WｅｂOPAC Help:Simple 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.

□ 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 designation	Retrieves the search target from all material or narrow down by designation of books/serials/audiovisual material.
Target holdings area	Retrieves the search target from all holdings areas or narrowed down by holdings area 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 designation

・ Holdings area

・ 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

・ ID

・ File designation

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

Literal search item

・ Year of publication

・ Classification

・ Code

・ ISBN/ISSN

・ Country code

・ Language code

・ Registration number

・ Material ID

・ Request symbol

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

□ 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 designation	Retrieves the designation of material to be searched.	Check the check box of the material designation such as All/Books/Serials.
Holdings area [Local]	Retrieves the holdings area to be searched.	Check the check box of the holdings area 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 "Japanese economy."
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" (There may be no blank inserted between the surname and name) 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"
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.	Example 1) 2006 Material published in 2006 (Specify the 4-digit year) Example2) 199* Material published in 1990s
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 (Enter the ISBN without any "-"[hyphen]) Example 2) 13407287 Serial material whose ISSN is 1340-6297 (Enter the ISSN without any "-"[hyphen])
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
Call No. [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.)
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 a 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.）

・ ASC （ascending）

・ DESC （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.