As of June 1994, the holdings of the Chinese collection were 99,500 volumes. East Asian materials can be borrowed through interlibrary loan requests by faculty and students from other research institutions. Texts written in Chinese are shelved with the other foreign language books. Patrons can access this collection via computer search or with help from the staff. The over 800 volumes of the Chinese collection include fiction and non-fiction, with fiction dominating the collection.
Fiction includes classical and contemporary works including science fiction and kung fu novels.
Non-fiction include literature criticism, poetry, political sciences, religion and sociology. The collection includes Chinese jades, bronzes, ritual vessels, paintings, textiles, decorative arts, sculptures. It is particularly noted for its ceramics collection. The Kinsey Institute Library was established in 1947 and is the home of erotica collections representing many cultures including materials from China. The Chinese erotica collection consists of flat art, artifacts, erotic literature, erotica albums and scrolls dated from 17th century to present, and documents the richness of Chinese sexual culture and sexual history.