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Open Hours

Mon.-Sat. 9:00-22:00 (Borrow & Returning by 21:30 / Enter by 21:50)
Sun. 10:00-17:00 (Borrow & Returning by 16:30 / Enter by 16:50)
Hol. Closed. *Open when classes are held on some holidays.
Open Days (In Japanese)

Library Overview

User Guide

Services

For Visitors

The Central Library is not open to the public, but only available to visitors (researchers and students) who are doing research and who wish to use specific books and other materials that are unique to the library, and not available in other libraries.

We do not accept inquiries from individuals about our holdings or usage. Please contact us via your university or institution’s library or public library.

To the Libraries outside of Japan Issuing a Letter of Introduction (Referral)

Researchers and students who wish to use the materials stored in the Central Library for the purpose of research, a letter of introduction (referral) from the patron’s affiliated library or public library is required.

Before the visit, please make sure that the material needed is stored at the Central Library using our Discovery Service (WINE) or reference books. You can also send us an e-mail request for verification.

  • FAX +81-3-5286-2194
  • E-mail  info-wul(at)list.waseda.jp *Please replace (at) with @ when sending mail.

> Items to be included in the Letter of Introduction (Referral)

How to enter

  • Please present your ID of your own affiliation and the letter of introduction to the Information Desk next to the entrance (on the 2nd floor)
  • The one-day user card will be issued. You will need to show it when you enter the stack rooms, so please keep it with you in the Library.
  • When you leave the Library, please return the one-day user card to the Information Desk and proceed to the exit gate.
  • If you want to reenter to the Library on the same day, please ask staff at the Information Counter before you exit.

Services

Visitors can use the Central Library within the following hours.

Regular Term Vacations
Monday – Friday 9:00 – 18:00 9:00 – 16:00
Saturday Unavailable for visitors. (9:00-12:00, for only those who have special reason) Unavailable for visitors

*The opening hours and service hours may change during the Summer/Winters/Spring vacations.

  • Please refer to the Library Calendar on the top page of Central Library in advance.

>Central Library Open Hours

  • For the service hours of each floor, please refer to the following page.

>Service Hours

  • You can consult and make photocopies of the documents. It is not possible to checkout any document.
  • You can ask for the photocopies at the Photographic Service Room on the 4th floor at the visitors’ rate. If you wish to make photocopies of the material, please come to the Library as far in advance as possible.

Notices

>Using the Libraries Notices

Personal Tours

A short library tour (up to 30 min.) may be permitted upon request. Please ask for it at the information desk at the second-floor entrance.
We ask that you limit the number of people in your group to a maximum of 9 people.

The University’s official guided campus tours also include a visit to the library. Please see the website below for details and availability.

Campus Tours

  • Preliminary notes:
    1. Tours are limited to 30 minutes. Tours are available until one hour before the library closes.
    2. Only the open spaces on the 2nd and 3rd floors can be visited. You will be self-guided and will not be guided or accompanied by library staff.
    3. You have to be aged 16 (high school student) or over to join this tour. (Junior high school students must be accompanied by an adult; university students are acceptable.) Elementary school children and preschool children are not allowed to join the tour.
    4. Please keep quiet and do not disturb other users in the Library.
    5. Only drinks with caps which can shut tightly may be brought in. No eating and smoking allowed.
    6. No photography of any kind is allowed in the library, whether with a camera or smartphone. During the tour, you cannot inspect the documents in the Library.
    7. Calls are only permitted in designated areas.

Campus Tours

Please visit below website for Waseda University’s official guided campus tours.

Campus Tours

 

Library Sessions & Events

Guide (Help)

Collection Guides

General Book Collections are located on 2nd and 3rd floors by the NDC(Nippon Decimal Classification) order.
Almost all books are kept in open stacks. Please return the books on the Book Return Carts when you finish using them.

2F

Humanities (General works, Philosophy, History, Arts, Language, Literature), Paperbacks and Oversize Books

3F

Social sciences, Natural sciences, Technology, Engineering, Industry and commerce,
Penguin Books (English paperbacks )

There are the Reference Book Collections, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, yearbooks, catalogs, indexes, statistics, and bibliographies, etc. Books in this area have “R” on top of their call numbers.

Reference books cannot be checked out. When you finish using them, please return them where they were.

Newspapers & Periodicals (New arrived)

There are about 3,500 new arrived periodicals and 150 newspapers in this area.

Journals are arranged in alphabetical order or in the Japanese syllabary (a, i, u, e, o) order . Popular magazines are in the “Pigeon Box” (see the left picture).

Newspapers are arranged by language and country.

You can not borrow these materials. Please return them where they were after use.

Newspapers & Periodicals (Back issues)

As for the back issues, you can find them in the Bound Periodical Collections area. Some newspapers are held in reduced size edition or microform. Before entering, you should check the call numbers of materials from the OPAC. Some titles are not available for same-day use, such as those located separately in the Honjo Deposit Library or in closed stacks.

In order to enter the area, put your bags in the locker, show your ID card at the desk and wear a user’s badge.
You can browse the back numbers freely in the area, but you cannot check them out. There are copy machines inside.

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