East Asian Studies

Please note that the LC Pinyin Romanization that used by libraries in the North America is slightly different than the habitual uses in academic writings. The most noticeable difference is that LC Romanization rules do not lump syllables except for personal and place names. When searching the library catalogues, please follow the LC rules. See following links and a video tutorial for detailed instructions. 

Most North American Libraries follow the Library of Congress Japanese romanization rules, which is a modified Hepburn system. Many libraries in Japan may use Kunreishiki 訓令式 romanization. The National Diet Library also has its own romanization rules (Yomi no kijun 読みの基準). For details, please see the links below. 
Different styles of characters are treated differently in UTL Catalog (ie. titles with 旧字体 is not discoverable when searching with 新字体), for example 說 and 説. To get most comprehensive results, please search the romanization. 

Most North American Libraries follow the Library of Congress romanization rules for Korean materials, which is based on the McCune-Reischauer system. There are several other major romanization rules, including the Revised Romanization of Korea and the Yale system. Romanization is the best to get comprehensive search results. When searching, you can omit any diacritics (i.e. breve, apostrophe, etc.).