Copying Library Materials

Library materials may be copied within the extent allowed by copyright.

Copies are self-service. Use the copy machines available in each library.

Please pay by cash or pre-paid card.

The libraries do not provide money changing services; please bring small change in advance.

Pre-paid cards (JPY1,000) may be purchased through vending machines available in the libraries.
The sale of prepaid cards has ended.If you have a prepaid card, please use it as soon as possible.
From April 2023, there is no copy machine in the Konodai Library.

 Interlibrary Loans (ILL)

The following services may be used when materials you want to use are not available at Science Tokyo (including laboratories and e-journals) and can be found in the collection of a library from another academic or research institution. Faculty and staff should apply for ILL at a management expenses grant or contribution.

Search for materials at other libraries > CiNiiBooks(university libraries nationwide)

*copyright law limits the number of photocopy to one per person per article.

A duplicate request is invalid

(1)      Interlibrary Loan Copy Requests

A copy of an article, etc. from the library of another institution can be ordered.

Copy and mailing charges are the responsibility of the user.

  Note: From application to document arrival usually takes around one week.

 (2)         Interlibrary Loan Lending Requests

Books can be borrowed from libraries at other universities, etc.

Round-trip mailing charges are the responsibility of the user.

-Student (Personal expense )TMDU Library covers the expenses.
(*University expenses can also be used.)

-Faculty staff (University expense only)

You could apply for ILL at a management expenses grant or contribution, but could not apply at private expense and grant-in-aid for scientific research from October 2014.

You would need to input the budget name and code on My Library. If you don't know the budget name and code that you can use, you should ask your affiliation department manager about them.　(You can not use “scientific research expenses”)

Note: The loan period differs for each library. Restrictions on use may also apply.

Make interlibrary copy and lending requests through My Library or at a TMDU library counter.

See the "My Library Usage Guide" for information on My Library.

 - Once a request has been made for an interlibrary loan, it cannot be canceled.

- Copied materials through interlibrary copy requests can be received at the Branch Library only if the applicant submitted the request at the Branch Library 

(3)        Visiting Another University Library in Person

A letter of introduction in addition to an ID is necessary when using the library of another university.

Verify the location of the material you wish to use at the library you will visit and make an application at a TMDU library counter.　

It may not be possible to process your application on the same day it is made; please make your application in advance of the day you wish to visit.