Users' Guide to the Library of the Institute for Research in Contemporary Political and Economic Affairs
The Institute for Research in Contemporary Political and Economic Affairs was established in 1978 with the aim of collecting, coordinating, and preserving resources related to political and economic affairs and mass communications in contemporary Japan. Since then, the Institute has systematically collected historical materials on these subjects, and adhered to the basic principle of making them widely available to students and other interested parties from both Waseda University and the community at large.
In 1978, a European Union-designated European Documentation Centre (EDC) was set up as an annex to the Institute. Since then, the EDC has operated as a depository library that makes Europe-related resources available to Waseda University students and staff as well as the public. The EDC was renamed European Info (EUi) on October 31, 2006.
The bulk of the materials in the Institute's archives are located in the Sanae Takata Memorial Research Library
since it opened in April 1994. However, reference books, periodicals, newspapers, microform materials, and EU publications are in the Institute's library.
Location
Waseda Campus Building No.1, 2F (1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo)
| JR | Yamanote Line | Takadanobaba Station | 20 min. walk |
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| Seibu Railway | Seibu Shinjuku Line | Takadanobaba Station | 20 min. walk |
| Tokyo Metro (Subway) | Tozai Line | Waseda Station | 5 min. walk |
| Fukutoshin Line | Nishi-Waseda Station | 17 min. walk |
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| Toei (Tokyo City) Bus | Gaku 02 Route Takadanobaba – Sodai Seimon |
Sodai Seimon stop | 1 min. walk |
| So 77 Route Shinjukueki-Nishiguchi – Waseda |
Waseda stop | 5 min. walk |
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| So 81 Route Shibuyaeki-Higashiguchi – Waseda |
Sodai Seimon stop | 1 min. walk |
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| Toden Arakawa Line (Tram) |
Waseda Station | 5 min. walk |
>> Access Map is available here.
Service Hours
| Weekdays | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Please enter the library by 4:45 p.m. Microform reception closes at 4:30 p.m. |
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| Saturday | 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Please enter the library by 12:30 p.m. Microform reception closes at 12:30 p.m. |
- Closed on Sundays, national holidays, university holidays, and School of Political Science and Economics entrance examination days
- For details on summer/winter holidays and Waseda Festival days, please see the News, Events & Research activities.
Eligibility
Please show your student ID or other ID before entering.
| Faculty members of the Waseda University and researchers at the Institute for Research in Contemporary Political and Economic Affairs | ID or Central Library card |
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| Undergraduate students and graduate students of the Waseda University, Keio University students, and Doshisha University students | Student ID |
| Five "f-Campus" universities common ID holders, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Musashino Art University, and Tokyo Kasei University students | Please see the Central Library User Guide. |
| Alumni | Waseda Card or Central Library card. For information on applying for cards, please see Library Information for Alumni. |
| Non-Waseda University users |
• EU materials only: Anyone may use materials after showing ID. • Non-EU materials: A letter of introduction from the institution the user belongs to. |
Borrowing/Copy Services
Reference books, periodicals, newspapers, and microform in the library cannot be borrowed. (Books are in the Sanae Takata Memorial Research Library. )
Those wishing to make copies may use the photocopier in the library stacks. (Waseda University users may use a library common copy card or coins. Non-university users must use coins. The cost when using coins is ¥10 per copy.)