International Studies Library is open to anyone. You don't need to present your student ID card or Library Card to enter.
Student ID card [undergraduate students and graduate students] or Library Card [the other students, faculty and staff and Non-Osaka University members] is required when checking out or requesting materials, entering the closed stacks or using facilities in the library.
About Library Card, please check the following pages.
*1 High school students or those under 17 years old will be issued a special card that can be used only at International Studies Library. This card cannot be used at other Osaka University libraries.
*2 Persons 18 years of age or older (excluding high school students) who have a purpose of learning or research, and who can visit the library in person to check out and return books.
For alumni and visitors, our e-mails will be sent to the e-mail address provided on the Library Card application form.
If you do not receive reminder e-mails, please turn off your e-mail blocking setting for the e-mail address “noreply-tosyo-auto@office.osaka-u.ac.jp" and "noreply-tosyo-minoh@office.osaka-u.ac.jp”.
If You Have Lost/Damaged Library Materials...
You will be asked to pay for them. Please contact library staff at the counter.
Inquiry about Checkout/Return
Service Counter(2F)
072-730-5126
Copying Service
For the purpose of research, you can make a photocopy of library materials only to the extent permitted by Copyright Law of Japan.
If you would like to make photocopies, please submit an application form to the library counter (the deadline for submission is 15 minutes before the library closes). In order to make a copy, you have to agree on the following rules.
Only a part of a work may be copied.
Theses and other articles published in periodicals can be copied in their entirety if the next issue has already been published, or if three months have passed since the current issue was published.
For each item, only one copy can be made per person. Making multiple copies of a single item are not permitted.
Copying is permitted only for the purpose of research.
Copies are not to be re-copied or distributed.
Self copying
Type of Expense
Procedures etc.
Place
Personal expense (in cash)
Photocopying fees are 10 yen per sheet for black and white and 50 yen per sheet for color.
You can pay in coins or 1000 yen bills.
As a rule, receipts are not issued.
One coin-operated copy machine available on the second floor.
Personal expense (prepaid card issued by Master's council)
You can use a prepaid card issued by Master's council.
Only black and white copying is available.
Receipts will not be issued.
One copy machine for graduate students in Minoh Campus available next to Reference Counter(3F).
University's expense (faculty at Minoh campus)
You can use a Xerox Card issued by Minoh Educational Affairs Office, Graduate School of Humanities.
Only black and white copying is available.
Receipts will not be issued.
One copy machine for faculty available on the first floor (Closed Stacks).
University's expense (faculty at Other campuses)
Library staff will make a copy for you.
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Copying by library staff (Reception hours: Weekdays 9:00-16:30)
Fees for copying by library staff
black and white /sheet
color /sheet
Osaka University members
University's expense
10 yen
50 yen
Personal expence (Cash payment. Receipt issued.)
25 yen
65 yen
Visitors (Cash payment. Receipt issued.)
45 yen
90 yen
Inquiry about Copying Service
Service Counter(2F)
072-730-5126
Borrowing Materials / Request Document Copies
Requesting Materials or Photocopies from Other Libraries【Osaka University Members Only】
You can make a request for materials or photocopies of them which International Studies Library doesn't have.
You cannot request journal itself from other libraries. Instead, you can request a photocopy of a part of journals you need. Please note that photocopying is subject to Copyright Law.
Before making a request, please check on OPAC whether Osaka University Libraries have the material you need, and if it has, where the material is located.
When you need journals, please search E-Journals as well.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask at the library counter.
For more information, please refer to the following pages.
Inquiry about Borrowing Materials and Request Document Copies
You can pick up the material you have requested during the opening hours. However, if payment is involved, please come to the counter from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays.
Service Counter(2F)
Using Closed Stacks
Entry to the Closed Stacks【Osaka University Members Only】
The closed stacks are available to all members of the University.
Non-Osaka University Members are not allowed to enter the closed stacks. If you would like to use materials in closed stacks, please ask at the library counter to retrieve them for you.
