Korean Studies   Tags: asian_languages_and_culture, asian_studies, best_bet, east_asian_studies, international_studies, korean_studies  

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U-M Library Catalog

 WorldCat 

World wide Union Catalog (Login required for off-campus users)

 RISS International  (전국대학소장자료)

Union Catalog of university & college libraries in Korea

 National Digital Library  (국가전자도서관)

National information database linking 8 major Korean national library catalogs

 Google Book Search   

Google site to search over the full text of books

Hathi Trust     

A shared Digital Repository for research libraries

Univ. of Michigan

Asia Library

Nam Center for Korean Studies

Korean Language Programs

Korean Student Association - Graduate (KSAG)

This guide provides selected resources supporting teaching and research in Korean Studies. For resources covering multiple countries in East Asia, please consult the Research Guide for East Asian Studies.

For detailed Information on Korean Collection, please click HERE.

Go to "Articles & Databases" page for Korean Full-Text journal articles (DBPIA / KISS), E-Books, and Newspaper archives.

ArticlesPlus and Google Scholar help you find articles in Korean. Just key in 한글 in a search box!

 ArticlesPlus 

* New Books:  For a list of newly cataloged items within 1 to 4 weeks,

                     please Click HERE!

* Book Purchase Requests:  Please Click HERE!

* UBorrow

A new interlibrary loan borrowing service using the combined library catalog of our peer institutions in the Big Ten is now available. The UBorrow service is a faster option for book loans and offers a 12-week loan period.

UBorrow is a faster, more predictable interlibrary loan (ILL) option for the borrowing of physical items. Uborrow allows you to:

• Search or browse a database of 14 combined library catalogs (Big 10 universities plus Center for Research Libraries)
• Discover if a book is available at MLibrary or within the consortium with one search
• Place a request that goes directly to another institution without MLibrary staff intervention:
• authenticate through ILLiad at http://www.lib.umich.edu/ill-interlibrary-loan-um-community/uborrow
•  click on the “UBorrow” link below the UBorrow logo
• Expect a faster and more predictable turnaround time (usually within 5 business days)
• Receive 12-week book loans, which is longer than standard ILL  (DVDs and other special materials will still have relatively brief loan periods)

Korean Library Collections at the University of Michigan

                                                                                                                                    July 2012

The University’s involvement with East Asian countries can be traced back 130 years to the tenure of Dr. James Burrill Angell, third president of the University. Recognized for his expertise in international affairs, President Angell was called upon to serve as the Ambassador to China and lived in Beijing from 1880 to 1881. Under his great leadership and vision, the University played a major role in expanding opportunities for students from the Pacific-Rim countries.

The establishment of the Center for Japanese Studies in 1947 and the Center for Chinese Studies in 1961 has further developed teaching and research on East Asia. Michigan eventually became a major center for Asian education with the creation of the centers for the study of Asian languages and cultures. Korea-related studies at the University have a relatively short history of 20 years compared to other East Asian Studies at the University. Korean language courses were first offered in 1990 and the Korean Studies Program (KSP) was officially founded in 1995 at the International Institute with generous financial support from the Korea Foundation. The KSP was upgraded to the Center for Korean Studies (CKS) in 2007.

To satisfy the instructional and research needs of the rapidly developing KSP, the Korean Collections began to collect books and other materials on Korea on a large scale in 2000. One epoch-making development is to join the Korean Collections Consortium of North America (KCCNA) as the 10th member in 2003. The Consortium is funded by the Korea Foundation and each member library is committed to develop in-depth collections on assigned subject areas. Michigan is responsible for further developing the following subject areas; Historiography, Democratization, Reunification questions, Labor relations, Auto industry, Publications on Korea and Korean published in Japan, Publications on Korea and Korean published in Detroit and Mid West area.

As of June 2012 , the holdings of the Collections number more than 45,000 in monographs and periodicals, and a wide range of e-resources. There is no doubt that the Korean Collections continue to help facilitate groundbreaking scholarship in Korean Studies with the strong commitment and support of the University and the Foundation.

Overview of the Exhibition

Korean Treasures

Pilgrim’s Progress

Chingbo ŏn kandok

From Special Collections

From Map Library Collections