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China Studies: Finding Library Materials

Library Materials

Classification System

In the Library collection, most materials on this interdisciplinary topic are classified in these ranges of Library of Congress call numbers.

Subject Headings

In the HKUST PowerSearch, use the following suggested subject terms to search for resources:

Arts

  • Architecture, China
  • Art - China
  • Art objects, Chinese
  • Artists - China
  • Calligraphy - China
  • Calligraphy , Chinese
  • China - Antiquities
  • Decorative arts - China
  • Folk art, China
  • Painting - China
  • Painting, Chinese
  • Photography - China
  • Pottery, Chinese
  • Sculpture, Chinese

Philosophy

  • Confucianists
  • Five agents (Chinese philosophy)
  • Legalism (Chinese philosophy)
  • Moism
  • Philosophers - China
  • Philosophy - China
  • Philosophy, Chinese
  • Philosophy - Confucian
  • Philosophy, Taoist
  • Tao
  • Taoism - China
  • Yin-yang (陰陽)

History

  • China - Biography
  • China - Civilization
  • China - History
  • China Civilization History

Religion

  • Buddhism - China
  • China - Civilization - Buddhist influences
  • China - Social life and customs
  • China - Religion
  • Civilization, Buddhist
  • Gods, Buddhist
  • Moonasteries, Buddhist - China
  • Priests, Buddhist - China
  • Pure Land Buddhism - China
  • Tantric Buddhism - China
  • Temples, Buddhist - China
  • Zen Buddhism - China

Literature

  • Authors, Chinese
  • Chinese classics
  • Chinese drama
  • Chinese essays
  • Chinese fiction
  • Chinese literature
  • Chinese poetry
  • Chinese prose literature
  • Folk literature, Chinese
  • Folk poetry, Chinese

Social Life & Folklore

  • China - Genealogy
  • China - Social conditions
  • China - Social life and customs
  • Clans - China
  • Cookery, Chinese
  • Costume - China
  • Festivals- China
  • Folklore - China
  • Food habits - China
  • Funeral rites and ceremonies - China
  • Kinship - China

Performing Arts

  • Actors - China
  • Artists - China
  • Chiese - drama
  • Dance - China
  • Dramatists, Chinese
  • Entertainers - China
  • Folk drama, Chinese
  • Folk music - China
  • Folk songs - China
  • Ju qu (劇曲)
  • Motion pictures - China
  • Motion pictures, Chinese
  • Music - China
  • Operas, Chinese
  • Performing arts - China
  • Songs, Chinese
  • Theater - China

Science & Technology

  • Agriculture - China
  • Engineering - China
  • High technology - China
  • High technology industries - China
  • Information technology - China
  • Inventions - China
  • Materia medica - China
  • Mathematics - China
  • Medicine, Chinese
  • Natural history - China
  • Philosophy and science - China
  • Physics - China
  • Science - China
  • Technology - China
  • Technology - Research - China
  • Zoology - China

 

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