Abstract
　We report briefly the method to use the database, SAlGAIKS, which has been developed from l982. SAIGAIKS includes the data related to natural disasters such as, research papers, investigative reports observed data and photographs taken at disaster struck areas, hazard maps, observed fundamental data for disaster prevention research in our institute, aerial photographs, articles on natural disasters in newspapers, statistical data published from government and municipal offices. SAIGAIKS provides you an on-line service through the inter-university information distributing system (N1-system). FAIRS, a software being used to search the database, offers you an interactive capability−allowing you to ask a question about commands, get answer from the computer, and pose your next response. This database which has right now about more than 10,000 entries is regularly updated to provide access to the most recently published information about natural disaster.

【キーワード】：データペース, 情報検索, 自然災害, SAIGAIKS

*京都大学防災研究所
Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto Univ.