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Asian Studies

Finding Books


The library organizes its collection by subject matter. 
  You can often simply locate a book of a specific subject area. Call numbers are roughly assigned by subject areas according to the Library of Congress classification system, and indicate books location on shelves. Here are some examples of subject headings and subdivisions under Asian Studies.

Books of Interest

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

Covers social and political thought, meditation, ecology and contemporary issues and applications Each section contains overviews and scholarship that expands readers understanding of the breadth and diversity of Buddhist thought Essays provide valuable alternative philosophical perspectives to those available in other traditions.

China : A new history

A full and final expression of Fairbank's lifelong engagement with China. A masterwork without parallel. Goldman brings the book up to date, covering reforms in the post-Mao period through the early years of the twenty-first century, including the leadership of Hu Jintao. She also provides an epilogue discussing the changes in contemporary China that will shape the nation in the years to come.

eBook Collections

The CCSF community has access to more than 242,000 ebooks and evideos via our O'Reilly and EBSCO eBook subscriptions. Want to learn more about using and finding ebooks for research? We have a video showing how to do just that.


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