Korean Studies

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Duke’s Online Catalog
Duke’s Korean Collection Database
WorldCat
McCune-Reishauer Romanization

Duke’s Online Catalog

Duke's Online Catalog is searchable using the Korean language as well as a romanized version for Korean resources. All the computers in Perkins/Bostock Library are able to input Korean scripts. This new search feature will be especially useful to scholars and students working with Korean languages. If you are having trouble searching for the Korean materials, please ask the Korean Studies Librarian for help.

Books

Books in Korean: Most books in the Korean Collection are located on the East Asian Collection, the second floor of Perkins/Bostock Library together with Chinese and Japanese materials in LC call number order.
Books in English: Most books are located in the Perkins Library in LC call number order; however, art, film and video, and performing arts are located in Lilly Library and religious materials in the Divinity Library.

Periodicals

The entire collection of Korean periodicals at Duke University is available through Duke's Online Catalog and in the East Asian Collection. The most recent issues are shelved in the Nicholas Family International Reading Room, Bostock Library.

Journal Articles in English

Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS): Online version of the Bibliography of Asian Studies references principally western-language articles and book chapters on all parts of Asia published since 1971. The online BAS offers users various methods for seeking citations. In addition to using the powerful search function, users can browse by country-subject, or by journal title.

Reference Books

Reference books such as bibliographies, encyclopedias, and dictionaries are shelved in Nicholas Family International Reading Room of Bostock Library by the LC call number as non-circulating books.

Audio-Visuals

Videos, DVDs and CDs are stored in the closed stacks of Lilly Library. You can search for all materials in Duke’s Online Catalog or Duke’s Korean DVD Collection.

Duke’s Korean Collection Database

Duke’s Korean Collection Database includes about 300 audio-visual materials and new Korean books. Through an integrated search box, you can search by title, author, publisher, director, and actor/actress in Korean, English, or Romanized scripts.

Korean Video Collection

Searchable Korean Video Collection Database at Duke
Search box: Search for title, director, and actor/actress in any Korean, English, or Romanized scripts through an integrated search box
Show all videos: Browse all videos
Categories: Search for Feature Films, TV Dramas and Documentary Films.
Call Number: Link to Duke’s online catalog for location and full view of record
Release year: Sort by Movie or Media release year by clicking “Movie” or “Media”

Korean Book Collection

Searchable Korean New Book Collection Database at Duke
Search box: Search for title, author, and publisher in any Korean, English, or Romanized scripts through an integrated search box
Show all books: Browse all new books
Categories: Search for subjects
Call Number: Link to Duke’s online catalog for location and full view of record

WorldCat

This search is primarily for items that are not held at Duke University. WorldCat is a cumulative database containing catalog records from many libraries worldwide. These materials can be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

McCune-Reishauer Romanization

Korean resources at Duke’s library are cataloged in Korean scripts as well as in Romanization with McCune-Reischauer system based on pronunciation, which is different from the official Romanization system in Korea. You will need to use correct Romanization to retrieve Korean materials as follows:

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