Chinese Studies and Language

You can access print and eBooks via the Library Catalogue. To find books on a particular subject, try a keyword search:

Note: you can search the catalogue in non-Latin scripts (including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean). 

For information on access and loans, including material from other libraries, see the borrowing from the library page. 

To learn how to access and get the most out of eBooks, see the eBook Library Guide.

To improve your searching skills, see the Research Essentials Library Guide. 

The East Asian Collection is divided into two parts:

• Rare East Asian Collection: available via the Baillieu Library Reading Room
• General East Asian Collection: available for borrowing from the ERC Library. The General East Asian Collection consists of both print and electronic research materials in Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages. This collection mainly covers the areas of arts and humanities, social sciences and architectural history.

Search this collection in the Library catalogue using Chinese characters (simplified and traditional) or Pinyin Romanisation. If you search with Pinyin Romanisation, please refer to the Library of Congress' Chinese romanization guidelines