Finding materials/Library floor map
How to find materials
We offer three searching options depending on your purpuses.
- The University of Tokyo Library OPAC (To find printed materials)
- TREE (To search library collections and e-resources)
- E-journal & E-book Portal (To find e-journals and e-books)
Books and periodicals can be searched through OPAC.
Periodicals
Periodicals marked + in the "Volumes" column are currently subscribed.
Books
Books with "ERI.Spec.Coll." or "ERI Lab possession" are not available.
Call numbers
Books are located by call number order. The first line of a call number comprises classification symbols for books kept in the ERI Library. For further information on the classification, please refer to the classification table below.
ERI Library Classification Table [PDF]
| A | MATHEMATICS | 数学 |
|---|---|---|
| B | MECHANICS | 機械学、力学 |
| C | PHYSICS | 物理学 |
| D | ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM | 電気、磁気学 |
| E | CHEMISTRY | 化学 |
| F | ASTRONOMY AND METEOROLOGY | 天文学、気象学 |
| G | GEOPHYSICS, GEODESY, TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM AND OCEANOGRAPHY | 地球物理学、測地学、地球電磁気学、海洋学 |
| H | GEOGRAPHY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY | 地理学、地形学 |
| I | GEOLOGY | 地質学 |
| J | VOLCANOLOGY | 火山学 |
| K | SEISMOLOGY | 地震学 |
| L | CIVIL ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE | 土木工学、建築学 |
| M | GENERAL ENGINEERING | 総合工学 |
| N | COLLECTED PAPERS | |
| O | DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCL OPEDIAS | 辞書、百科事典 |
| P | PAMPHLETS | パンフレット |
| Q | ANCIENT HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL WORKS | 古代史、古代地理 |
| R | DISASTERS | 災害 |
| Z | BACK NUMBER OF PERIODICALS | 定期刊行物のバックナンバー |
Japanese antiquarian documents
ERI Library has more than 600 volumes of old books related to earthquakes, volcanoes, and natural disasters, and woodblock prints from the Edo era such as Kawaraban (news fliers).
They can be searched through the Database for Special Collections (Japanese language only). This database contains page images of the materials, which are available for reading. Please contact the service counter if you wish to use them.
Database for Special Collections (Japanese language only)
If you wish to use materials kept by the ERI in publication as reference, please read this.
Using materials in publication
Library floor map
You can freely access to the materials in the reading room and stacks. Please refer to the ERI Library floor map below for details.
ERI Library floor map [PDF]
First stack room
- The first level
- Back issues of foreign periodicals are kept alphabetically by title.
- The second level
- Books are kept in call number order.
- The third level
- Back issues of Japanese periodicals are alphabetically by title.
- * Japanese periodicals include English periodicals published in Japan.
- Publications of USGS (United States Geological Survey) and Materials on historical natural disasters (special editions of periodicals, etc.) are kept on this level.
Second stack room
* This room is available during the opening hours.
- Back issues of foreign periodicals used infrequently are kept alphabetically by title.
- Back issues of periodicals in Russian, Chinese and Korean languages
- Bulletins by Japanese universities/institutions (including those published by the ERI) are kept alphabetically by name of university/institution, each of which is sub-classified alphabetically by title
- Collections (Imamura Collection, Kishinoue Collection, Ishimoto collection). The Tsuboi Collection is kept in the stroage stack.
Reading room
Newly arrived periodicals are kept alphabetically by title in the reading room.
Back issues are kept in the stack room. Some newly arrived periodicals may also be kept in the stack room.
- Newly arrived foreign periodicals
- Newly arrived Japanese periodicals
- Serial publications relating to the Meteorological Agency In addition, the following materials and facilities are available.
- Newspapers: Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Japan Times, etc.
- ERI publications: Please also refer to this page
- Namazu Books: Technical books, textbooks and general books of earthquake and earth science for wide range of users. Mainly donated materials.
- PC* to search for materials
* You cannot access e-resources from this PC (excluding Open Access resources).
Map room
A wide range of maps are kept in the Map room. In addition, some large books and back issues of newspapers (for the past three months) are kept.
A photocopying machine (operated with ICC) and a scanner are available (for ERI members only). Stationaries such as paper cutters and a large size stapler are also available (for ERI members only).
| Japanese geological maps | 1:25,000 | In map lockers in the hallway (DVDs are in Map room) |
|---|---|---|
| 1:50,000 / 1:200,000 | In map lockers | |
| World aeronautical charts | 1:1,000,000 | |
| Japanese geological maps | 1:50,000 / 1:200,000 | |
| geological maps by prefectures, tectonic maps, hydrogeological maps, volcanic geological maps, oceanic geological maps, aeromagnetic maps, volcanic basic maps, etc. | ||
| World geological maps | International Geological Map of Europe, Circum Pacific Map Series | |
| Nautical charts | bathymetric charts of the oceans | basic maps of the sea on the continental shelf |
| basic maps of the sea in coastal waters, etc. | ||
| Basic survey of land classification | ||
| Large scale maps | Japanese crustal strain maps, maps from the Meiji and Taisho Eras (reprinted editions), etc. | |
Room for special collections
The following materials are kept in the room for special collections. If you wish to use them, please contact the service counter in advance.
- AV materials (videotapes, 16mm films, photographs ...) related to earthquakes, volcanoes, and natural disasters
- Old books related to earthquakes, volcanoes, and natural disasters, and woodblock prints from the Edo era such as kawaraban (news fliers) and namazue (catfish-themed prints).
Database for Special Collections (Japanese language only)