Most major university and public libraries will have materials relating to Chinese medicine. It is beyond the scope of this web page to list all such holdings. Instead, this section of the ChiMed page aims to provide information on the most comprehensive collections in different countries and regions, as well as on institutions with unique or noteworthy collections materials.

We are constantly expanding and updating this list. Please contact us if you know of an institution that should be added.

North America

United States

• National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD)
• The Library of Congress (Washington, DC)
• Gest Oriental Library and East Asian Collections, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ).  
• Harvard-Yenching Library, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)

Europe

United Kingdom

• Needham Research Institute (Cambridge)
• The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine (London)

Asia

Mainland China

• Mainland Chinese libraries: General introduction
• China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Beijing) WM website
• Other Mainland Chinese libraries (links under construction)

Taiwan

• Academia Sinica (Taipei)
• Read introduction to History of Medicine Group
• Connect to IHP home page

Japan

Takeda Chemical Industries
(Links still under construction)

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