East Asian Library Collections

The Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library (EAL) is North America's tenth-largest East Asian Library and the largest one in Southern California. As of June 30, 2013, the total of materials held is 764,737 volumes/items, which includes monographs, journals, microforms, audio-visual materials and electronic books. Of that total, 367,496 volumes/items are in Chinese, 278,958 are in Japanese and 62,756 are in Korean.

The East Asian Library holdings are traditionally strong in archeology, religion (especially Buddhism), folklore, pre-modern history and classical literature of China and Japan and Chinese and Japanese fine arts. Special efforts have been made in recent years to strengthen Chinese and Japanese local historical materials, Chinese and Korean films, and Chinese statistical yearbooks, genealogies and theater/dramas. The Library's Korean collection, developed since 1985, has strengths in history, literature and religion.

Subject Librarians

• East Asian Studies: Su Chen
• Chinese Studies: Hong Cheng
• Japanese Studies: Tomoko Bialock
• Korean Studies: Sanghun Cho
  

The East Asian Library’s Japanese collection is strong in Buddhism, fine arts, literature, history and folklore, with recent growing strength added in modern intellectual history and cultural studies. The collection also includes ca. 800 titles of pre-modern publications and manuscripts. Recent additions include a collection of books originally belonged to the late Prof. Marius B. Jansen (1922-2000), ca. 2,000 volumes on Japanese history, and another belonged to the late Mr. Jiro Tokuyama (1919-2001), over 2,600 volumes in business management, comparative cultures, and international relations.

See the Japanese Studies Research Guide(opens in a new tab) for a curated list of resources in Japanese Studies, including books, primary sources and databases.