The whole building is designed in the shape of a key, symbolizing its role as a golden key to knowledge. The library has a total floor area of 20,000 square meters across 7 floors, with more than 900 seats available for research and study.
The library houses a physical collection of approximately one million volumes, comprising mainly books and periodicals covering a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to regular publications, the library also houses an extensive collection of significant classical texts and reference works.

If you ' re keen on arts and design , why not pay a visit to the Academy of Arts & Design? The Arts Library is located on floors one to three in Area A . It spans 3,000 square meters and offers 200 seats. The library boasts an impressive collection of more than 240,000 printed items . Furthermore , there are over 80,000 e - books ,500 e - journals , and around 20 electronic databases available for your perusal.

The Finance Library located within the PBC School of Finance at Wudaokou, near the eastern entrance of the campus. It is divided into two distinct sections: an open stack area and an underground book vault. The library spans approximately 1,200 square meters and holds around 100 seats. The Finance Library houses over 100,000 printed volumes and provides access to 10 financial terminals, including Bloomberg and Wind.

The Law Library is currently located in the Leo Koguan Building of School of Law. If you are a law major, this could be the best place to conveniently access the resources you need. The Law Library has more than 200,000 printed volumes and subscribes to multiple professional legal databases. Its featured collections are "Basic Law Library", "Tian Tao Library", and classics of German and Japanese law. It has more than 600 seats and 12 individual study rooms.

The library is located on the fifth floor of Jianhua Building of the School of Economics and Management (SEM). The library was established in 1985 and occupies a vast area of over 700 square meters. It houses an extensive collection of more than 100,000 economics and management books, including over 10,000 books in foreign languages. Furthermore, approximately 3,000 new books are added annually to the library ' s collection. The main purpose of the SEM Library is to serve the needs of all SEM teachers and students, while also serving as a resource center for readers from other schools within Tsinghua University.

The library is located on the third floor of the School of Architecture. The Architecture Library has more than 70,000 books, mainly covering architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture. The collection also includes books on philosophy, history, literature, and other humanities disciplines. In addition, the library has a valuable collection of ancient Chinese books, architectural drawings, and models dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

Note: You can access and borrow books from these subject libraries with your IC card. However, there is a limit of 20 books per person if you are not a student from the associated department, except for the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Finance Library and Law Library.

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