Central Library

	Mon – Sat
Open Hours	8：30 - 21：30
Reading
Borrowing & Returns
Copying	8：30 – 21：00
Computer Search on Catalog	8：30 - 21：30
Reference	9：00 - 17：00
Multi-Media Lounge	9：00 - 17：00 ※Large-format color printer in the Multimedia Lounge is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Book Return Box	Out of hours only

Storage Room in the Multi-Media (MM) Building

	Mon ・ Wed ・ Fri
Open Hours	12：00 – 14：00
Copying	12：00 – 13：30

Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library

	Mon – Sat
Open Hours	9：00 – 20：00
Reading
Borrowing & Returns
Copying	9：00 – 19：30
Computer Searching on Catalog	9：00 – 20：00
Reference	9：00 – 19：30
Book Return Box	Out of hours only

Koshien Hall Branch Library

	Mon – Fri	Sat
Open Hours	10：30 – 19：30	Closed
Reading, Borrowing etc.
Copying	10：30 – 19：00
Computer Searching on Catalog	10：30 – 19：30
Reference	10：30 – 19：00
Book Return Box	Out of hours only

○Holidays and reduced hours :

During vacations (summer, winter, and the end of the academic year)
Central Library and Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library 9：00 – 17：00
Koshien Hall Branch Library 13：00 – 17：00
We are basically closed on Saturdays.

○The DAY BEFORE and DURING the Examination Periods (applied to Sundays and national holidays) :

Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library 8：30 - 20：00
All libraries will be closed at 5 p.m. on the last day of the examination period.

中央図書館レファレンス(the reference counter in the Central Library), マルチメディア・ラウンジ(the Multi-Media Lounge), and MM館保存書庫利用(the Storage in the MM building) are closed for holiday openings of the Central Library.

Holidays

Sundays and national holidays
The University founding anniversary (Feb 25)
Designated periods of summer, winter and the end of the academic year vacations.
Substitute campus holidays in place of Sundays and national holidays

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For more information on temporary closing, please refer to the News and Alerts page, or the Calendar page

1. Notices

• When you enter the libraries, be sure to carry your M.I.C. (Mukogawa ID Card) with you. You can access to all three libraries including the Storage Room in the Multi-Media (MM) Hall with your M.I.C.

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  M.I.C.s are issued as ID cards to students of Mukogawa Women’s University and Junior College, its affiliated Junior and Senior High School, and its faculty and staff members. For the members of Meisho-kai alumnae association, students of Open college, and students of Pharmacists course, the library card called “CanPass” is to be issued upon application..

• Keep silent. In the Central Library, the designated area of the basement, the reference book area on the first floor, and 3〜4F are the Silent zone. Please refrain from talking.
• Eating and drinking are permitted ONLY in 地階ラウンジ(the Basement Lounge)、1階ライブラリー・カフェ（the Library Cafe on the first floor）、1階マルチメディア・ラウンジ（the Multi-Media Lounge on the first floor）、2階グローバル・スタジオ(the Global Studio on the second floor)
• Keep your belongings under control and keep valuables in your possession
• When you use library materials in the library, please return those to its original place
• Please come to the circulation counter to check out materials
• When you caused any damages to the library materials, you will be asked to replace it

2. Entering and Leaving Libraries

Put your M.I.C. on the card reader located at the  Entrance/Exit Gate to let the gate bar fling open.
If an alarm rings, please follow the instruction of the library staff.
At Koshien Hall Branch Library, please show your M.I.C. to the library staff.

3. Use of the computers in the Libraries

When you use the information search terminal, please turn it on and log in with your mukogawa-u.ac.jp ID and Password.　When you finish, be sure to shut it down properly. M.I.C. card is required for printing.
"Print Points" are available upon request with additional charge.  

When you use a Mac computer in the Global Studio on the second floor in the Central Library, you need to borrow computer peripherals. Please come to the circulation counter on the first floor with your M.I.C..
When using a multilingual computer, please turn on devices and select a language. Your data is initialized when you shut down the computer. If you need your data, please save it in your USB.
For printing, plug in your USB with data to the information search terminals on the first and fifth floors, or print-only terminals on the sixth floor.

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The use of library computers by those without mukogawa-u.ac.jp ID is restricted to the ones designated for Online Catalog (OPAC) and multilingual computers in the Global Studio on the second floor. No printing is offered on them.

4. Laptop computers / Tablet type devices Loan

Laptop computers and tablet devices are available at the Circulation Counter in the Central Library. Projectors, DVD drives, and Blu-ray Disc Players are available at the Multi-media Lounge in the Central Library. You need to have your own M.I.C. card to checkout. All devices are within the Central Library use only. Printers are available on the first floor, the fifth floor, and the sixth floor (need your M.I.C.). There is a fixed Projector in each Learning Commons on the sixth floor.  

