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These collections are all located on the third floor of the Library Tower in the Microfilm Collection:
IASWR BUDDHIST SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS (BQ 1110 B83 1971 - Microfiche)
Description: Rare Buddhist manuscripts
Arrangement: Arranged by LMhj number as well as MBB or WGS number
Access:
1) First 19 fiche provide a descriptive catalogue of the collection. Items are listed in numerical order by MBB number. The descriptive catalogue pt. 1 does begin with an alphabetical title listing. We also have an alphabetical title list on fiche.
2) Buddhist Sanskrit Manuscripts: a title list of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (BQ 1130 B82 1975 2LB-REF). Titles are arranged by MBB, WGS and CSG numbers.
PL 480/SFC COLLECTIONS OF TIBETAN RELIGIOUS WORKS (BL 1945 T5 T53 1972 - Set I and II - Microfiche)
Description: Tibetan extra-canonical texts that became available when Tibetans fled from Tibet to India where they producd the literaure in book form.
Arrangement: Arranged by LMpj number and R or SB number
Access:
1) author catalogue on first 22 fiche of the collection. Consists of catalog cards with the LMpj and/or R number written on the left-hand side of the card.
2) A Catalogue of the United States Library of Congress Collection of Tibetan Literature in Microfiche (BL 1945 T5 L52 1983 - 2LB-REF) provides author arrangement. Volume 1 gives R or SB numbers; volume 2 lists SB or LMpj numbers and contains an index by major series.
3) First Cummulative Dictionary Catalog of Tibetan Works in the Library of the Institute for Advanced Studies of World Religions (BQ 7610 R63 1985 - 2LB-REF) provides author, title and subject index to selected works in the libray of the IASWR. The LMpj number is provided for those works in the microfiche collection.
4) PL 480 Microfiche Edition of Tibetan Literature OnlineSearch - can search by key word using Wylie transcription system for Tibetan characters.
5) Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center - can browse 726 of the PL 480 records (Note can re-sort the list by title, PL 480 #, author etc). Can also search the digitized Tibetan texts (over 40,000 works are in the database) available on CD-ROM at a nominal charge from the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center as well as search all the resources available at the Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANNIA INDIC MANUSCRIPTS Set I-IV; VII-VIII (PK 81 I56 1972 - Microfiche)
Description: Microedition of the University of Pennsylvannia's collection of Indic manuscripts. This is one of the largest collecitons in the United States and Canada
Arrangement: By sets; each fiche has LMhj number and a UP number but the fiche are not organized according to either number
Access:
1) A Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada/ compiled by Poleman (PK 81 I52 1938 - 2LB-REF) provides author, title and subject access. Entries indicate which libraries hold the item and provide UP numbers for those held by the University of Pennsylvannia. Limited usefulness as many of the manuscripts in the collection are not listed in Poleman's work and because the manuscripts are not arranged according to any numerical sequence.
2) A Union List of Printed Indic texts and Translations in American Libraries / compiled by Emeneau (PK 2902 U54 1935 - 2LB-REF) This work provides author,title and subject indexing and indicates if the University of Pennsylvannia holds the item.
3) Last 3 fiche contain an incomplete description catalog but do not provide access to the fiche.
4) University of Pennsylvania has compiled a prelimary list of titles. A more complete list of Vedic manuscripts according to Penn No. is available at this site. The University of Pennsylvania has also begun digitizing some of the manuscripts. The Table of the Electronic Indic Manuscripts lists titles by major division and subdivision.