Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Last updated December 2021
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British Library Middle Eastern Collections
Gives free access to the merged online catalogues of major University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland, including the British Library.
Most of the books held in the Cambridge University Library can be searched from here including those of the Chinese Section in the UL. It is searchable in Chinese, either in Pinyin transcription or in characters.
SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies Library)
Similar database of to COPAC but on a much larger scale. It includes the collections of all American libraries and many other libraries world-wide (e.g. Uk, Australia, Europe). Most American East Asian and Middle Eastern collections can be found here. Once you have located the item you would like to read you can filter your search to find out which UK libraries hold that particular publication.
Faculty of Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies
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