5. Wireless LAN access

Wireless internet access with laptop computers and tablets (with internal wireless LAN function) is available in all areas of the libraries. You can ask ICT Support Desk in the Central Library and the circulation counters in Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library and Koshien Hall Branch Library for more information.

6. Web Databases / Electronic Journals

Useful Web Databases and Electronic Journals for searching articles and theses are introduced on the "情報検索（information retrieval）" at the MWU Library web page.

7. E-Mail

Central Library

Floor	Name of Hall	Shelved Materials <Classification Number>	Other Services
6	Active Learning Studio		Learning Commoms, Copying Machine (Monochrome and Color)
5	Life Design Studio	Books on Qualifications, Job hunting related Materials, Graded English Reading, textbooks and instruction books for teacher-training, Microfilms	Computers for Information Search, Computers for Online Catalog (OPAC), Writing Plaza, Section for Graded English Reading, Microfilms Reading
4	Reading Room for Study Books	Books <600-999>, Engineering (incl. Domestic Science), Industries・Arts（incl. Gymnastics） Languages, Literature, Music Scores, Large-sized books	Computers for Online Catalog (OPAC), Group Study Rooms, Personal Study Rooms
	Reading Room for　Rare Books	Rare Books	Stack and Reading Room for Rare Books
3	Reading Room for Study Books	Books <000-599>, General, Philosophy, History, Social Sciences(incl. Education), Natural Sciences (incl. Medicine and Pharmaceuticals, Chinese Classics	Computers for Online Catalog (OPAC), Group Study Rooms, Personal Study Rooms
2	Global Studio	Materials related to the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake	Counter, Multilingual computers, Materials related to the Great Hanshin Earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tatami Area, Multicultural Community Room
1	Main Floor Reading Room for Reference Books <Whole Subjects>	Reference Books <000-999>, Bibliographies, Catalogs, Encyclopedia, Regulations, Maps, Books by Alumnae, Books by modern female writers, Literary prize winners, Picture Books, Newly Arrived Periodicals of General Interests, Newspapers(Original Edition for last year), Special Materials (Scrolls, Picture- Story Shows),	Main Counter, Reference Desk, Copying Machines (Monochrome and Color), Computers for Catalog and Information Search, Section for alumnae, Section for modern female writers, Section for literary prize winners, Room for Special Materials, Book Return Box
	Library Cafe	Books of Project exhibition, Newly-published books	Community Room
	Multi-Media Lounge	Audio-visual Materials (Videos, DVDs, CD-ROMs, CDs, LDs), Doctoral Dissertations and Masters' Theses, Graduation Theses (limited to Dept. of Psychol/1998-, and Inform/2008-)	Counter, Computers with Headphones, Booths for AV materials
Basement	Reading Room for Research Books	Research Books <000-999>, Large size Books Paperbacks, Periodicals, Newspapers(Reduced and reprinted editions for previous year)	Copying Machines (Monochrome and Color), Computers for Catalog Searching, Lounge

Storage Room in the Multi-Media (MM) Building

Floor	Shelved Materials <Classification Number>	Other Services
Basement	Books, National Union Catalogs, Periodical Back Numbers (-1992 *some after 2006), Graduation Theses	Copying Machine (Monochrome and Color)

Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library

Floor	Shelved Materials	Other Services
2	Books, Reference Books, State examination ploblems collection, Paperbacks, Newly Arrived Periodicals for Students, Newspapers for previous month, Audio-Visual Materials	Counter, Copying Machine (Monochrome and Color), Computers for Catalog and Information Search, Audio-Visual Corner, Book Return Box
1	Newly Arrived Specialty Periodicals, Periodical Back Numbers,	Computers for Information Search, Copying Machine for Faculty (Monochrome and Color), Room for Chemical Abstracts (Printed Version)

Koshien Hall Branch Library

Floor	Shelved Materials	Other Services
1	Books, Reference Books, Newly Arrived Specialty Periodicals (mainly architecture- related)	Circulation Counter, Copying Machine(Monochrome and Color), Computer for Catalog Searching, Book Return Box

• All books in the libraries are sorted out according to the Nippon Decimal Classification and are given a call number. Books have a label on the spine, which shows where they are shelved (Picture books, maps, musical scores and books on Qualifications follow a different rule of classification and labeling. Please go to the Circulation Counter or Reference Desk for details).
• To search for what you need, look up information on the Online Catalog (OPAC) on a computer. Write down their details (title, call number, site, etc) and go to the floor and shelves shown.

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  In the Central Library, many of newly acquired books are shelved in the Reading Room for Reference Books on the first floor and the Reading Room on the third to fourth floors.

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  In the Central Library, newly acquired magazines(oｆ current and previous fiscal year) are located at the新着雑誌架 (shelves of newly arrived magazines), and technical journals are located at the集密雑誌架(movable bookshelves) in the basement.

