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National Diet Library Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries

  1. Komaba Library
  2. User Guide

Outline

The Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries by the National Diet Library, Japan, is available at specific terminals in the Komaba Library. You can view the digitized versions of out-of-print or otherwise difficult-to-obtain materials. 

For more detailed information:
Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Libraries (Link to the web page of National Diet Library )

Available Resources

You can find these materials by checking the "Available only at the NDL and partner libraries" check box on the National Diet Library Digital Collections search page.
"National Diet Library Limited" materials are not available at Komaba Library.

About 1.84 million digitized materials are available as of February 2023. 

  • About 850,000 books 
  • About 20,000 rare books and old materials
  • About 820,000 issues of approximately 10,000 periodicals
  • About 140,000 Japanese doctoral dissertations

Those Eligible

  1. Students and Faculty staff belong to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences.
  2. Students, faculty staff, and professor emeritus whose home library is registered as the Komaba Library.

※ It cannot be used by those who belong to other departments (excluding the cases above 2) and those outside the university (including graduates, former faculty members, and members of the Komaba Tomo-no-kai).

Service Hours

Weekdays 9:00-16:50

  • Using during congestion may be limited to one hour.
    You may have to wait a while when another person uses the service.
  • If you'd like to use a copy service, please arrive earlier (see also "Copy Service.")

Procedures for Viewing

Please show your student ID, Staff ID, or library ID at the reference counter.
After filling out the application form, the staff will guide you to the terminal.

Digital files cannot be downloaded or taken out. Please use the copy service.

Copy Service

The Service is provided under the provisions of the Copyright Law of Japan. Based on the Copyright Law, you can apply for photocopies within the limit necessary for your personal use.
You cannot print by yourself.
Please apply after filling out the prescribed form at the reference counter.
We also accept your copy requests from MyOPAC.

Applications received after 16:00 and large-volume photocopies may be provided to you the other day.