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Primary and secondary sources on Chinese medicine are widely available in mainland China. Besides the libraries of provincial colleges and institutes of traditional Chinese medicine, large provincial and city libraries also have holdings of rare texts and modern books.
The best guide to collections of medical texts in China is the _Quanguo zhongyi tushu lianhe mulu_ պ [Union catalog to books on Chinese medicine in China],(Beijing: Zhongyi guji chubanshe, 1991). This published catalog indexes holdings from 113 different Chinese libraries and institutions, and provides information about rare editions as well as modern reprints of older works.
The most comprehensive collection in China is housed at the China Academy for Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM) in Beijing. Many foreign researchers have conducted research there, using other libraries to find specific editions of texts not held at CATCM.
China is changing rapidly, and its libraries are no exception. The information provided on this webpage is provided only as a point of reference. Please bear in mind that it may be outdated by the time you visit. Many libraries have undertaken projects to move, remodel, or renovate, for example, so addresses and access to collections may have changed.
If you have recent information about library conditions in China, please write and let us know!
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China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Other Chinese libraries (All links still under construction)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)
- Peking Union Medical College
- Beijing Library պ
- Shanghai University of TCM and Materia Medica
- Shanghai Municipal Library պ
- Zhejiang Research Institute for TCM and Materia Medica (Hangzhou)
- Zhejiang Provincial Library պ (Hangzhou)
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