{"id":8468,"date":"2021-10-29T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T05:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=8468"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:13:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:13:34","slug":"english-library-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=8468","title":{"rendered":"English library guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"table type1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to find books and journals<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/opac.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)<\/a><br \/>\nYou can search books and journals in Saitama University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/search.ebscohost.com\/login.aspx?authtype=ip,guest&amp;custid=s1197565&amp;groupid=main&amp;profile=pfi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Publication Finder<\/a><br \/>\nYou can search online journals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table type1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to use Saitama University Library<\/strong><br \/>\nService for students and staffs at Saitama University<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#1\">Entering the library<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#2\">Apply for a library card<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#3\">Borrowing and returning<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u30fb<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#4\">Return by mail<\/a><br \/>\n\u30fb<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#5\">Renewal<\/a><br \/>\n\u30fb<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#6\">If you are late for the due date of borrowed books<\/a><br \/>\n\u30fb<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#7\">Reservation of books on-loan<\/a><br \/>\n\u30fb<a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#8\">Special loan<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#9\">Arrangement of materials<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#10\">How to use audiovisual materials<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#11\">Learning Commons<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#12\">Group Study Rooms and Seminar Rooms<\/a> (<a href=\".\/?page_id=10195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Use<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#13\">Library Assistants (LA)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#14\">Book purchase request<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#15\">Reference service<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#16\">Copying materials in the library<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a tabindex=\"-1\" href=\".\/?page_id=8470#17\">Visiting other university libraries<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u30fbNational university libraries<br \/>\n\u30fbPrivate university libraries<br \/>\n\u30fbSALA member libraries<br \/>\n\u30fbRikkyo University Library<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u30fb<a href=\".\/?page_id=8474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service &#8211; for photocopy<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> \u30fb<a href=\".\/?page_id=8476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service &#8211; for borrowing<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table type1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Library Information<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=8483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Library outline<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=8494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Service hours<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=8496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facilities<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/English-Library-Guidebook_202604.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brochure (PDF version)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table type1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>How to use electronic resources<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=8487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Electronic journals, databases, and eBook usage guide<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=7631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Use of electronic resources from outside Saitama University through GakuNin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=8489\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Information on Open Access to academic papers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\".\/?page_id=10976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Access Publishing supported by Transformative Agreements<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to find books and journals OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog) You can search books and journals in Saitam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8468"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12281,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8468\/revisions\/12281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.saitama-u.ac.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}