Interlibrary loans at the Kitakyushu Campus

Faculty, staff, and students from the Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems and the Research Institute for Science & Engineering may request interlibrary loans for books and other materials by the following procedures. Requests for interlibrary loans for materials owned by Waseda University Library can be made through the Media Center with the cooperation of the Media Center at the Kitakyushu Science and Research Park.
Please observe to the following conditions when using this service.

Interlibrary loans for library materials owned by Waseda University Library
(Apply to the Media Center)


Books

Books owned by the Central Library and campus libraries (Takata, Toyama, Science and Engineering, Tokorozawa)

  1. Do a search using the library catalog (WINE).
  2. Please check the location (name of the library holding the book) and if it is “ON THE SHELF.”
    (If a book’s due date is listed as yy-mm-dd, it is currently checked out. Please send a request when they are listed as being “ON THE SHELF.” Please note that if an individual placed a hold on library materials, they must be picked up at the library where the book is held.)
  3. Print out the page.
  4. Submit the printout and apply the interlibrary loans to the Media Center.
  5. When you are contacted by the Media Center that the books/materials have arrived, please pick them up as soon as possible.
  6. Please return the books/materials to the Media Center by the due date (Mailing costs (round-trip) are borne by the university.)
  • Graduate students may borrow 30 books and faculty 60 books from Waseda University.
  • If the due date of the book passes, the user will have restrictions placed on them from the next time an application is made. Please take care not to lose borrowed books and other materials. If a book is lost, the user is required to pay for damages equal to the value of the original item. Please check Liability for Lost or Damaged Books for more information.

Request for copies

With the exception of journals owned by Student Reading Rooms, copies of articles can be requested to the extent that the copyright laws allow. (In principle, copies from the current issues are not permitted.)

  1. Do a search on WINE and print out the results.
  2. Submit the page printout with the ILL application to the Media Center.
  3. When you are contacted by the Media Center that the copies have arrived, please pick them up as soon as possible and pay for the charges incurred (Copy costs are the responsibility of individual library users. At this time, school fee transfers are not accepted. Copy costs are the same as on-campus at 10 yen/page. Mailing costs are borne by the university.)

Interlibrary loans from universities other than Waseda University
(Apply to the Media Center)

  • In cases where a book is not available at Waseda University Library, library materials can be requested from other universities and institutes.
  • Check NACSIS-ILL and the National Diet Library whether books are available for interlibrary loans. If so, request to the Media Center (NACSIS Webcat mostly checks for library materials owned by universities in Japan. Please note that only journal holdings are listed for Waseda University).
  1. Submit an ILL application to the Media Center (Copy and mailing charges are the responsibility of the applicant).
  2. When you are contacted by the Media Center that the books/materials have arrived, please pick them up as soon as possible and pay for the charges incurred.

Document requests to institutes overseas other than the above
(Only school fee transfers. Please apply to the Waseda University Library.)

Please send an application directly to the Central Library at Waseda University. Please visit Interlibrary loans from non-Waseda Libraries (For Waseda users only)].

  1. Please fill in the “ILL Application Form” (Excel, PDF) and send it by fax to the Dept. of Users Support (FAX 03-3207-9224). Requests for document copies are payable by school fee transfer only (Please be specific about expense items).
  2. The Dept. of Users Support will send confirmation by email to inform applicants of the date that the documents will be sent by university mail. Documents can be picked up any time after the following day at the Graduate School of Information, Production and Systems. Please sign for receipt.