditions cannot be deleted, so there are four search conditions at
least in the search page.
When click the [Delete」 button, the search conditions of the
bellow will be deleted.
■ 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* |
|
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 |
|
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)
・
Request symbol(only allow right
truncation)
Search example |
Entry example (item: search
value) |
Sample matches |
Search
for material containing the keyword " |
Title:
|
Japanese
history Japanese
old tales |
Search
for material whose title is " |
Title:
# |
|
Search
for material whose title ends with " |
Title:
#* |
Revitalized
|
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 |
Retrieves
the designation of material to be searched. |
Check
the check box of the material designation such as All/Books/Serials. |
|
[Local] |
Retrieves
the holdings library to be searched. |
Check
the check box of the holdings library such as All/Main library/Branch
library. |
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) Material
containing " Example
3) Japan^politics Material
containing " Example
4) #Politics of Material
whose title, authors name, or subject is "Politics of Japan." Example
5) #*Politics of Material
whose title, authors name, or subject ends with "Politics of
Japan." |
|
Searches
for the book name, serial name, series name, etc. |
Example
1) Politics of Material
containing "politics," " Example
2) Japan△politics Material
containing "politics" and " Example
3) #Politics of Material
whose title is "Politics of Japan" Example
4) #*Politics of Material
whose title contains "Politics of Japan" |
|
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 " Example
3) Works
by authors whose surname or name contains " 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) # 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. |
|
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 " Example
3) Fujitsu Press Material
published by "Fujitsu Press" (Do not specify such words as Inc. and
Ltd) |
|
Performs
a search by specifying the year of publication. |
Example
1) 1990 〜 Material
published from 1990(Specify it by four digits at the Christian era) Example
2) 1990 〜 2000 Material
published from 1990 to 2000 (Specify it by four digits at the Christian era) Example
3) 199* 〜 Material
published in the 1990's (prefix search) Example
4) 〜 2000 Material
that will be published before 2000(Specify it by four digits at the Christian
era). |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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. |
|
Performs
a search by specifying the bibliography record ID assigned to each bibliography
record. |
Example)
SB00078405 Material
whose bibliography record ID is SB00078405 |
|
[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 |
[Local] |
Performs
a search by specifying the material ID for lending/return. |
Example)
0123456789 Material
whose material ID is0123456789 |
[Local] |
Performs
a search by specifying the call number. |
Example)
10-10||ホ||10||4 Material
whose call number is 10-10 ホ 10 4. (Alphabetic
characters are case-sensitive.) |
[Local] |
Performs
a search by specifying the holdings section from the pull-down menu. |
Example)
Library Material
whose holdings section is a library |
[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 |
[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 button causes a jump to the beginning of
a set of available function buttons.
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