Guidance for using other universities’ libraries

When you can not find the document that you are searching for in Nagasaki University, you can go to search directly in libraries of other universities, or you can get the document from other libraries.

1. Visit and use libraries of other universities

  1. Nagasaki university library will issue an introduction letter if you want to visit and use other academic libraries. If you need such an introduction letter, please apply for it at the reference service section in central library or at the counters of medical and economics libraries.
  2. User guidance and library calendar, as well as other information regarding each academic library are shown on its website. You can search for the website using “Academic Libraries on the Web” then you can check detailed information about the library which you want to use.

2. Documents photocopying

  1. ou can order copies of documents from other campus libraries or from other universities’ libraries.
  2. You can use the Web form to apply online.For details

  3. f you can not use the Web form, you can apply by filling out and the application form at the library counter. Please submit an application form for each article.
Before applying, we ask for your cooperation by checking university holdings and E-Journals.
  1. Check using OPAC that the document is not available in the Nagasaki university.
  2. Check that the needed document is not available in the online journals database.
Costs and delivery time
  1. Delivery charges include postage in addition to the photocopying charges defferent from the university. Standard photocopying charge is 35 to 60 JPY per page.
  2. It takes around one week to deliver requested photocopies. We will contact you at the address that you wrote on the application about the book arrival.
  3. If the charges are to be paid by private expenses, please come to the library with delivery charges.

3. Borrowing books from other universities’ libraries

  1. It is possible to borrow books from other universities’ libraries.
    If you’d like to use the boooks in other campus library, you can use campus delivery service. Please apply at the library counter in nearest campus, and you can borrow books from your nearest library.
  2. As a general rule, journals can not be borrowed.
  3. You can use the online form.

    For details
  4. If you do not want to use the online form, please come to the library counter and fill out the application form and submit it at the counter. The application form is the same as the documents photocopying one.
  5. Please check using OPAC before applying that the needed book does not exist in Nagasaki University.
Costs and delivery time
  1. The cost for one book is around 1,200 JPY for bringing and returning postage. It depends on book’s weight.
  2. It takes around one week to deliver the borrowed book. We will contact you at the address that you wrote on the application about the book arrival.
  3. If the charges are to be paid by private expenses, please come to the library counter with delivery chages.

4. Order documents from foreign libraries

In medical library, you can request documents photocopying from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) but only with private payment.

Costs and delivery time
NLMPhotocopyThe charge for one article is 1,300 JPY (including shipping fees).
Charges are paid by postal transfer, so the postal service charge which is 80-100 JPY is added.
Delivery timeIt takes 7-10 days for the documents to arrive.