Floor map (Yokohama)

Guideline / Usage Guide

Yokohama Library
Minato Mirai Library

First basement floor
1F
2F
3F
Upper Stacks
Lower Stacks
Building 23 Stacks

First basement floor

Entrance

●Front reception and entry gate: The prescribed IDs are required to enter and exit the library.

●Newspaper corner: Daily newspapers are available on the shelves.

Refreshment Room

You can have drinks in covered containers. Eating is prohibited.
You can use the calculator and laptop in this area.

●Materials on the shelves

Newspapers (from the day before to three days before)
General magazines (some)
English and Chinese books for extensive reading (by level)
Travel guidebooks

Group Reading Room 1

You can study and hold discussions.
You can use the calculator and laptop in this area.

●Materials on the shelves: Japanese books in the literature field (B901-B995) (D901-D995)

Meeting Corner: Four electronic blackboards are available.
They can be used for group study (reservation not required).

Audiovisual Reference Room

●Audiovisual Counter

The procedures for using audiovisual materials (DVDs, Blu-ray, videos, CDs and micro materials) and rental notebook PCs are carried out here.

Reception hours differ from the opening hours of the library.
Audiovisual materials cannot be lent and use within the library.

●Audiovisual Booth A and B: Audiovisual materials stored in the library can be watched.
Bringing in and using your own materials are prohibited.

●Audiovisual Small Hall: The hall is used for holding events such as lecture meetings and screenings.

1F

Open-Shelf Reading Room

●1F Circulation desk: Borrowing, returning, and reserving books, stock procedures, reception of use for materials in the stacks and sale of copy cards.

●Newly Arrived Books: Books received during the last month are stored in the shelves.

●Materials on the Shelves

Japanese books in the fields of history, social studies, nature, engineering, art and language (B201-B899) (D201-D899).

You cannot use the calculator and laptop in this area.

Magazine Reading Room

●Journals: The most recent issues of Japanese and foreign journals (PA/PB000-999) and some back issues.

●University publications and newspapers in foreign languages

University publications and newspapers in foreign languages from today to one month before.

You can use the calculator and laptop in this area.

Exhibition Corner: Stored some rare books and the other materials are displayed periodically.
Detailed exhibitions are listed on the website and more.

2F

Reference Book Reading Room

●Reference Counter: Library usage information, consultation concerning material collection, receiving and making requests for copies of literature from other universities and institutions and lending and borrowing books from them (ILL service) general member registration, etc.

●Materials on the Shelves

Japanese books in the fields of general works and philosophy (B002-B199) (D002-D199)
Some reference books, white papers, yearbooks, statistics, reduced-sized editions of newspapers, how-to books for employment and licenses

You can use the calculator and laptop in this area.

Reading Room 2

Area for studying quietly

You cannot use the calculator and Notebook PC in this area.

Information Literacy Seminar Room: The room is designed for using databases and holding seminars concerning how to collect information (15 PCs installed).
Schedules for seminars are available on the library website, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Group Information Search Room

Group study and seminars can be held using PCs and projectors (projectors are available for use in the Group Information Search Room only).
They can be used depending on the class hours (prior application is required).

How to Apply: Apply at the reference counter.
Reservations can be made from one week prior to the day before use.
The room can be used for up to two classes at a time.

Usage Hours: 8:50～21:00
*9:30-17:30 on Sundays, national holidays and during closures.

Usage Conditions: Groups who are eligible for using the library and intend to study. The room cannot be used only for meetings and gatherings.

3F

You cannot use the calculator and Notebook PC in this floor.

New Book and Paperback Corner

●Materials on the shelves: Japanese and foreign paperbacks and new books (B081-, A083-) (D081-)
Some of foreign books in the literature field (A933-A963)

Reading Room 3: Area for studying quietly

Reading Room 4: Area for studying quietly

Reading Room 5: Area for studying quietly

Upper Stacks

If you want to use the materials in the Stacks, please apply at the Circulation Counter on the 1st floor. If you would like to go directly to the Stacks and search for materials, please complete the procedure at the Circulaion Counter on the 1st floor.

Copy machines: Please buy the copy prepaid card at the circulation desk (1F).

PC area

Books: Japanese books in the fields of the humanities, social studies, nature, engineering, art, language and literature (B002-B995) (D002-D995)

Newspapers: Japanese newspapers (for the past year, starting from four days before) Foreign newspapers (for the past year, starting from two months before)

Magazines: Back issues of Japanese magazines in the fields of law, nature and engineering

Lower Stacks

Copy machines: Please buy the copy prepaid card at the circulation desk (1F).

OPAC

Books: Foreign books in the fields of the humanities, social studies, nature, engineering, art, language and literature (A002-A995) (C002-C995) maps and reference books in the fields of the humanities, social studies, nature, engineering, art, language and literature (Japanese books)

Magazines: Back issues of foreign journals in the fields of nature and engineering

Building 23 Stacks

OPAC

Magazines: Back issues of Japanese magazines, Official gazettes, law books and national censuses

Magazines: Back issues of foreign magazines