| Collection Description |
Asian language materials are held in the Asian Studies Research Collection. The main collections focus on China and Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan and Korea, with smaller collections in Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Khmer and Indonesian regional languages. The Korean collection is the largest in an Australian university library. The Indonesian collection is the largest in Victoria. Its strengths include the newspaper collection; extensive microform holdings of monographs, serials and archival collections; statistical material; a large and rare pamphlet collection; and the Balai Pustaka collection. Other special collections include the David Chandler Cambodia collection, the Norodom Sihanouk Archival collection, the Thai popular music vinyl collection, the Japanese Music Archive, and the MCJLE collection of resources for teaching Japanese.
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| Collection Details |
| Arabic |
Monographs |
41 |
| |
Serials |
11 (52) |
| |
Videos/DVD |
11 (14) |
|
Sound Recordings |
>17 (17) |
| Bengali |
Monographs |
6 (8) |
|
Videos/DVD |
24 (32) |
|
Sound Recordings |
4 |
| Burmese |
Monographs |
10 (19) |
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Serials |
a few in Burma Democracy Movement collection |
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Videos/DVD |
3 |
|
Sound Recordings |
11 |
| Chinese |
Monographs |
6991 (8921) |
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Serials |
411 (5947) inc'g newspapers |
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Newspapers |
11 |
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Videos/DVD |
128 (145) |
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Sound Recordings |
>11 |
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CD-ROMs/electronic/online |
1 |
| Dari |
Monographs |
(see Farsi) |
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Newspapers |
(see Farsi) |
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Videos/DVD |
(see Farsi) |
| Farsi |
Monographs |
20 |
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Newspapers |
2 (27) |
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Videos/DVD |
20 |
|
Sound Recordings |
1 |
| Hebrew |
Monographs |
279 (293) |
|
Serials |
6 (93) |
|
Videos/DVD |
6 |
|
Sound Recordings |
61 (8) |
| Hindi |
Monographs |
77 (91) |
|
Serials |
1 (22) |
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Videos/DVD |
10 (17) |
|
Sound Recordings |
>6 |
| Indonesian |
Monographs |
approx 25500 (25900) inc'g Javanese |
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Serials |
>1655 (5029) inc'g newspapers |
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Newspapers |
76 |
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Videos/DVD |
64 (80) |
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Sound Recordings |
>119 (32) |
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CD-ROMs/electronic/online |
5 (7) |
| Japanese |
Monographs |
>13744 (17809) |
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Serials |
483 (7853) inc'g newspapers |
|
Newspapers |
13 |
|
Videos/DVD |
263 (353) |
|
Sound Recordings |
>61 (70) |
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CD-ROMs/electronic/online |
6 |
| Khmer |
Monographs |
23 |
|
Serials |
11 (567) |
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Newspapers |
9 |
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Videos/DVD |
150 |
|
Sound Recordings |
>5 |
| Korean |
Monographs |
8533 (10096) |
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Serials |
441 (5201) inc'g newspapers |
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Newspapers |
9 |
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Videos/DVD |
338 (455) |
|
Sound Recordings |
34 (47) |
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CD-ROMs/electronic/online |
68 (71) |
| Kurdish |
Videos/DVD |
3 |
|
Sound Recordings |
1 |
| Malay |
Monographs |
2366 (2502) |
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Serials |
51 (328) inc'g newspapers |
|
Newspapers |
7 (+ 6 titles from Singapore & Brunei) |
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Videos/DVD |
4 |
|
Sound Recordings |
>3 |
|
CD-ROMs/electronic/online |
1 |
| Tagalog |
Monographs |
9 |
|
Sound Recordings |
>1 |
| Tamil |
Monographs |
11 |
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Videos/DVD |
1 |
| Tetum |
Monographs |
1 |
| Thai |
Monographs |
2054 (2517) |
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Serials |
67 (500) |
|
Videos/DVD |
12 |
|
Sound Recordings |
>500 |
| Turkish |
Monographs |
44 (34) |
|
Serials |
6 (25) |
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Videos/DVD |
2 |
|
Sound Recordings |
7 |
| Urdu |
Monographs |
3 (4) |
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Videos/DVD |
3 |
|
Sound Recordings |
5 |
| Vietnamese |
Monographs |
363 (458) |
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Serials |
17 (274) inc'g newspapers |
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Newspapers |
3 |
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Videos/DVD |
12 (17) |
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Sound Recordings |
4 |
| Other |
Language |
Sundanese, Lao, Mongolian, Nepali, Tibetan |
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Monographs |
70 Sundanese, >30 other langs. |
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Serials |
10 |
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Videos/DVD |
1 |
|
Sound Recordings |
>12 |
Information
correct at 30th November 2006 |