Books
Central Library
Newly published periodicals and bound periodicals are shelved together. Japanese periodicals and Japanese & foreign unbound periodicals*1 are in the periodical area on B1F and part of foreign and Japanese periodicals (bulletins and memoirs) are in the stack room on B2F. However, part of the back issues of periodicals held by the Central Library is in the Ikuta depository.
*1: Unbound periodicals are the periodicals that are stored unbounded for a certain period of time and then discarded. Since some of them are shelved in a stack room, please search OPAC for their locations.
Izumi Library
Newly published periodicals are in the periodical corner on the first floor and back issues are in the stack room of B Building.
Ikuta Library
Newly published periodicals are in the periodical corner on the second floor and back issues are in the 4th open-area reading room on the first floor and in the stack room on the B1 floor. Please note that the service hours of the depository are different from those of the stack rooms.
Notes
- Please use OPAC to search for information on bibliographies and locations.
- Periodicals are shelved in order of call numbers.
- Patrons can use periodicals held by Surugadai, Izumi, and Ikuta libraries by using a loaning service. For details, please refer to Portal Service.
Checking out periodicals
- Persons who can check out periodicals:
- Persons related to Meiji University, such as the faculty, the staff, undergraduate students, and graduate students
- Number of periodicals that can be checked out:
- Up to five (this should be counted in the total number of materials one can check out.)
- Loan period:
- 3 days including the checkout day
- Periodicals that can be checked out:
- Periodicals that have a call number starting with “P” and a library bar code.
- Periodicals that cannot be checked out among the above:
- New arrivals, periodicals that are used frequently, broken/defaced periodicals, periodicals to be repaired or bound
- Other rules stipulated in the Library Terms of Use shall apply.

