Databases by Subject

Korean Studies


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This is a full text database of more than 1,920 Korean scholarly journals in various disciplines. Most journals are covered from the first issue.

This e-journal database provides over 950 Korean journal titles, covering the fields of the Humanities, Arts and Physical Education, Social Science, and STM.

A collection of 489 ebook titles in full-text and image files of various disciplines including Korean history, classics, literature, arts, and medicine.

This is a multi-disciplinary full-text database which includes 800 publishers with 1,300 scholarly journals published by academic societies and research centers in South Korea.

NK News is an independent, privately owned specialist information source that focuses on North Korea. The site intends to bring authoritative news, opinion & analysis, research tools, data and subject specialists together in one convenient place. The service was established in April 2010 and has staff in Washington DC, Seoul, and London.

The Yŏnhaengnok Collection is a collection of travelogues recorded by Korean envoys who traveled to China during the Koryŏ and Chosŏn dynasties from the 12th century to the 19th century.  Users can browse travel records by time period, king, and author.  It is multi-languages searchable full-text including classical Korean and Chinese.

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