East Asian Library

The East Asian Library and the Gest Collection

普林斯頓大學葛思德東亞圖書館 ・ プリンストン大学東アジア図書館 ・ 프린스턴 대학교 동아시아 도서관

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Contact Us

Frist Campus Center
 (609) 258-3182
Fax: (609) 258-4573
The East Asian Library is located in the Frist Campus Center
Interior of the East Asian Library

The East Asian Library collects materials in practically all subjects in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, as well as works on Chinese, Japanese and Korean linguistics and literatures in Western languages.  Although the Gest Library was originally begun with the acquisition of many rare books, today it is the working collection that supports all kinds of research done in the Department and Program of East Asian Studies. Emphases in the makeup of the collection reflect the strengths of the department. Thus the collection is quite comprehensive in works on literature and history, with less stress placed on works in the social sciences. As is appropriate to the Chinese collection, it is also voluminous in philosophy and religion, geography and the classics; of special note is the collection on traditional Chinese medicine. The Japanese collection has similar areas of strength with the holdings in premodern history being particularly noteworthy. The Korean collection, though much smaller in scale than the other two, provides a basis for scholarly research. 

Latest News

  • Expanded access to Chinese databases

    Princeton, October 25, 2023. Chinese Text Project – API accessPrinceton users now can use special features of the Chinese Text Project website. The library provides access to the Chinese Text Project...

  • New trials for databases from Taiwan

    Princeton, October 05, 2023: The East Asian Library is running two trials of new databases from Taiwan: Taiwan Government Research Archives (TGRA)The database collects the communiqués of the six...

  • Database Trials - Nihon shinrei and Onrain-ban Goto Shinpei monjo

    Princeton, July 18, 2023: The East Asian Library is running trials of two new Japanese databases: 1.    Nihon shinrei (日本心霊), the bulletin of the Spirit Society of Japan (1915 – 1939) contains...