People belonging to universities or research institutes

Please order through your institute's library.

Individuals

You may order through a public library. Please contact your local public library.
We do not accept the request from individuals.

We provide photocopies under the conditions stipulated by the copyright law of Japan. (Printouts from E-Journals, E-Books are provided under terms of use.)

  • The purpose of photocopy must be for your own research or study. 
  • The number of pages you photocopy must be less than half of the entire book. 
  • If you wish to photocopy articles in a journal, the journal must be published for more than 3 months, or the next issue has been published.
  • You are entitled to a single copy for each material. 

You can also use our libraries as a visitor. Please check "Guide for Visitors".

For Librarians (How to Request)

Please refer to here (Written in Japanese) for how to request.

※ About requests from abroad 

We do not accept requests from abroad in principle.
Please consider using the National Diet Library, etc.
If you need materials that are only available at our library, please contact Ask Service.