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Users are not allowed to remove items from the library, but can browse and read them in the library's reading room. Users are not permitted in the stacks in the Oya Soichi Bunko
Libraries; instead, librarians retrieve articles upon request. The articles are non-circulating but can be copied for ¥100
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The Oya collection is divided into two indexes: one of persons and the other of topics. There are currently over 120,000 persons and 7,000 topics represented in the collection. The Index
Ranking on their web page, gives the users a hint of various indexes but also provides a brief overview of the
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As of 2005, the daily admission fee of ¥500 allows users to browse a maximum of 10 items. In order to browse more than that, the user must pay an additional ¥300, which allows the perusal of up to 50 items per day. As a corporate or individual member, 100 items can be examined per day. However,
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Japanese libraries. Second, the Oya Soichi Library Magazine Index System enables users to find over 2,700,000 articles from 1988 to the present. The system is categorized into five different indexes: persons, subjects, keywords, magazines, and writers. In addition, the
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per page. The monochrome articles can also be sent by mail for ¥600 or colored articles for ¥700 per page, excluding shipping charges. Members of Oya Soichi Bunko can also request that articles be faxed at a cost of ¥600 per page plus a service charge.
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Article Catalog CD-ROM has been published every year since 1997. The CD-ROM ranges from 1992 to the present; it is searchable by topic, keyword, issue date, and genre of magazines. Lastly, the
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