CHIN 335 - Chinese Literature in Translation

Books and Ebooks 书

Gleeson has lots of books and ebooks that you can use for your research. You can use Fusion to search for books, but you can also go directly to Ignacio, the library’s book database, to search for books, too.

In Ignacio:

• To search ebooks only, click "search online holdings only."

• Use our Home Ship service to request print books from Gleeson. Please allow for shipping times.

Use Interlibrary Loan to request books that are not available at Gleeson. Please allow for shipping times (at least 1-2 weeks).

Ignacio Search Strategies 

• Search by Title/Author in Ignacio to find specific books or books BY specific people.

  • For example, search by TITLE for Love in a Fallen City to find that book. Search by AUTHOR for Chang, Eileen to find books written BY Zhang Ailing/Eileen Chang in Gleeson Library.

• Search by Keyword/Subject to find books ABOUT certain topics.

  • For example, search by keywords Chinese poetry AND nature to find books about those topics. 

  • ***Or, search by SUBJECT for Zhang Ailing to find books ABOUT this author’s work.****

  • Other useful SUBJECT searches:

    • Chinese Literature (very broad! Browse and choose a subcategory)

      • For example:

        • Chinese Literature -- Women authors

        • Chinese Literature -- Women authors -- History and Criticism

You don’t have to read the entire book to see if it will be useful to your research. You can search within ebooks to find terms or names, and you can use the index at the back of print books to see if a topic or person is covered.

What if Gleeson doesn't have the book that I'm looking for? Or what if I'd like to expand my search to other libraries?

Try LINK+. Searching the LINK+ catalog expands your search to libraries with which we have a sharing agreement. Books requested from LINK+ arrive at Gleeson within approximately 3 business days. We'll send you an email when your book arrives. You can pick up and return LINK+ requests from Gleeson's front desk.  Checkouts are 3 weeks.