Figure 1. Screenshot of accessing the journal article “Jpn J Endourol. 2016 Jun;29(1):119-24” using the literature database Medical*Online-E (Meteo Inc., Tokyo (Japan)) (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://mol.medicalonline.jp/en/archive/search?jo=cs5jjend&vo=29&nu=1&st=119. The machine-translated English title, “The initial experience of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy tried selective arterial ischemia [Machine Translation],” is followed by the original Japanese title enclosed in parentheses. This screenshot was cited with the permission of Meteo Inc., in accordance with the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act.
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Figure 2. Screenshots of accessing book information with an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of 9784870583658 using two types of union catalogs. (a) Access result from CiNii (National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo (Japan)) (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1130282268695391360?lang=en. The official English title of this book is indicated in the second line of the “Other Title” section. This screenshot was cited with the permission of the National Institute of Informatics in accordance with the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act. (b) Access result from WorldCat (OCLC Inc. (OH)) (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://search.worldcat.org/title/180196613. Although accessing this catalog can reveal official English titles for various books, such information is not provided for this particular book. Instead, the romanized title using macrons (ū and ō) “Shijō genri to Amerika iryō: Nihon no iryō kaikaku no miraikei: jiyū kyōsō, iryō kakusa shakai o ikinuku Amerika-shiki iryō keiei nyūmon” is indicated. This screenshot was cited with the permission of the legal department of OCLC, in accordance with the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act and Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act.
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Figure 3. Screenshot of accessing journal information with International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) 0018-1994 using the NLM Catalog (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/journals. The primary journal title is indicated as “Hinyokika Kiyo,” the secondary journal title as “Acta Urologica Japonica,” and the abbreviation as “Acta Urol Jap.” This screenshot was cited with the permission of the National Library of Medicine under the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act and Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act.
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Figure 4. (a) Screenshot of accessing journal information with an International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) of 1346-9665 using the Ichushi Search for Publications function (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://www.jamas.or.jp/shusaishi/search. The English title “Journal of Japan Academy of Gerontological Nursing” is indicated in the 10th row from the top of the table. This screenshot was cited with the permission of the NPO Japan Medical Abstracts Society in accordance with the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act. (b) Screenshot of accessing the ISSN International Centre’s List of Title Word Abbreviations (LTWA) (retrieved on June 21, 2024): https://www.issn.org/services/online-services/access-to-the-ltwa/. This shows that the abbreviation for words beginning with “Academ-” is “acad.” This screenshot was cited with the permission of “Le Centre International d´Enregistrement des Publications en Série” in accordance with the requirements of Article 32 of the Japanese Copyright Act and Article L.122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code.
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