A book detection system is installed at the door of the Library. A system detects the books which are being taken out from the Library without permission. You are expected to go through the denoted gates when you enter and leave the Library. You are free to bring any sort of personal belongings into the the Library.
  You are expected to look at the bulletin board on the right of the entrance whenever you visit the Library. There you will find all sorts of notices and invitations from the Library.


 

(2)Newspapers Room Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Old Newspapers pub. in Okinawa
(3)Rare books Room Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Post-war materials (USCARŽ€ GHQ)
(13)Book Storage [1C] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ (Old foreign books)
(14)Book Storage [1D] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ (Journals before 1975)


‘ϊEntrance Hall located on the 2nd Floor

(1)Circulation Desk (2)Information Retrieval Corner
(3)Audio Visual Room (4)Catalog corner (5)Copy corner
(6)Circulation Sec. (7)Reference Sec. (8)Public Telephone
(9)Newly-Acquired Books Display (10)Entrance Hall
(11)Reading Room [2A] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Reference Books
(12)Reading Room [2B] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ International periodical corner
(13)Book Storage [2C] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ (Old Japanese books) NDC 000‘Α222
(14)Book Storage [2D] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ (Old Japanese books) NDC 222‘Α459
(15)Book Storage [2E](Upper) (Old Japanese books) NDC 460‘Α999
(16)Reading Room [2G] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Okinawan Materials Room(open)
(17)AV Material Room [2H] ’¨ Microfilm & Videotapes Room
(18)Book Storage [2K] ’¨ Okinawan materials room (Closed)
(19)Book Chute

(1)International students corner‘¦Browsing corner (2)New Media Room
(3)Reading Room for the blind (4)Pocket edition corner
(5)Copy corner (public expense) (6)System Control Sec.
(7)Electronic Resources Service Sec.
(11)Reading Room [3A] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Japanese & foreign books NDC 000‘Α300
(12)Reading Room [3B] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Japanese & foreign books NDC 400‘Α900
(13)Book Storage [3C] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ Foreign Journals after 1976 £Α‘Α£ΔŽ€ £Π‘Α£Ϊ
(14)Book Storage [3D] Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯Ž₯ ‘· £Ε‘Α£Ο
(15)Book Storage [3E](Upper) Japanese Journals after 1976 ₯’‘Α₯ο
(16)Periodical Room [3G]

 (1)Circulation Desk
(2)Information Retrieval Corner
(3)Periodical Room
(4)Secondary Source
(5)Foreign Journals (after 1990)
(6)Japanese Journals (after 1985)
(7)Newly-Acquired Books Display
(8)Materials for the National Exam.
  for Medical Practitioners
(9)Okinawan materials corner
(10)Copy corner
(11)Newly-Acquired Journals
(12)WHO Materials
(13)Entrance Hall
(14)Book Chute
(15)OPAC Terminal
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 (1)Browsing Corner
  (Newspapers housed)
(2)Cubicles
(3)Audio-Visual Room
(4)Foreign books and Japanese
   Books
(5)Reference Books
(6)Japanese Journals (‘Α1984)
(7)2nd storage levels
  Foreign Journals (‘Α1989)
(8)Publications of Ministry of
  Health & Welfare

¨‘¨‘Counter ¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘
  The Counter is on your right at the Entrance. There you should apply for all the library services -- borrowing & returning the library materials, photocopying, online information retrieval, guides to the use of the library facilities, and reference services, e.g. help in locating the materials you need.
Browsing Corner (Main: 3F, Medical: 2F)
  You can read the periodicals and newspapers and take a rest in this corner.
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Reading Rooms (Main: 2F & 3F, Medical: 1F & 2F)
  The Reading Room contains Open Bookcases for general books & journals. You are free to use all the carrel desks except the ones in the section for the users of the Inventories.
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Storages (Main: 1F, 2F & 3F, Medical: 2F)
  The Storages contain the back numbers of periodicals and rarely used Books.
  You can use all materials in the above storages in addition to open stacks of materials.
If you move stacks in the storage, you should make sure that there is nobody between them before you doing so.
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International Students Corner (Main: 3F)
  We furnish the above corner for the purpose of communication of international students between themselves and domestic students.
  Above corner is furnished with additional foreign newspapers and books concerning of Japanese culture, traits, etc.
  From May 18, 1998, we furnished TV that can receive statellite broadcasts and you watch over 100 TV channels from the theity countries in the world. Forthermore, we set up two exclusive terminals with which you can read foreign electronic newspapers including ones written in Chinees and Korean through internets.
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Information Retrieval Corner
  You can use OPAC terminals, CD-ROM databases and Nacsis Webcat which offer union catalog of books and journals of Japanese universities.
  These database searching is available in the above corner in front of the entrance.

(How to Use the Facilities in the Library)

  You should report to the Counter and deposit your Library Card (or your Student ID Card) there before you use under facilities.

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Multi-purpose Hall (Main: 1F)
  This hall houses projectors for movies, slides, videos and various other audio-visual machines. These can be used for the Library workshops and various other intramural cultural activities.
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Group Study Rooms (Main: 1F, Medical: 2F)
  Main (2 rooms;12 members), Medical (2 rooms; 8 members)
  The rooms are provided for group studies or seminars by not less than five users. Undergraduate students can reserve a Group Study Rooms for a week.
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Audio-Visual Material Room (Main: 2F)
  There are two language learning units and an LD & CD apparatus installed in this room for individual use. You can play both the audio-visual materials of the library and your personal ones.
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Micromaterial Room (Main: 2F), Audio-Visual Room( Medical: 2F)
  In this room are kept audio-visual materials like CD's, records, cassettes, laser discs and video tapes. There is a video player (VCR) that you may use.
¨‘¨‘[Deposit Room] ¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘¨‘
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Okinawan local materials (Main: 2F)
  This is a study room for the faculty members and undergraduates.
  To look for local materials in the deposit stacks, can be made at the Circulation Desk and these materials are available to anyone inside the library.

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