Library holdings and searching the catalogue for East Asian Studies

Books or pamphlets in English relating to East Asia in general are normally shelved in the ordinary Western Bank Library sequences.

Material in English relating wholly or principally to one country is shelved in the collection specific to the country in question, alongside the vernacular material on the same subject.

Periodicals holdings in all languages appear in the StarPlus catalogue.

All material in one of the vernacular languages is shelved together, whatever the subject matter. However, microform materials are shelved in the Western Bank Library microform sequences.

English and vernacular languages
English	It is extremely important to use the StarPlus catalogue to check locations of non-vernacular items, since material covering more than one country in East Asia is likely to be shelved in the ordinary WBL sequences.
Chinese	Search the StarPlus catalogue using Pinyin Romanisation.
Japanese	Search the StarPlus catalogue using Hepburn Romanisation.
UK Japanese Union Catalogue at Cambridge	For display in Japanese, search the UK Japanese Union Catalogue at Cambridge, which covers holdings at Sheffield.
Korean	Search the StarPlus catalogue using McCune-Reischauer Romanisation.

Shelfmark codes to remember
C prefix	Indicates Chinese Studies Collection, both in English and in Chinese. These are kept on Leve 3.
J prefix	Indicates Japanese Studies Collection, both in English and Japanese. These are kept in the Reading Room, or in the Level 2 store.
K prefix	Indicates the Korean Studies Collection, both in English and Korean. These are kept on Level 3.
EASL Store	Indicates the Level 2 EASL Store, to which access is restricted. Ask at the counter or EAS office for information about access.