NACSIS Webcat User Manual

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How to search

Enter the search word(s) (for multiple words, insert blank spaces between the words), and click the [Search] button. The screen changes to a citations summary screen with the names of books and periodicals. (Citation summary)
Click on a title to see detailed bibliographical data and a list of libraries holding the title. (Citation details)
Click on a series title in the citation details to display a list of all the titles in the series.
Click on the name of a holding library to display the library's official name, address, and other information.
To return to a previous screen, use the "Back" button of your browser.

Notes:

When you click on [Search Screen], any search words you entered are cleared and you are returned to the search screen.
To return to the search screen without clearing the search word(s), use the "Back" button of your browser.
Click on the [Clear] button to clear any search words you entered.

Search word types and how to specify them

Search field	Valid search words	Specifier	Examples ( _ indicates a blank space)
Title	Title, variant title, series title, etc.	By word	"jouhou _ seiki _ ikite" Wrong: "jo-ho- _ seiki _ ikite" (Romaji spelling is incorrect.) "Road _ traffic _ control"
Title	Title, variant title, series title, etc.	Full title (Japanese)	"Jouhouno seikiwo ikite" "Jouhou no seikiwo*"
Author	Name of author, editor, translator, etc.	By word (for each name)	"inose _ hiroshi" Wrong: "inosehiroshi" (Last and first names not separated with a space.) "Graham _ Hancock" "Plato"
Author	Name of author, editor, translator, etc.	Full name (for Japanese organizations)	"Gakujutsu Joho Center" "Gakujutsu Joho*" (in Kanji)
Publisher	Name of publisher	Full name (Japanese)	"Iwanami Shoten" (no spaces in Kanji) Wrong: "Iwanami _ Shoten" (Single words specified) "Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai" (in Kanji)
Publisher	Name of publisher	By any word (Western)	"Oxford _ University _ Press" "Pergamon"
Publication year	Year of publication	Full year (Western 4-digit)	"1970" "1998"
Standard numbers	ISBN, ISSN	Entire number	"4924600741"
Free keywords	Title, author name, subject, classification, etc.	Same as above (title, author's name)	See the above examples
Free keywords	Title, author name, subject, classification, etc.	Full description (subject, classification)	"Joho Kagaku" (in Kanji) "209" "783*"
Full title key	Full title (excluding subtitle)	Full title	"nature" "informationtechnology" (no spaces between words) Wrong: "information technology" "Kagaku" (in Kanji) "Johono Seiki wo Ikite" (in Kanji)

Overall Notes

Be sure to specify as many search words as possible to narrow the search. If you try only a few search words, the number of hits becomes huge, and it takes much more time to search.
Only up to 200 records will be displayed. If there are more than 200 records, narrow your search by adding the publication year or other terms. (With Webcat Plus, more than 200 records can be displayed.)
For wildcard searches, add an asterisk (*) at the end of a word or a partial word.

Title

Only Kanji can be used to specify the full title of Japanese-language materials.
To specify the title of a Japanese publication in single words, you may use Kanji, Katakana, Hiragana, or Romaji, or a combination of them.
Divide up compound words into single words when specifying them.
Click here for rules on using Kana-Romaji conversion in this system. Long vowels are spelled out in Romaji according to their reading.
Alphabet letters and numbers are specified as is. However numbers in Kanji are changed to Arabic numbers.

Author

The name of the author must be separated into the last and first names with a space in-between.
Spell the name of a non-Japanese author as it is in the original language. (In some cases, your search may succeed by using the Japanese rendition used in translation, but this is not accurate.) Omit periods for initials.

Publisher and Publication Year

If you specify only a publisher and a publication year to search on, the number of hits will be huge. Always be sure to use other search words in combination.
You cannot use wildcard searches for the publication year.

Free keywords

In addition to the search fields [Title] and [Author], you can also include the subject matter, classification, etc. as free keywords.
Expect this to be a more time-consuming search because the search field is very broad.
Searching only by subject and classification will produce a huge number of hits. Always combine free keywords with other search words.

Full Title

You must specify the entire title, not a partial title.
Do not separate the words in the title with spaces.

Wildcard errors

You cannot do a wildcard search on a single letter, such as "a*". Make sure to specify several letters.
You cannot do a wildcard search on the publication year, such as "199*". Make sure to specify a four-digit Western year.

What is a RECON file?

A RECON file is a catalog data file created by a library using NACSIS-CAT. To distinguish RECON files from the general catalog database, titles are displayed beginning with "***".
Please keep the following points in mind when using RECON files.

There is some duplication of data in the general catalog database.
Be sure to contact the library about its current collection status.

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