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About East Asia Collection
The East Asia Collection is a library of over 90,000 catalogued books, reference materials, and periodicals written in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The holdings are strong in the humanities and social sciences and particularly emphasize the history and literature of East Asia. Over 800 periodical titles and more than 300 different yearbooks and annual reports are currently received. In addition, the collection also contains over 1,000 volumes of Western-language reference works. Acquired primarily to support the university's teaching and research programs, these publications offer library users a wealth of materials unavailable elsewhere in the state of Maryland. The collection is under the care of a curator who is a specialist in the field of East Asian studies.
AnnouncementOur latest acquisition is China Academic Full Text Journal Database; it contains more than 627 journals. The access is available from: ResearchPort http://www.lib.umd.edu/ then go to "Asian Studies", then to Chinese Studies. |
Catalog
All holdings of the East Asia Collection are represented in catalogusmai (in Romanized form only) and the OCLC CJK system (in vernacular form), which is available at the front of service desk. A card catalog of the holdings is also maintained in the basement of McKeldin Library.
