LibGuides: Taoism: Finding Books

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Three Vinegar Tasters

The Three Vinegar Tasters

Fig. 1881,1210,0.1719, School of/style of: Hanabusa Itcho, Painting, hanging scroll. The Three Vinegar Tasters, representing the Buddha, Confucius and Lao Zi. Ink and colours on paper. Sealed, 18th Century (Japan: Owned by the British Museum), https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1881-1210-0-1719

Finding Books

University of Illinois Library Catalog
This is a good place to look at to find the appropriate literature for your research.
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Books and journals are organized in the library by subject. Each item is assigned one or more subject headings and a unique call number. Subject headings are standardized terms from the Library of Congress. The call number is based on the Dewey Decimal Classification or Library of Congress Classification. Boolean operators must be capitalized if used: AND, OR, NOT. Interface automatically truncates some search terms unless Boolean operators are used within the same query line. You can also browse catalog records by call number, creating a "virtual shelf browsing" experience.
I-Share Catalog
Use the I-Share catalog to find books not available at the University of Illinois (either because another patron has already charged this book, or because the book isn't part of the collection here). I-Share is a single catalog through which you can search and request books from the collections of 85+ academic and research libraries in Illinois. You request books from a participating I-Share library the same way you request books from University of Illinois libraries—simply click the "Request Item" tab, log in to your account (the same account you use to manage books you have borrowed from the University of Illinois Library), and complete the request. Books requested from I-Share libraries usually arrive withing three to four days, and you will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up. You can borrow I-Share books for 4 weeks, and renew each book up to 3 times (for a maximum circulating period of 16 weeks).

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Library Subject Headings

The subject heading Taoism links to many results. Refine your search with more focused subjects. Here is a sample of subjects relating to Taoism (you may also want to refine by language and medium)

Note! Try searching *aoism to get results for both Taoism and Daoism (often used interchangeably) Also try search for Tao or Dao. Chuang tzu or Zhuangzi (different transliterations of Chinese)

Taoist philosophy
Taoists
Tao
China civilization taoist influences
Laozi
Laozi - Dao De Jing

Browse the Shelves

Books on Taoism can be found in both the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library as well as the Main Stacks. These collections are contain both Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Call Numbers.

Library of Congress

BL1899-1942 Taoism

Dewey Decimal

299.514