Address: East Asian Library, Davidson Library, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Phone: (805) 893-2365 or (805) 893-4082 Fax: (805)893-7706

E-mail: chiu@library.ucsb.edu

Holdings: 155,716 (100% online)

Online Public Access Catalogs: PEGASUS ; MELVYL/CDL(California Digital Library -- UC System Union Catalog)

Reference Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm Mon.-Fri.

Cathy Chiu -- Head / East Asian Librarian

Peter Pang -- Chinese Specialist / Cataloger

Seiko Tu -- Japanese Specialist / Cataloger

The Library houses materials in all subjects on East Asian studies except for arts, music, and science (LC classification N, M, and Q to V). The strength of the collection includes Chinese literature in medieval and modern period, contemporary Chinese and Japanese government and politics, economic and social conditions, and religious studies (especially Buddhism, Shinto, and Taoism). The Library Office, located in Room 5539 and Room 5537, provides reference services from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday.

Created in 1967, the Library collection has been completely online since July, 1995 and can be accessed through PEGASUS, MELVYL, or OCLC. Its holding symbol on OCLC is "CUT".

The East Asian Library, located on the fifth floor of the Davidson Library, is made up of five sections: Main stacks, Stack D, Bibliography Room, Periodical Room, and the East Asian Collection offices.