The University of Tokyo: Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters Library (大学院人文社会系研究科・ 文学部図書室)

About the Library:

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters Library consists of three sections:

Faculty of Letters Building 2 (法文２号館) holds reference materials, back numbered periodicals and PhD dissertations.

Faculty of Letters Building 3 (文学部３号館) holds general library materials

Research facilities exist in multiple locations. Each research facility carries library materials and recent periodicals.

For more information, please go to "Structure of the faculty of letters library".

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The list of archival collections is available in the "文庫コレクション" section.

Note: The Guide uses the ALA/LC standard romanization, however, it also reflects a different romanization system used by an individual institution or collection.

Using the Library

Prior to the Visit: Advance Inquiry and Preparation Required

• Please verify the desired material is available by using UT OPAC.

• Please ask the home institution library to contact them to verify the desired material is available by Fax:  

       Att: University of Tokyo 
       school of humanities and sociology
       faculty of letters service management
       faculty of letters library.
       Fax: +81-3-5841-3820

• For those who don"t belong any research institution, please use the FAX form (PDF, Japanese) available on their webpage, and send the following information by mail, Fax and  e-mail:
  • 閲覧資料希望名 (Name of Library Materials you wish to view)
  • 連絡先 (Contact Information) 
  • 来室希望日 (Date(s) you wish to visit)

      Att: University of Tokyo 
      school of humanities and sociology
      faculty of letters service management
      faculty of letters library.
      Fax: +81-3-5841-3820
      E-mail: service#l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
      (Please replace # with @)

Upon Arrival:

• Please present some form of personal ID at the circulation desk.

Photocopy:

• Please refer to "Library guide [For non-members of UTokyo]".

We are constantly improving the guide contents and we want your opinion.

For all comments and questions about the Guide, please e-mail us:

mlaguide@nccjapan.net