Updated September 4, 2012

   Library Hours   Library card   Borrowing & Returning   Searching Materials
   Photocopy   Reference   Inter-Library Services   Floor Guide   Attention
    Library Hours
 

Semester

Vacations

  Monday - Friday        9:00 - 21:00      10:00 - 17:00
  Saturday

     10:00 - 19:00

     10:00 - 17:00

  Sunday, public holidays

     10:00 - 17:00

     10:00 - 17:00
  Closed

May 3 - 5, Dec.27 - Jan.4, Jan.16 - 17

Changing schedule will be announced at Library Calendar or notices in the library.

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    Library Card
    Library Card is required at the library for borrowing, and other purposes.
    If you don't have a Library Card, please call the staff.

      For Members
         ID card of Fukushima University serves as a Library Card.

      For Visitors
         If you wish to use library, please apply to the service counter with your identification card ;
         driver’s license, health insurance card, employee ID card, ...etc.

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    Borrowing & Returning
      Borrowing
         Please bring the books you want to borrow to the service counter with Library Card.
         You can also use the Automatic Book Circulation machine.
 
  Undergraduates 3weeks 10 volumes
  Graduate students [Open-Shelf] 3weeks 10 volumes
  Graduate students [Stack Room] 3months 40 volumes
  Graduates 3weeks 10 volumes
  Visitors 2weeks 5 volumes

Some materials such as journals and dictionaries cannot be removed from the library. 

      Returning
         Please bring materials to the service counter by the due date.  You can also use the Automatic
         Book Circulation machine. Please return materials in the mailbox if the library closed.

     Temporary Borrowing
        You can use all the materials from the Open - Shelf Reading Rooms. When you use materials
        for class outside the library, please fill in an application and submit it the service counter.
        All materials must be returned by the closing time of that day.

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    Searching Materials
     Books & Journals
      
OPAC
        You can search the library materials.
       Electronic Journals J [for members only]
        Portal Site for Electronic Journals : you can access the full-text of journal articles.

     Articles & Holdings of Other Libraries
      
Portal Site for Information Retrieval J
        You can use data-bases and electronic resources.

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    Photocopy
    You can photocopy the library materials under the copyright law.
    Please fill out the application form for photocopying.

     For Undergraduates / Graduates / Visitors
        You can use copier with coins or co-op copy cards in the Open-Shelf Reading Room.

     For Professors / Graduate students
        You can use copier near the Stack Room 1 with copy cards or the ID card.

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    Reference
    The Fukushima University Library offers you the following services
    when you seek or gather information.

     Searching Materials : use OPAC, data-bases, ...etc.
     Seeking Information : see reference books, articles of periodicals, ...etc.

    Please ask the staff at the reference counter.

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    Inter-Library Services
    When you seek materials which the Fukushima University Library doesn't have :

     Inter-Library Loan
        You can borrow materials from other libraries. You need pay mailing cost.

     Delivery of Copies
        You can order photocopies from other libraries. You need pay mailing cost.

     Visiting Other Libraries
        You can go to other libraries and seek materials. 
        Some libraries may require a letter of introduction.

    Please ask the staff at the reference counter.

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    Floor Guide

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Attention

Please be quiet and do not disturb others.
    Switch off your mobile phone.
Smoking in the library is prohibited.
Drinking and eating are possible in the appointed areas.
Please use materials carefully.
Please pay attention to your own possessions.

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