Access millions of pages of primary source collections spanning content from the 15th-21st centuries.
A compilation of Buddhist terminologies, temples, schools, persons etc that are found in East Asian Buddhist canonical sources. Since much of what East Asian Buddhists have written about is the Buddhism of India, Central Asia, and Tibet, the content of this database/translation glossary is pan-Buddhist in character. Dictionaries and other reference sources are in many different Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Pali, Sanskrit and Tibetan).
Buddhist Texts online 佛教大藏經
CBETA Chinese Tripitaka – 大藏經
Japanese Taisho Tripitaka – 大正新脩大藏經
Master Shengyan Dharma Drum – 聖嚴法師法鼓全集
Mary A. Ainsworth, an Oberlin alumna of 1889, bequeathed her Japanese Artist Book collection to Oberlin College in 1950. The works are mostly from late Edo (1603-1867) to 1912.
Digital collection related to the activity of Oberlinians in Asia from the 1880s & the 1950s
This growing collection consists of selected images of architecture, sculpture, paintings, and other media from various art historical periods. These images are selected on the basis of the curricular needs of the Oberlin College Department of Art.
Oberlin College educational use only - Redistribution off campus prohibited.
Educational documentaries and fiction feature films curated to help students examine the issues related to social, ecological, political and environmental justice around the world.
Chinese Rare books Collection (coming soon)
If you are interested to learn more about printing and special collection,
please visit: Special Collection
Our Special Collection Librarian also teaches every winter term (Jan) for Letter Press Printing