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Jessie Ball duPont Library

Chinese Research Guide

Locating Books in the Library

Below is a very general outline of the major Library of Congress Classification areas in which materials in Chinese studies can be found.  Using the library catalog is best to pinpoint materials; however, the areas listed below can also help guide you to areas in which you can browse for materials.

DS 701-799  Chinese history

N 7343-7345  Chinese art history

PL 1001-3208  Chinese language and literature, including dictionaries

PN  2870-2878  Chinese theater

How to read Library of Congress Call Numbers 

Using TigerSearch

Screenshot of the top of a TigerSearch results page

TigerSearch searches our library’s holdings along with the contents of most of our databases. Some databases are not accessible to TigerSearch, so if you want to search those databases, you need to go to them directly. (See a list of databases not included in TigerSearch here.)

The filters give you lots of ways to target your results, by language, by geographic area, by type of material. Buttons also allow you to limit your search to peer reviewed articles or items that have full text available online.

Search on the library homepage

WorldCat Search Box

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Request an Interlibrary Loan

Google Books Search

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