【Operation Procedures (for smartphones and tablets)】

1.General
2.Search Procedures
3.Search Result List
4.Details of Search Result
5.Other

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1.General

●Displaying the search window<

The search window can be displayed by pressing the [Button](simple search, detailed search, navigation, etc.) at the top of the top page.

●Changing the search menu

You can display the menu by pressing the menu on the upper right of the site.
□Main functions of the menu
  ・Show link
  ・Changes in the display method on the search result list screen, etc.

※Please forgive that the functions and expressions used differ depending on the site you use.


2.Search Procedures

●Multiple keyword search

To enter multiple keywords, use spaces to delimit them.
Select either AND search or OR search.

●Tree-type navigation<

For the tree-type navigation, click “+” and “-” to display and hide the lower layers.
Click the displayed characters to display the target data.
The following two search types are available depending on the site settings:
・The search word includes all character strings from the highest layer to the lowest layer:
・The search word includes only the character string in the lowest layer:

●Selection item - Multiple (button type)

Click the buttons to specify one or multiple search ranges.
All the ranges are included in the search target by the initial value (default).
□Example of selection - multiple (button type)
  

●Selection item - Multiple (checkbox type)

Check the checkboxes to specify one or multiple search ranges.
All the ranges are included in the search target by the initial value (default).
□ Example of selection - multiple (checkbox type)
  

●Selection item - Single (list type)

Use the pulldown (▼) to select one search target.
All the ranges are included in the search target by the initial value (default).
□Example of selectin - single (list type)
  

●Selection - Multiple (list type)

Click the search targets on the scrollable list to specify.
To select multiple targets that are straightly displayed, click them while holding the Shift key. To select multiple targets that are not straightly displayed, click them while holding the Ctrl key.
All the ranges are included in the search target by the initial value (default).
□Example of selection - multiple (list type)
  

●Date-type item

Specify a range to search for dates.
Either year, year/month, or year/month/day is displayed. Use Western calendar years to enter the years.
□Example of date-type item
  
□Input samples in case years are displayed
  ・To search for data in and after 2000:
    [2000]年(year) - [ ]年(year)
  ・To search for data in and before 2000:
    [  ]年(year) - [2000]年(year)
  ・To search for data in 2000:
    [2000]年(year) - [2000]年(year)  
□Input samples in case years and months are displayed:
  ・To search for data in and after January 2000:
    [2000]年(year)[01]月(month) - [ ]年(year)[ ]月(month)
  ・To search for data in and before December 2000:
    [  ]年(year)[ ]月(month) - [2000]年(year)[12]月(month)
  ・To search for data in 2000:、
    [2000]年(year)[01]月(month) - [2000]年(year)[12]月(month)
□Input samples in case years, months and days are displayed:
  ・To search for data in and after January 1, 2000:
    [2000]年(year)[01]月(month)[01]日(day) - [ ]年(year)[ ]月(month)[ ]日(day)
  ・To search for data in and before December 31, 2000:
    [ ]年(year)[ ]月(month)[ ]日(day) - [2000]年(year)[12]月(month)[31]日(day)
  ・To search for data in 2000:
    [2000]年(year)[01]月(month)[01]日(day) - [2000]年(year)[12]月(month)[31]日(day)

●Keyword input auxiliary item

By using the pulldown menu, select a keyword and enter it in the keyword input item.
In case multiple pulldown menus are displayed, enter keywords from the highest layer.
□Example of keyword input auxiliary item
  

●Numerical-type item

Specify a range to search for values.
□Example of numerical-type item
  

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3.Search Result List

●Order

Use the pulldown (▼) to change the key item for order.
Use the buttons to select either ascending order or descending order.
□Example of order screen
  

●Move among pages

Use the buttons to move to the previous page, the next page, the first page, and the last page, and use the pulldown menu to specify the page you want to jump to.
□Example of page change buttons and page jump pulldown
  

●Number of displayed items

You can change the number of items displayed per page by pressing the menu(≡) at the top right of the screen.

●Number of search result items<

The total number of results and the position of the displayed page are shown at the top and bottom of the search results.
□Example of page position and number of search result items
  

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4.Details of Search Result

●Details of search result

Click the data in the search result list to show the detail screen of that data.
Only the items for which data exist are displayed.
In the case of a standard item, the item name is displayed on the left and the content on the right. In addition, the item used for the display of a long text is available by which the item name is displayed on the top and the content on the bottom.

●Close button

Click the [閉じる(Close)] button to close the search result detail window.

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5.Other

●About the ambiguous kanji search function

If it is noted on the top page that the ambiguous kanji (Chinese character) search function is used, searches are carried out while the following characters are considered identical: Obsolete and current characters, simplified and traditional characters, similarly looking characters, and characters having the same meaning. Note, however, that the settings differ depending on the search item. The kanji dictionary used for this search function utilizes the Kanji Integration Index (supported by Mr. Yasunori Wakayama, Reitaku University) by the National Institute of Informatics.

●Understanding of use state

Google Analytics(TOS) may be used to grasp the use state of the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information on users but does not obtain any information with which private individuals may be identified.

●openBD link function

If it is noted on the top page that the openBD link function is used, the search result may show a photo of the book cover, an overview, the table of contents, and the introduction to the contents that are obtained through openBD.

●Amazon link function

If the result detail screen shows Amazon’s book cover photo and review, then that site participates in the Amazon Associate Program. If you purchase that book through the link within the site, a commission will be paid to the system management company.

●Donation by system management company

Once a year, the system management company donates an amount equal to or exceeding their affiliate income to organizations acting to help solve various social problems, such as conservation of the global environment, eradication of poverty and starvation, and aid to disaster areas. (Environmental/social contribution activities by OPAC Co., Ltd.)

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