Tongji University Library has a history of about one hundred years. Its predecessor was founded in 1907 as bibliotheca and reading room. The Library has a rich collection of materials both in Chinese and foreign languages. In the collection there are 2390,000 volumes of books (1,920,000 of Chinese, 470,000 of foreign language); 4200 kinds of periodicals, 300000 volumes of bound-in; more than 300,000 volumes of E-books and E-periodicals.

The library holds plenty of famous electronic resources of online databases, such as ISI Web of Knowledge, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, EI Village 2, OCLC First-search ,Elsevier, CNKI, and others. It also provides access to over 600 professional databases via international search of DIALOG system, STN system and OCLC First-search system.

Tongji University Library is now a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), China Academic Library & Information System (CALIS), and Shanghai Information Resources Network (SIRN). It has played important role in teaching and scientific research at Tongji University, and has also given an important contribution to China 's education library and information circles. Besides, the library was ranked A-class of all libraries by Higher Education Bureau of Shanghai.

The library has an Administrative Office and Departments of Resource Construction, Cataloging, Circulation, Reading, Technical Services, Information Reference, Intelligence & Digitalizing System management, including Jiading Branch, Hudong Branch, Huxi Branch, Hubei Reader Service Department and their divisions.

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