Bali, Indonesia
Image: Jade Alburo, Librarian/Curator for Southeast Asian, Pacific Islands, and Asian American Studies
Research Guides for Asia and Oceania
Asia & Oceania
Scope
What we collect:
The holdings of the UCLA Library about the Central Asia regions are centered around the domains of history, politics, and literature. Over numerous years, the library has actively procured materials in the Russian language pertaining to Central Asia, both about the region and authored by individuals from it. This acquisition effort extends to encompass English-language publications concerning these regions as well.
Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
Languages: Kazakh, Uzbek, Tajik, Tatar, Bashkir, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, and Uighur
Contact: Alena Aissing: Librarian/Curator for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Departments:
UCLA Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures
UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies
Out of Scope
What we do not collect: Mongolian materials
Contact:
Su Chen: Head, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library
Scope
What we collect: monographs, serials, and other print, electronic, and audiovisual resources on the region's peoples and diasporas, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, with some ecology and environmental science
Countries: all islands in Oceania, with a focus on Hawai'i, US territories and freely associated states, Samoa, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, and Indigenous Australia and New Zealand
Languages: English, some vernacular and creole/pidgin languages (e.g., Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander languages, Chamorro, Hawaiian, Maori, Marshallese, Palauan, Papuan languages, Samoan, Tok Pisin, Tongan), and some colonial languages (e.g., French, Japanese, Spanish)
Contact: Jade Alburo, Librarian/Curator for Southeast Asian, Pacific Islands, and Asian American Studies
Out of Scope
What we do not collect: most non-Indigenous and non-immigrant Australia and New Zealand
Contact: Joseph Yue, Librarian for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Reference Collections
Scope
What we collect:
Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Languages: Assamese, Baluchi, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Pashto, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Sinhalese, Tibetan, Urdu
Contact: Sohaib Baig, Librarian/Curator
Out of Scope
What we do not collect:
Contact: East Asian Library
Scope
What we collect: monographs, serials, and other print, electronic, and audiovisual resources on the region's people and diasporas, primarily in the humanities and social sciences, with some arts & sciences
Countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam
Languages: All national languages (Burmese, Chinese, English, Indonesian, Khmer, Lao, Malay, Pilipino, Portuguese, Tamil, Tetum, Thai, and Vietnamese) and selected minority languages (e.g., Balinese, Cebuano, Cham, Hiligaynon, Hmong, Iban, Ilocano, Javanese, Kapampangan, Karen, Shan, Sundanese), colonial languages (Dutch, French, Spanish), and other languages (e.g., Arabic, German, Japanese).
Contact: Jade Alburo, Librarian/Curator for Southeast Asian, Pacific Islands, and Asian American Studies
Out of Scope
What we do not collect: East Asia, unless related to Southeast Asian diasporas and issues
Contact: East Asian Library