The DIJ library catalog records the holdings of the
German Institute for Japanese Studies which consist of material about Japan
(mainly in German) and literature on the history of German-Japanese relations.
The catalog uses keywords to list authors, editors, translators, book titles,
titles of chapters within books, articles in periodicals, and periodicals. You
can search by “Title”, “Author”, “Publisher”, “Year Published” and “All Fields”.
Simple searches can be extended by truncation (*) and the AND and OR commands.
For the time being, searches in the “Subject Heading” field will yield insignificant
hit rates pending subject cataloging.
The new library catalog was established in 1999. The old catalog could
not be searched online. Data conversion led to problems that have,
however, almost all been solved.
When searching yearbooks, collected works, catalogs and dictionaries
with identical titles please keep in mind that it is possible that
the new catalog entry may reflect the year that the publication was
first catalogued, rather than the year of the publication.
In the case of periodicals for example, it is possible that for an
issue published in 1955, but catalogued in 1996, the “Date of Publication”
will appear as 1996. If in doubt, please give preference to the “Vol./No.”
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| Example: How do I find the following book? |
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Lichtblau, Karl (Hg.) / Waldenberger, Franz (Hg.): Planung, Wettbewerb
und wirtschaftlicher Wandel. Ein japanisch-deutscher Vergleich.
Schriftenreihe Kölner Texte & Thesen; 31. Köln: Deutscher
Instituts-Verlag, 1997.
Search strategies:
The appropriate search strategy depends on the knowledge at hand.
If complete bibliographical data are available, several search strategies
are possible.
The keywords “Wandel” (more than 90 hits) and “Wettbewerb”
(just under 40 hits) entered in the search fields under “Title”
yield a huge hit rate, but entering both keywords in a combined
search will quickly lead to the above example (3 hits).
The combination of the family name of the author and one keyword
from the title alone will in most cases narrow the search sufficiently.
If the name of the author and/or the title is uncertain, try truncation
(*).
You will quickly find the title of the above example by searching
for “Licht*” (or “*blau”) and “Wald*” (or “*berger)
in the search fields “Author”.
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