Frequently Asked Questions: Asian Studies

The Asian collections comprise more than 4 million items in many Asian languages and dialects, all of which are accessible in the Library's Asian Reading Room. These materials in print, manuscript, microform, and digital formats are organized into the following collections: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Tibetan, and Asian American Pacific Islander. Visitors and researchers can access these collections and speak with reference librarians for the Asian collections in the Asian Reading Room.

The Division is divided into eight collections: 

• Chinese Collection 
• Japanese Collection 
• Korean Collection
• Mongolian Collection 
• South Asian Collection 
• Southeast Asian Collection 
• Tibetan Collection 
• Asian American Pacific Islander Collection