For more information, please refer to "About Using Materials from the Closed Stacks" below.
A special card key is required to enter the closed stacks. You can receive the key at the Service Counter on the second floor.
You have to leave your Student ID or Library Card at the Service Counter to receive the card key.
You are not allowed to enter the closed stacks with any belongings except valuables and stationery. Please put your luggage in a locker next to the Service Counter.
The closed stacks is available until 15 minutes before the closing time.
Using Materials from the Closed Stacks
Checking out or Reading inside the Library【Osaka University Members】
When you take materials out of the closed stacks, you need to check out them.
If you would like to use them inside the library without checking-out procedure, please fill in a form at the Service Counter on the second floor.
After using materials, please return them to the Service Counter.
Checking out or Reading inside the Library【Non-Osaka University Members】
If you would like to request materials from the closed stacks, please fill in a form at the Service Counter on the second floor.
The library staff will take them out for you.
After using materials, please return them to the Service Counter.
Making a Photocopy
Please fill in a form at the Service Counter on the second floor.
Once you have made your copies, please return the materials to the Service Counter.
Inquiry about Using the Closed Stacks
Service Counter(2F)
072-730-5126
Using Valuable Books
Valuable Books(including Ishihama Collection) were relocated to Main Library in October, 2014.
For further information about using them, please ask Main Library.
Using Valuable Books
Valuable Books(including Ishihama Collection) were relocated to Main Library in October, 2014.
For further information about using them, please ask Main Library.
Using Doctoral Theses / Master's Theses
Anyone can use doctoral and master's theses held by International Studies Library.
Theses are available from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays.
For more information about use of theses, please ask at the Reference Counter on the third floor.
Doctoral theses
We hold doctoral theses from the Department of "Studies in Language and Society" and the Department of "Studies in Japanese Language and Culture" at the Graduate School of Language and Culture.
You can make a photocopy in the library within the scope permitted by Copyright Law.
Available items
Theses accepted in and after April 1999 (including those accepted by former Osaka University of Foreign Studies)
Theses accepted in and after April 2013 are available on Osaka University Knowledge Archive Osaka University, the University's repository.
*If the full text is not available on OUKA, you can read it on a dedicated terminal in the library (available from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays.)
Note
For more details about location of the doctoral theses and how to find, please refer to the following page. Doctoral Theses of Osaka University
Master's theses
We hold master's theses from
the "Division of Japanese Studies (Department of Applied Japanese Studies)", Graduate School of Humanities
the "Division of Foreign Studies", Graduate School of Humanities
the "Studies in Language and Society",Graduate School of Language and Culture (in April 2022 reorganized into Graduate School of Humanities)
the "Studies in Japanese Language and Culture", Graduate School of Language and Culture (in April 2022 reorganized into Graduate School of Humanities)
former Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
Some theses can be copied up to half.
Available items
Theses accepted in and after April 1987 (including those accepted by former Osaka University of Foreign Studies)
Theses accepted in the previous year may not be available because they have not yet been received by the library.
Inquiry about Using Doctoral Theses / Master's Theses
Reference Counter(3F)
072-730-5126
Ask Us / Research Help
We are pleased to have your inquiries or references. Please feel free to ask us anything about literature or information for research and study.
Examples
material location search(inquiry about whether a material or literature is held by Osaka University Library or about which institution holds it）
inquiries about literature retrieval e.g. how to use databases
how to obtain literature
how to read or make a reference list
How to find out how many citations a paper has or the impact factor for a journal in which an article is published
Researching the specific matter (to the extent that our staff can search and answer with library materials.)
Introduction of reference books or searching tools on the subject you are searching
Inquiry about Ask Us/Research Help
Reference Counter(3F)
072-730-5126
Learning Supporter (LS)
Learning Supporters (LSs) are graduate student staff who support your study. As senior to you, undergraduate students, LSs who are major in various fields can support you. For the details about LSs, please check the following page.
