Research Guides
The UW Libraries is committed to providing convenient and timely access to collections and information resources that are outstanding with respect to their quality, depth, diversity, format and currency to support the research and teaching missions of the University of Washington. These are the guidelines by which materials in Chinese or on the subjects related to the studies of the Chinese language, and China and Taiwan studies, are acquired at the UW Libraries.
The Chinese collection supports a wide range of disciplines. Some Library of Congress classes for China and Taiwan Studies and Chinese language studies that we collect are:
B Religion: BL1790-1975 China; BL1830-1883 Confucianism; BL1899-1942.85 Taoism; BQ1-9800 Buddhism
DS History: DS701-799.99 China; DS798.92-799.9 Taiwan
H (Social Sciences): from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and other regions related to East Asia.
JQ (Political Science): from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and other regions related to East Asia.
L (Education): from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and other regions related to East Asia.
N (Fine Arts): from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and other regions related to East Asia.
PL (Language and Literature) PL1001-3208 Chinese language and literature
Z (Bibliographies) Z3001-3496 National Bibliography - Asia
The UW Libraries' Chinese collection primarily supports the teaching and research of the Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the China Studies and Taiwan Studies programs at the Jackson School of International Studies. The main subject focus of the collection is in the humanities and social and political sciences. The China Studies Research Guide and Taiwan Studies Research Guide will provide more insights into the collection. For further inquiry, please contact the China/Taiwan Studies Librarian Lucy Li at lucyzli@uw.edu.