The correlation between the frequencies of use of Japanese medical journals and their inclusion in major worldwide secondary materials such as IM, EM, BA and CC is described in this paper. One hundred twenty-two journals that seemed to be frequently used, judging from the state of acquisition of Japanese medical journals, a survey of journals used at the libraries of medical colleges and universities in Japan, and a survey of frequently cited journals, were selected. Among the 122 journals, 52 (42.6%) were not covered in major international secondary materials. It was found that 41 (74.5%) of 55 journals, 48 selected from the above mentioned 52 (excluding 4) and 7 other frequently cited journals, were published by commerical companies. It was also found that almost none of the articles in these journals had English abstracts. Further, from a survey of the inclusion of Japanese medical journals in IM during the period from 1960 to 1984, it was found that the same journals were not always included in IM.
Many Japanese medical journals which seem to be used frequently are not covered in secondary materials. This paper discusses some issues involved in the selection criteria for journals that editors of secondary materials find difficult to understand owing to the language barrier.
To enhance evaluation of Japanese journals internationally, the authors suggest that it be made a rule that authors prepare an English title and English abstract for each article and that these be sent to editors of secondary materials.

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Although we have been discussing the methods of buying foreign journals for the library, the best possible method is yet to be found. We librarians are anxious to acquire foreign journals under more economical and more trustworthy conditions all over the country. We have tried various methods of buying foreign journals for our library for five years, and these trials are reported.

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The characteristics of citations in a standard psychology textbook were examined. The analysis of 859 citations taken from the textbook included the following: form of citation, rank order of serial, subject of source journal, comparison of publications, comparison of cited authors or scholars, Japanese authors. The results delineate some unique characteristics of the textbook and the author points out the need of further examination and comparison of standard textbooks in various subjects and languages.

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The Library of the Japanese Nursing Associaton (JNA) is a special nursing library supplying photocopies of nursing and related literature for nurses and nursing students by mail order. The library also supplies hospital libraries and medical libraries as an interlibrary loan service by means of photocopies if requested. The JNA library has conducted a survey over the past 3 years (1980-1982) to determine the degree of satisfaction with their services. The results of the survey showed that all needs were satisfied. On the other hand, however, due to the increase in the use of literature, an increase in the lack of bibliographic citations resulted. To improve this situation, user education must be provided. In conclusion, it is desirable that the interlibrary loan network be more adequately served.

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The Japan Medical Library Association was established in 1927, and its major role is interlibrary loan activities. Arranging the “Union Catalog” of journals and books (holdings list), which is based on the interlibrary loan activities, is one of the basic tasks of the Association. As for the “Union Catalog” of foreign medical books, a total of eight volumes of the “Union Catalogue of Foreign Books in the Libraries of Japanese Medical Schools” was published from 1949 to 1956. This so-called “Union Catalog” has been edited by using a computer from 1977 up to the present. This study reports the history of the “Union Catalog.”

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