How to Use...

National Diet Library Digital Collections

Digitized materials of the National Diet Library that are difficult to obtain for reasons such as being out of print can be viewed from your personal terminal or the library's terminal.

Available Collections

Please check out the NDL page

The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals

You can browse the collection on your own device.
For details on how to use the service and who is eligible, please visit the website of the National Diet Library.
*You need to register to use the service.
*the NDL will not accept requests for printouts of materials (as of June 2022).→printouts will also be available from January 18, 2023.

LINK: Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals
LINK: The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for Individuals to Launch (National Diet Library Press Release, May 19, 2022)

The NDL's Digitized Contents Transmission Service for university libraries.

User

Students, faculties (include part-time teachers, emeritus professors, part-timers) and other people in the university.

Visitors can not use.

Opening Hours

Available weekdays 9:00-17:00.
An hour at once.
You can continue browsing if nobody is waiting.

How to use National Diet Library Digital Collections

  1. Come to Reference Desk of Central Library, Reference Desk of A & PE Library, Counter of Medical Library or Counter of L & IS Library.
  2. and fill in NDL Digital Collection Application Form.
  3. You can browse “Online Collection” and “Resource send to the Library”.
  4. If you want to print out, please fill in the Photocopy Application Form.

    *Black and white:\20, Color:\90
    *Cashless payment is also available for payment. Please check here for available cashless payment methods.
    *In the case of payment of Univ. Expenses and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, payment will be made by the whole university common expenses.No payment will be made by individual research expenses.
    *It need "segment number", not "page number".
    *You can get it the following weekday because it take time to revision and trimming.

  5. Close the browser as soon as you finish using.

If you have already identified the pages to be copied, you can obtain it by following the same procedure as “Article Copy Delivery from Other Libraries (Paid Service)” without browsing.
We will copy it for you.
When applying, please specify either Central / A & PE/Medical / L & IS as the library you want to receive, and write "Request for copying from NDL Digital Collection" in “Message to the Library”.
The fee is \20/page for black and white prints only and \ 90/page for color.
We will inform you via email when the copy is ready.
Regardless of university expense or private expense, please come and receive it by yourself at the library.Materials will not be given to representative.

Do not...

  • Connect any devices and external storages (e.g. Laptop, USB flash drive).
  • Take pictures of the screen.
  • Get capture data or electronic file of the resources.

Reservation

An advance reservation is possible.
You can choose how to reserve, "At the Library" or "from the Reservation System".
※You can also use NDL Digital Resources without the reservation if nobody is using it.

Note

  • Up to one reservation ( = for an hour).
  • You need your library card.
  • If you do not come by the appointed time, the reservation is canceled.

Reserve "At the Library"

  1. Come to Reference Desk of Central Library, Reference Desk of A & PE Library, Counter of Medical Library or Counter of L&IS Library and fill in NDL Digital Collection Application Form.
  2. Recierve NDL Digital Resources Reservation form. The reservation is completed.
  3. Come to the library with the NDL Digital Resources Reservation form and your library card until the reservation time.

 ※Reservation Date : from the reserved day up to one week

Reserve "from the Reservation System"

  1. Apply through the following reservation form.
  2. We will inform you of the scheduled date via email. The reservation is completed.
  3. Come to the library with your library card until the reservation time.

 ※Reservation Date : from the next day up to one week

Reservation form

This reservation is Provisional.

We will inform you of the scheduled date via email.
As a general rule, we will contact you on the same day if you apply on weekday morning. If you apply on weekday afternoon or Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, we will contact you on the next working day. Please contact us if you do not receive confirmation email.
※ Please add the "tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp" domain to your safe sender list in your security software.

Contact:ill#@#tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp   ※Please replace "#@#" with "@"

Name:   (Required)
ID:   (Required)
※ 13-digit number on the back of the library card
E-mail:   (Required)
Tel:   (Required)

Library (Required)


Time and Dates (Required)
※ If you want to reserve on the day, please apply at the library.
  1st preferred date      from
  2st preferred date      from
  3st preferred date      from