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Shanghai Library = Shanghai Tu Shu Guan
Resources and Activities
Founded in 1952, the Shanghai Library has the largest collection of Chinese genealogical materials in the world. In 1996, the Library opened the first Chinese Jia Pu Reading Room. It also offers public genealogy programs and has organized national and international conferences on Chinese genealogical research. Shanghai Library is currently coordinating an international project designed to create a comprehensive bibliography of Chinese genealogies worldwide (see Shanghai Library Project).
Databases
Genealogy Catalogue = Jia Pu Mu Lu
Shanghai Library's searchable database of Chinese genealogies.
Publications
General Catalogue of Chinese Genealogy = Zhongguo Jia Pu Zong He Mu Lu (1997)
Available at the Asian Library, University of British Columbia - Z5134 .C46 1997 or by interlibrary loan
Dictionary of Chinese Genealogy
Summary of Genealogies at the Shanghai Library = Shanghai Tu Shu Guan Guan Cang Jia Pu Ti Yao (2000)
Wang, Heming
Available at the Asian Library, University of British Columbia - CS1163.S42 or by interlibrary loan
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Contact Information
| Website: |
http://www.library.sh.cn/web/index.html (English) |
| Mailing address: |
1555 Huai Hai Zhong Lu Shanghai 200031 P. R. China |
| Telephone: | 021-644-55555 Ext. 1213 |
| Fax: | 021-644-55001 |
| Email: |
service@libnet.sh.cn |
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