WU Libraries: East Asian Library

East Asian Library

Addresses & Phone Numbers

January Hall, Second Floor
Phone: (314) 935-5525
Fax: (314) 935-7505
E-mail: ea@wumail.wustl.edu

Washington University
One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1061
St. Louis, MO 63130

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

Library Location. Locations of the Library Materials. Library floor maps.

The East Asian Library is located in January Hall (see campus map), on the second floor, just southwest of the Quadrangle, north of the McDonnell Science Building. It can be reached by stairs beginning on the ground level by the University College offices. (about January Hall)

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

Library floor maps.

Staff/Contacts

Tony Chang, East Asian Studies Librarian/Chinese Subject Librarian
(314) 935-4816
tchang@wustl.edu
(vacant), Japanese Catalog Librarian/Subject Librarian
(314) 935-5155
.
Wai-man Suen, East Asian Library Assistant
(314) 935-5525
wsuen@wustl.edu

About the Library and Collection

The East Asian Library is serving the Washington University community as part of the Washington University Libraries. It serves the information and research needs of the WU East Asian Studies Program. It also supports the Joint Center for East Asian Studies of Washington University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis' academic programs.

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 148,600 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

East Asian Library Monthly New Books List

Collections & Resources

Library Catalogs

The East Asian Library uses a computer online catalog and a card catalog.

ONLINE CATALOG

The online catalog, known as Washington University Library Catalog, is available in the library, in other libraries on campus, and by remote dial-up access through personal computers from home. Records for Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) materials display in both vernacular and transliterated forms:

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

Viewing CJK Scripts in WU Library Catalog:
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 card catalog is located in the reading room, and contains records for materials acquired before 1995.

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 Research Guides:

Services & Facilities

Circulation Policies

All borrowers with a current Washington University I.D. have borrowing privileges for circulating materials. Loan periods are:

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.

Books that have not been requested by another borrower may be renewed by bringing them to the East Asian Library, or using the "Services/Renew" function at the University Libraries homepage to renew books online. Telephone renewals are not accepted. Renewals may also be requested by e-mail . Borrowed materials may be recalled after two weeks. Fines for overdue books are 20 cents per day, per item; fines for recalled overdue books are 40 cents per day, per item. Overdue periodicals will be fined $1.00 per day.

Reserves

Faculty may place books or other materials needed for coursework on reserve. Obtain reserve materials by presenting a current Washington University I.D. at the Service Desk. Loan periods: two days; two hours; overnight (weekend after 5:00 p.m.; Mon. - Fri. after 9:00 p.m.).

Reference Services

Reference services are provided via e-mail, telephone, and in-person (please feel free to visit us). For assistance, direct your questions to:

935-5525, ea@wumail.wustl.edu (general)
935-4816, tchang@wustl.edu (Chinese studies: Tony Chang)
935-5155, tchang@wustl.edu (Japanese studies)

Online Services

Washington University Libraries offers Online Services (Suggestion Box, Renewal Request, Request for "On-order" Book, Book Order Request, Reserve Request, ILL Request, etc.) for the convenience of the Washington University community.

Equipment, Computers, Wireless Access, Headphones

East Asian Library Reading Room has five public computers with installed CJK software, which provide access to the Library catalog, as well as access to Internet and other resources. The library has one card-operated photocopier. (Copy cards are sold in the Olin Library). The library also has one microfiche reader. Headphones for general use within the East Asian Library are available at the circulation desk.

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).