Library Materials
Most of the Library’s materials are in the open-stacks. Users are expected to freely find, use and photocopy the materials.
For borrowing procedure, see Borrowing / Returning / Reserving.
See Floor Plan (PDF) to view the sections where materials can be found.
How materials are arranged on the shelf is here.
Online Resources are also available. You can find more information on How to Find Materials page.
*When accessing online resources from outside the campus, be sure to first log in to Ezproxy. For more details click here.
| Material Type | Catalog | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| General books | OPAC | Books are arranged in electric stacks. How to move electric stacks |
General Books |
| Reference books | OPAC | Reference books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, maps, white papers and statistical materials. | Reference Room |
| Textbooks | OPAC Textbook List (2025Spring) |
Books assigned by professors for course studies. Some textbooks have a few extra copies at the general books section. |
Reading Room |
| New arrivals | OPAC | Books which have been newly registered to the library. | Reading Room |
| GRIPS faculty publications | OPAC | Selected publications written by the GRIPS faculty members from 2005. | Reading Room |
| Featured books | OPAC | Books on Japan or Japanese language is currently featured. | Reading Room |
| Teki-sui Collection | OPAC | Books formerly owned by the late Ms. Soshun Hamamoto, related to the Tea Ceremony. | Reading Room |
| GRIPS Discussion Paper | GRIPS Institutional Repository | GRIPS researcher’s outputs published by GRIPS Policy Research Center. Papers in print published in the past are at “Faculty publications” |
Reading Room |
| Doctoral Dissertations | GRIPS Institutional Repository Doctoral Dissertations List |
Dissertation of doctoral degree conferred at GRIPS. Full text versions of some disserations are available in the GRIPS institutional repository. For disserations with no full text links in the repository, hard copies of them are available in the library. |
Reading Room |
| Master’s theses/Policy papers | Master’s theses/Policy papers List | The library holds GRIPS master’s theses/policy papers, but not all of them. They are arranged by programs. | Reading Room |
| Journals | OPAC | Arranged in journal title’s alphabetical order. Apply at the counter for backnumbers of weekly journals which are kept at Stack B. | Reading Room Stack B (closed stacks) |
| Newspapers | Newspapers subscription list | The latest newspapers are placed in the Newspaper Shelves, and will be kept for two months. | Reading Room Stack C (closed stacks) |
| CD/DVD/Videos | OPAC | Apply at the counter to use CD/DVD-ROMs Some materials are not registered on OPAC yet. |
Library Counter |
| Microform materials | OPAC | Apply at the counter to use microforms. | Microform Room |
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