Using our resources

• You can use all the resouces except for special collections and the resouces in the closed stacks.
• You should return the resouces to the original position of stack.

Borrowing and Returning the resources

Borrowing

• Please take borrowing items to the library counter. Also, you need the library card for borrwing the items.

Borrowing periods and the number of items you can borrow

Each library set different borrowing periods and the number of itmes you can borrow.

Central Library

Medical Library

Science and Technology Library

• The green label written as "参考書" is sealed on the back of the reference books.
• You can not borrow the books with the red label written as "禁帯出" on the back.
• You can not borrow the lateset issue of journals.
• You can watch/listen the video/audio items at the AV corner in the library.

Renewing Items

• Please take renewing items to the library counter. Also, you need the library card for renewing the items.
• If the items are reserved, You can not renew the item.
• You can renew online from My Library→「OPACからの延長手続き」
• Each library set different the number of renewing times. 

  	Central Library	Medical Library	Scicence and Technology Library
  Undergraduates	1 time	1 time	2 times
  The last year of undergraduates	5 times
  Staffs
  Professors Emeritus

Returning Items

• Please take renewing items to the library counter. The library card is not required on return.
• You can use bookpost at the entrance when the library is closed.

Notices on borrwing and returning

• If you have overdue items, you can not borrow any items of our library.
• If you overdue more than 8 days, you can not borrow any items for 7 days after returning all your borrowing items.
• If you lost or damaged borrowing items, you must pay for replacement fee.
• Do not borrow your borrowing itmes. 

Reservation and Ordering

• You can reserve items and order items located on the library of other campuses. Ask for librarians.
• You can reserve and order items online.
  →「OPACからの予約・取寄せ」

Copying the resouces

• Copying the resources of library ( books, journals and newspapers) is allowed to the extent permited by the Japanese copyright act.
  

  Permitted extent of Japanese copyright act
  

  • a part of resources are permitted.
  • All of the Journal are not permitted. But Journal issued a certain period before are permitted
  • One copy per persion is permitted.
  • The perpuse of copying is restricted to the research.
  • Do not re-copy or deliver the copyed resources.

• If you copy items, please fill "copying request form" and copy using copy machine at the library (b/w 10 yen per 1 sheet, color 50 yen per 1sheet).
• Faculties of GU can pay by reserch fund. Ask librarians for details.