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  Periodicals are arranged according to the Japanese syllabary or alphabets (Article such as "a" and "the" are not counted).

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  When the location says 「展示中(on display) 」 on the Online Catalog (OPAC), the materials are located near the entrance on the first floor in the Central library.

How materials are arranged on shelves:

1. Loan Periods and Number of Items can be Borrowed [Books]

User Status　(Color of M.I.C. Card)	Number of Items	Periods
University and Junior College Students including Non-degree Students and Research Students	Up to 20	14 days (Loans can be renewed if there are no reservations by other users）
Graduate Students, Graduate Research Students, including Non-degree and Course Students	Up to 20
Students of Affiliated Senior and Junior High Schools	Up to 20
Faculty, Staff	Up to 20
Faculty, Staff for a Fixed Term	Up to 20
Students for a Fixed Term, Meisho-kai Alumnae, Course Students	Up to 20

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For more details about loan periods and numbers of items you can borrow, please ask at the Circulation Counter.

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During vacations in summer, winter, and the end of the academic year, due dates are extended to the first day of the new semester.

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When the due date happens to be during the periods of teaching practice and other extramural trainings, the date can be changed at your request.

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Bound periodicals can be borrowed only by faculty and staff members.

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For details, please read "「図書館利用案内（教員用）」（The library instructions for faculty)".

2. Borrowing

Please bring the materials to the counter, and present your M.I.C..

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When you have overdue items, you cannot check out other items (items can be checked out from the next day after you return the overdue ones).

Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library second floor, State examination problems collection

If the Location says 薬学２階国家試験問題集(the second floor, Pharmaceutical, State examination problems collection) on the Online Catalog(OPAC), you can find those books on the second floor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library.

The due date is the next opening day of the day you checked out.

The following materials cannot be taken out:

Dictionaries and other reference books, and workbooks with a label of 禁帯出(non-circulating) or 館内(within the library).

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The Online Catalog (OPAC) shows the status of these materials as
禁帯出(non-circulating). Reference materials which are shelved on the first floor of the Central Library cannot be checked out, although they do not have a label to that effect.

Periodicals
Newspapers
Theses(Doctoral, Master's, Graduation) : No checking-out and copying allowed. For use in library only

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Those theses are in the Multi-Media Lounge on the first floor in the Central Library. Ask the staff member at the desk for the use. Theses cannot be searched with OPAC. Please check 「博士論文・修士論文」題目一覧（The file of title of theses Doctor's and Master's）and 「卒業論文」題目一覧（The file of title of graduation theses）. Go to the Reference Desk during its service hours.

Audio-visual materials

Materials of which 配架場所(location) is shown as 臨床教育学研究科図書室（Graduate School of Clinical Education Library）、
教育研究所(Institute of Education) and 建築学科図書資料室(Department of Architecture Library) on the OPAC

　　　

These materials are being checked out to the respective institutes. Please visit the institutes with your M.I.C.. You cannot check those out, but Copying is available. The Materials of which the location is shown as "臨床教育学研究科図書室（Graduate School of Clinical Education Library）" and "教育研究所（Institute of Education）" can be checked out by graduate students, graduate research students, faculty and stuff members. For details of open hours, please ask at the Circulation Counter.

Microforms

The Online Catalog (OPAC) shows the location of microfilm and microfiche as 中央５階マイクロ資料(The Central Library, the fifth floor, microform) . Please go to the main counter of the Central Library to request the use of materials and the microform reader.  Requests are accepted between 8:30 and 21:00. For those not familiar with the reading machine, until 17:00, Library staff members can show you how to use it.

Materials of which　配架場所(location) is shown as 中央４階貴重書(The Central Library, rare books stack room on the fourth floor),
中央４階準貴重書（The Central Library, semi-rare books stack room on the fourth floor）on the OPAC

These materials are located on the fourth floor. These are only for faculty use.
If students wish to use those books, they are required their faculty's request and escort.

3. Returns

• Books can be returned to any of the Circulation Counters (Central, Pharmaceutical and Kamikoshien) and also the loan period can be renewed there.

4. Renewals

• The due date of the materials you have borrowed can be extended for an additional 14 days in either of the two ways as follows:

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  Go to any of the three library counters with your M.I.C. and the materials you have borrowed.

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  Go to the web page of 「マイライブラリ（My Library） , open 「貸出・予約状況照会（Borrowing・Reservation status）」,and click  「延長（renewal）」 of the materials  you wish to renew.

• Your request for extension is not accepted in the following cases:

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  The due date of the materials have already expired

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  Other clients have reserved that material

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  You have other overdue materials

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With the One-Time Password set for mukogawa-u.ac.jp, you can request extension from off campus.

