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Stephen A. Schwarzman Building > Collections & Reading Rooms > The Asian and Middle Eastern Division Research Level CollectionsSubjects collected at a Research Level (R) are meant to support dissertation preparation and independent research. The Division's collections comprise grammars and dictionaries, a large number of periodical titles, scholarly monographs, encyclopedias, handbooks, the proceedings of learned societies, editions of texts in primary languages, excavation reports, and catalogs of other major Orientalist libraries. In most cases, we can offer a historical view of the development of the subject area, with large holdings of early (16th, 17th and 18th century) periodicals, grammars, scholarly monographs, travelers' accounts, early lithographs, etc. Intended users include authors preparing books, students writing PhD dissertations, university faculty members, and other advanced researchers. Middle East Section
South Asia Section
East Asia Section
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