| Overview of Physical Collections (As of December 2012) |
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Categories
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Languages
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Subdivisions
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Volumes/Items
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Monographs
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Chinese
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General Books
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6,314,759 volumes
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General Ancient Books (including new thread-bound books)
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1,656,753 volumes
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Books Published in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and Overseas
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240,101 volumes
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Braille Books
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1,081 volumes
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Subtotal
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8,212,694 volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Western Languages (English, French, German, and others)
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1,984,478 volumes
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Russian (including Slavic languages)
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634,510 volumes
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Japanese and other Oriental Languages
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1,079,155 volumes
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Subtotal
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3,698,143 volumes
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Subtotal for Monographs
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11,910,837 volumes
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Periodicals
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Chinese
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Chinese Periodicals (53,409 titles)
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7,149,250 volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Periodicals in Foreign Languages (52,547 titles)
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6,722,023 volumes
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Subtotal for Periodicals
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13,871,273 volumes
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Newspapers
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Chinese
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Chinese Newspapers (7,859 titles)
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130,817 bound volumes
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Foreign Languages
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Newspapers in Foreign Languages (1,710 titles)
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94,839 bound volumes
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Subtotal for Newspapers
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225,656 bound volumes
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Special Collections
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Rare Books (including Ancient Rare Books, New Rare Books, Rare Books in Foreign Languages)
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334,141 volumes or items
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| Maps & Atlases in Chinese and Foreign Languages |
147,013 volumes or items |
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Static Pictures (Photographs, New Year Pictures, Engineering Drawings, and others)
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164,227 items
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Documents on Epigraphs & Rubbings
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316,993 items
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Manuscripts & Letters
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93,778 items
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Documents in Languages of Ethnic Minorities
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175,340 volumes or items
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Dunhuang & Turpan Documents
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21,823 items
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Genealogies & Chronicles
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65,043 volumes or items
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Other Special Collections (including Deluxe Editions)
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7,824 volumes or items
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Dissertations and other Chinese Materials
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1,361,068 volumes or items
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Materials in Library Sciences
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42,847 volumes or items
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International Organizations and Government Publications
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625,232 volumes or items
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Subtotal for Special Collections
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3,355,329 volumes or items
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Microforms
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Microfilms & Microfiches
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1,481,244 reels or fiches
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Audio-visual Materials
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Sound Recordings, Video Recordings, CD, Microgroove Records, MP3, LD, VCD, VHD, DVD
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284,539 disks or cassettes
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Electronic Publications
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CD-ROM and others
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66,243 items
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Total (as of December 2012)
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31,195,121 volumes or items
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