Reference

Reference is a service that uses library materials to help you find research and search for materials and information.
"Do you have any materials related to XX?" We will accept consultations such as "I'm investigating XX, are there any materials that can be helpful?"

Please ask at the library counter when you visit the library. We also accept telephone calls, letters, and electronic applications.
＊However, we may not be able to answer homework, quiz answers, medical, health, legal consultation, etc.
In that case, we will help you find a clues.
＊Those who can use it: Those who live, work, or attend school.
＊If you are outside the city, please consult with your local library first.
However, questions about Yokohama-related or materials held only by Yokohama City Library are also accepted from outside the city.

Contact by telephone
045-262-0050 (Chuo-toshokan)

Contact information by letter
〒220-0032 1, Oimatsucho, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-shi
Municipal Central Library Research Materials Division

Application destinations for electronic application
We are accepting applications for reference only in this electronic application.
Please note that the time required for a response is one week.
＊If you do not receive an answer, please check the spam folder.
(Please set (address) so that you can receive mail from "reference@lib.city.yokohama.lg.jp")

• Reference application: Japanese (external site)(Received by electronic application)
• Reference Shinsei: Hiragana (outside site)(Association by Denshi)
• Reference Application:English (external site)(Acceptance of electronic application)

＊For inquiries other than the reference, please refer to "Contact Us".

Here are some examples of questions sent to the library.
In addition, the content has been edited in consideration of the privacy of the questioner.

Here are 10 examples of references published by City Library Yokohama in the Reference Collaborative Database.
Click on the question to see the answer.

１　 I want to know the meaning of "red feathers", "green feathers" and "blue feathers". (External Site)

２ 　Do you have any material that shows changes in the import price of helium gas? (External Site)

３ 　The names of the university grades are usually referred to as "first grader" or "second year", while universities in Kansai are referred to as "first-year student" or "second year student." Why do you call it so? (External Site)

４ 　What is the difference between Japan's three major rivers and the three major rivers in Japan?

５ 　I would like to know the prices and wages of 1937 (for example, how much is 10 kg in the United States and how much the starting salary for college graduate bankers). (External Site)

６ 　We are looking for materials that are detailed, such as where the stones used to make "Yoshidashinden" in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture came from. (External Site)

７　 Why do you say "octopus" in a bad word? (External Site)

８ 　The proverbs may become cloudy in the middle of the way. Is there any material that describes the meaning and purpose? Also, are there any materials that can be used to check when such usage has been made? (External Site)

９　I want to know what Christian amen is called in Islam. (External Site)

10　I want to know about the first person, second person, and third person used in Japan from ancient times to present. (External Site)

You can search for reference cases from the Yokohama City Library online catalog page.

• Yokohama City Library online catalog page "Reference Case Search": Japanese (external site)
• Yokohama Shiritsu and Shokanzoku Page "Reference Jirenkensaku": Hiragana (outside site)
• Yokohama City Library collection search page[Referense Search]: English (external site)

The Reference Cooperation Database is a project implemented by the National Diet Library and public libraries, university libraries, specialized libraries, etc., and provides them via the Internet to support reference services in libraries and research activities of general users. This is a project implemented by the National Diet Library for the purpose of doing so.
＊The list of cases provided by Municipal Central Library (the new order of registration) is displayed by clicking the National Diet Library's Reference Cooperative Database (list of examples provided by Municipal Central Library) (external site).
＊In addition to the Municipal Central Library case, you can search for reference examples from libraries nationwide.

• National Diet Library "Reference Collaborative Database" (external site)

To help you conduct research, a list of books by theme, and a catalog of materials that are difficult to find in online catalog.

• Chousa no Mikata (materials and information useful for research)

We have collected useful sites when doing research.

• Convenient links to research