5. Reservation

• Reservation for the materials currently borrowed can be made from any networked computer on campus.
• When you search on the Online Catalog (OPAC) and the materials are marked either 貸出中(on loan), 取置中(on hold), 予約（reserved）, you can reserve the materials through マイライブラリ (My Library). Press the button of 予約(reservation) , input your mukogawa-u.ac.jp ID and password to go to マイライブラリ(My Library).
• When the materials become available, you will be notified by mukogawa-u.ac.jp mail. You can also check the status on マイライブラリ(My Library).
• Materials remain reserved for seven days after the mail notification.

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With the One-Time Password set for mukogawa-u.ac.jp, you can make a reservation from off campus.

6. Loan from the Central, Pharmaceutical and Kamikoshien Libraries

• From any networked computer on campus, you can request a loan for materials held in libraries other than yours.

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  Some materials located in the Licenses sections on the fifth floor in Central Library and second floor in Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, large-size books cannot be ordered.

• When you search on the Online Catalog (OPAC) and find the materials, you can reserve and specify the library to receive the materials.  Press the button of 予約(reservation) , input your mukogawa-u.ac.jp ID and password to go to the page of マイライブラリ(My Library), and specify the library to receive the materials.

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  The library of your choice must be different from the one where the materials are shelved.

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  Visiting clients have a priority over your request for loan.

• When the materials become available at the library of your choice the status on OPAC is 取置中（on hold）, you will be notified by mukogawa-u.ac.jp mail. You can also check the status on マイライブラリ(My Library).
• Materials remain reserved for seven days after the mail notification.

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With the One-Time Password set for mukogawa-u.ac.jp, you can make a reservation from off campus.

7. Copy Service

• Self-copying can be made with the machines located on the basement, the first and the sixth floor of the Central Library, the Multi-Media (MM) Building Stack Room, the second floor of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Library, and Kamikoshien Library. Copying is allowed only for library-owned books (no more than one-half of the volume) and periodicals (excluding the latest issue).
  Use the Print-Point of M.I.C.（Monochrome copy, one side: 10 points, Color copy, one side: 30 points）
  Use cash（only in the Central Library.)[Monochrome copy is \10 per sheet, Color copyis \50 per sheet.]

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Coin-operated copy machines are located only on the first floor in the Central Library.

• Fill out the form 文献複写申込票(Application Form for Copying Literature).

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All the responsibility in relation to copyright must be taken by clients.

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Dissertations, masters' theses and graduation theses cannot be copied.

• Materials in the Multi-Media (MM) Building Stack Room can be copied by clients themselves.
  When requested, copies can be made by the library staff members. You can pick up those copies at the library.
• Order service between the Central Library, Pharmaceutical Sciences Library, and Kamikoshien Library are available.
  

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  At the Central Library, place an order at the Reference Desk.

8. Penalties

• When you damage or lose a library material in use, you are asked to replace it with a new one or cover the sum of the equivalent value.

Central Library

Materials in the Multi-Media Lounge are viewed and browsed only in the Multi-Media Lounge. Please go to the desk at the Multi-Media Lounge with your M.I.C.. Internet resources with sound can be also accessed in the lounge

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Audio-visual materials on other floors are to be used in the Lounge.

Pharmaceutical Sciences Library

Please go to the counter with your M.I.C. and the Audio-Visual materials you would like to use. Headphones are handed to you at the counter.

The Storage room is located on the underground floor in the Multi-Media (MM) building.
There are periodicals published before 1992 (some after 2006), graduation theses, and old books.

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Before visiting, please confirm the information on the Online Catalog (OPAC) that the materials are shelved in the Storage.

Reading, Book Loans, Returns and Renewals

• Visit the room with your M.I.C..
• Fill out the order form with a book title, periodical title, volume, issue, publication year, pages. As for graduation theses, fill out a 卒業論文閲覧申込票 (graduation theses order form). They are to be picked up by library staff members and handed to you.

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  Even in a case of reading only, the order form must be filled out.

• Books and periodicals in this room can be checked out, and those are counted as the number of items you can borrow from the library.

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  Graduation theses are for reading only, not to be checked out.

• Materials borrowed from the room must be returned to its counter.

The library staff members will assist you to use the libraries, search materials, and investigate various matters.
Reference Service is available at the Reference Desk in the Central Library and the circulation counter in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Library. Feel free to ask anything you wish to know.

Examples:

• Where to find the materials
• Which materials to look up for your research
• How to use the Online Catalog (OPAC) computer
• Where to find the materials found on the Online Catalog (OPAC)
• How to use databases offered online
• How to use /how to put the list of reference books on you paper
• How to obtain materials if you cannot find those in our libraries

You can use the Community Room on the first floor of the Central Library for meetings or changing clothes for job searching. Prior application is not required. After using the room,  please be sure to put things back to the original state.