East Asian Library
General Information |
Collections & Resources |
Services & Facilities |
Addresses & Phone NumbersJanuary Hall,
Second Floor Washington University |
General Information
Regular Hours
| Monday - Friday Saturday & Sunday |
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
(Special Collection Room, Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Holiday, intersession, summer, and other special hours
Summer Hours
(May 7-August 26, 2008)
| Monday - Friday | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm |
| Sat. & Sun. | Closed |
| May 19, Monday | Open 8:30 am-Noon Only |
| May 26, Monday | Closed |
| July 4, Friday | Closed |
Library Location. Locations of the Library Materials. Library floor maps.
Wheelchair access is provided by elevator from the
ground and all succeeding levels to the 3rd floor of Ridgley
Hall, then over the bridge to the reading room of the Library,
which is adjacent to the stacks.
| Locations of the library materials | |
|---|---|
| EAsia General Stacks | 1st Level (call numbers N,P); 2nd Level (B,D-M,Q-V); 3rd Level (A,C); Basement (Z) |
| EAsia Folio | 1st Level |
| EAsia Reference | Reading Room |
| EAsia Periodicals | Reading Room (current issues); 3rd Level (Bound issues) |
| EAsia Special Coll | 2nd Level |
| EAsia CD-ROM | Circulation Desk |
| EAsia Reserve | Circulation Desk |
| EAsia Microform | Circulation Desk |
| EAsia Pop Lit. | 2nd Level |
Staff/Contacts
- Tony Chang, East Asian Studies Librarian/Chinese Subject Librarian
(314) 935-4816
tchang@wustl.edu - Asako Shiba, Japanese Catalog Librarian/Subject Librarian
(314) 935-5155
ashiba@wustl.edu - Wai-man Suen, East Asian Library Assistant
(314) 935-5525
wsuen@wustl.edu
About the Library and Collection
The East Asian Library consists almost entirely of materials in the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. (Materials in western languages related to East Asia are mainly shelved in the Olin Library). Special strengths are in the fields of languages, literature, history, philosophy, religion, and art history. The collection contains about 148,000 volumes of books and bound periodicals, 325 CD-ROMs, 3,350 microfiches, and 1,400 reels of microfilm materials relating to China, Japan, and Korea, complemented by a broad range of electronic resources. (About 15,000 volumes of back runs of periodicals and other lesser used materials are shelved in the West Campus Library.)
Library's special holdings include the Robert S. Elegant Collection; primarily the assorted files of clippings of newspapers, magazines, and news releases covering the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1970), which was donated in 1976 by Mr. Robert S. Elegant and housed in the Special Collection area; Nelson I. Wu's collection on East Asian art and architecture, and Chinese culture; Thomas Temple Hoopes' collection on Japanese sword and Japanese art history.
The Adeline S. Boyd Collection of Asian Art consists of English language books on Asian art, which were donated by Mrs. Boyd to the Dept. of ANELL and temporarily shelved in the East Asian Library Reading Room (next to the Circulation counter). This collection is for use in the reading room only.
East Asian Library Photos
What's New
Monthly New Books List
Collections & Resources
Library Catalogs
ONLINE CATALOG
- Pinyin System for Chinese
-
Modified Hepburn System for Japanese
(Please view this page in Japanese Shift-JIS encoding)
(Guideline for Japanese word division) - McCune-Reischauer System for Korean
You may search and view the records containing information in Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK). In the WU Library Catalog, please click "CJK/Non-Roman" at the bottom first to view the records in Unicode display.
In order to view CJK scripts in the catalog, you need to use a computer with built-in CJK fonts (e.g. Windows 2000). (Unicode Display: with Internet Explorer 5 and above, please turn on the Unicode character set by going through "View", "Encoding" and select "Unicode UTF-8").
CARD CATALOG
The Library uses the Library of Congress classification
system, except for some materials acquired prior to 1969, which
use the Harvard-Yenching classification system.
Electronic Databases & Electronic Journals
CD-ROMs and Microform Materials in the East Asian Library
WU East Asian Studies Programs
- WU East Asian Studies Program
- WU Visiting East Asian Professionals Program
- WU Dept. of Asian & Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
WU Libraries East Asian Studies Subject Guides (East Asian Studies resources on the Internet)
Services & Facilities
Circulation Policies
- Faculty -- 90 days
- Graduate students -- 60 days
- Undergraduates -- 4 weeks
- W.U. staff -- 4 weeks
- Courtesy borrowers -- 3 weeks
- Bound periodicals circulate for 5 days.
- Materials in the Special Collection are for use inside the library only.
Reserves
Reference Services
- 935-5525, ea@wumail.wustl.edu (general)
- 935-4816, tchang@wustl.edu (Chinese studies: Tony Chang)
- 935-5155, ashiba@wustl.edu (Japanese studies: Asako Shiba)
Online Services
Equipment, Computers, Wireless Access
WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS is available in the reading room. Access to the wireless network requires using either a secure, encrypted connection (WUFI-S) or an unencrypted connection (WUFI). Instructions for obtaining the appropriate software and procedures for connecting to the wireless network can be found on the University Libraries wireless network web site. The wireless network is available to students, faculty, staff, and long term visiting researchers of Washington University. (Check current status of wireless network access points in the libraries).