Central Library Maps
Central Library on Tsushima Campus has 3-story Main Building, 6-story West Building and 4-story Stacks.
The main entrance is on the south side of the library.
| Main Contents |
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| Central Library Maps ●The 1st Floor ●The 2nd Floor ●The 3rd Floor ●The 4th, 5th, 6th Floors |
| Location of Materials ●Books ●Periodicals ●Newspapers |
Central Library Maps
The 1st Floor
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| 1F of Main Building | Newspapers READ New Acquisitions Foreign Language Collection Featured Books |
|---|---|
| 1F of West Building | Periodicals (Natural Sciences) Reference Books Okayama Corner Books (General Works, History) New Periodicals Okayama University Authors Gender Equality Collection Magazines and Pamphlets |
The 2nd Floor
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| 2F of Main Building | Paperbacks Career Guidance SGU Collection |
|---|---|
| 2F pf West Building | Periodicals (Humanities & Social Sciences) (-1994) Periodicals (Humanities & Social sciences) (1995-) Books (Natural Sciences) Maps |
The 3rd Floor
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| 3F of Main Building | Lendable Dictionary |
|---|---|
| 3F pf West Building | Books (Social Sciences) Periodicals (Humanities and Social Sciences -1994) Text Books Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research |
The 4th - 6th Floors (Only West Building)
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| 4F of West Building | Books (Technology & Engineering, Industry & Commerce) Books (Humanities) Newspapers (back numbers) Chinese periodicals (-1994) |
|---|---|
| 5F of West Building | Staff Only |
| 6F of West Building | Okayama University Historical Document Collection (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) (Catalog of several countries, History of administrative Divisions, Official Gazette, Statistics, Periodicals (back numbers)) |
Location of Materials
For details, please refer ’Use Materials’ page.
Location of Books
About Classification Number (=Call Mark)
In the library, books are classified by Nippon Decimal Classification. (It is written as "Call Mark" in Library Catalog.)
The classification number is classified by the contents of the book to make it easy to find the book which matches your purpose from a lot of materials in the Library. By doing so, books which have the same or similar contents and related books are placed nearby.
General Books, Reference books
| Subject / Content | Classification Number (Call Mark) | Location | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Works | 000 | 1F of West Building | *The less frequently used books are arranged in Stack. *In addition to the left, there are various corners. Please see "Other Materials" and Central Library Maps. For the above reasons if you are looking for a specific book, please use Library Catalog and check the holdings of materials. |
| Philosophy | 100 | 4F of West Building | |
| General History | 200 | 1F of West Building | |
| Social Sciences | 300 | 3F of West Building | |
| Natural Sciences | 400 | 2F of West Building | |
| Technology. Engineering | 500 | 4F of West Building | |
| Industry and Commerce | 600 | 4F of West Building | |
| The arts. Fine arts | 700 | 4F of West Building | |
| Languages | 800 | 4F of West Building | |
| Literature | 900 | 4F of West Building |
Other Materials
Please note that the following materials are arranged in a different location than the general and reference books, regardless of the classification.
| READ | 1F of Main Building |
|---|---|
| Foreign Language Collection | 1F of Main Building |
| Career Guidance | 2F of Main Building |
| Paperbacks | 2F of Main Building |
| Salt Floresta Collection | 2F of Main Building |
| Lendable Dictionaries | 3F of Main Building |
| Reference Books | 1F of West Building |
| Okayama Corner | 1F of West Building |
| Okayama University Authors | 1F of West Building |
| Books donated from Okadai Coop | 1F of West Building |
| AV materials (CDs, DVDs,Videotapes) | 1F of West Building/1F of Main Building *English movie in DVDs are included in Foreign Language Collection. |
| Electronic resources (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,Videotapes | 1F of West Building |
| Maps | 2F of West Building |
| Textbooks | 3F of West Building |
| Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research | 3F of West Building |
| Special Collections Books (Oogata collections) | 4F of West Building |
| OECD Materials | 4F of West Building |
| FAO Materials | 4F of West Building |
| Okayama University Historical Document Collection | 6F of West Building (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) |
| Catalogue of Several Countries, History of Prefectures, Gazette, Statistics | 6F of West Building (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) |
| Doctoral Thesis of Okayama University | Please ask at Circulation Desk. (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) |
| Special Collection (Ikedake Collection, Private Collection) | For details, please click ’Special Collections’ page. Need to apply to Reference Desk. (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) |
Location of Periodicals
You can find general location of periodicals by looking up its "Location" and where they are exactly located by looking up “Periodicals initials” and "Issued year" in Library Catalog.
| Field | New arrival (1 year) | Issued in and after 1995 | Issued in and before 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General works, Human Sciences and Social Sciences | 1F of West Building *With exceptions | 2F of West Building | Japanese Periodicals (Titles begin with:ア～ト)>>> 2F of West Building Japanese Periodicals(Periodicals initials: ナ～ワ)>>>3F of West Building Foreign & Chinese Periodicals>>>4F of West Building |
| Natural Sciences, Technology. Engineering, Industry and Commerce | 1F of West Building *With exceptions | 1F of West Building 1F of Stack (Available in 9:00-17:00,weekdays) | |
| Okayama–related Periodicals | Okayama Corner (1F of West Building) | ||
| General Magazines | 1F of Main Building | 6F of West Building | |
Location of Newspapers
We subscribe the following Newspapers. It depends on newspapers how long we keep them. Please refer to the List of Newspapers Holdings at the Library (only in Japanese language).
| Issued during the last 3 months | Issued before the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| 1F of Main Building | 4F of West Building |
Inquiry
Okayama University Central Library
E-mail address fbe7318
* Please add @adm.okayama-u.ac.jp at the end of the E-mail address.