How to search for Chinese, Japanese and Korean records in the library catalogue
Most records in the Online Catalogue for Chinese, Japanese and Korean material contain both Romanisation and vernacular scripts. You can search these records using either Romanisation or vernacular scripts.
For example:
You can input Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts using Microsoft's Global IME. Click here for detailed instructions on how to input CJK scripts with Global IME.
Global IME is installed on the East Asian Collection's public terminals. You can download the software for your own computer from here.
The Romanisation systems used in the library catalogue are:
- Hepburn for Japanese material
- McCune-Reichauer for Korean material
- Pinyin for Chinese material
If searching is done in Pinyin, each Chinese character should be input as one Pinyin syllable, except for personal and geographic names, where syllables should be joined. For example:
- zhong wen (not zhongwen) - Chinese language
- zhongguo - geographic name
- jia pingwa - personal name
Please note: The Online Catalogue lists the Chinese, Japanese and Korean material catalogued since 1990. The Author/Title Card Catalogue in the East Asian Collection lists Chinese and Japanese material catalogued prior to 1990.