Basic Reference Tools on Korea
The
reference tools included in this list are based mainly on ones held at the
Korea Collection of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), which now contains
about 1,100 reference titles. It may not cover all the basic reference tools
available. Suggestions for inclusion of other titles by the users of this list
are expected to make it more useful.
Titles
published before 1989 are excluded, since Eugene Hyung-suk Chai’s An Annotated Bibliography of Korean
Reference Books covered them. Chai’s Bibliography
is an excellent and very useful compilation of reference materials on Korea. I
recommend that every Korea collection should have a copy. This “Basic Reference
Tools on Korea” includs some serial titles, even though they are covered in
Chai’s work, if they are still being published and belong to the ‘basic’
category.
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References
in this list are organized by the types of reference tools and/or by the
disciplinary subjects. Under each type and subject, references are sometimes
grouped together when they represent similar types or subject matter.
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When
there is no English title available for a reference written in Korean language,
the title in Chinese characters in brackets is provided.
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Travel
Guidebooks are not included. They are easily identifiable (Fodor’s; the lonely
planet travel survival kits, etc.). Many travel guides are also available on
the web.
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References
without publication years are serial publications.
Bibliographies of Reference Sources
Chai,
Eugene Hyung-suk. An Annotated
Bibliography of Korean Reference Books. Bloomington, Ind.: Association for
Asian Studies, 1989. 95 p.
Pak, On-ja, et al. eds. Han'guk
Ch`amgo Chŏngbo Charyo Haeje. Inmun, Sahoe Kwahakp`yŏn: 1970-1993
[韓國參考情報資料解題. 人文社會科學篇: 1970-1993].
Seoul: Han'guk Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe, 1994. 432 p.
Han'guk
Sŏji Saŏphoe. Han'guk Ch`amgo
Tosŏ Haeje = Annotated Bibliography of Korean Reference Books. Seoul:
Han'guk Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe, 1971. 273 p.
Annuals/Yearbooks/Handbooks
Korea Annual: A Comprehensive Handbook on
Korea. Seoul: Yonhap News Agency.
Savada,
Andrea Matles, and William Shaw, eds. South Korea, A
Country Study. Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of
Congress, 1992. 408 p. (also at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/krtoc.html)
Tonga Yŏn'gam = Dong-A Yearbook.
Seoul: Tonga Ilbosa. (with supplement Han'guk,
Oeguk Inmyŏngnok [韓國外國人名錄])
Yŏnhap Yŏn'gam = Yonhap
Yearbook. Seoul: Yŏnhap Nyusŭ. (with
supplement Han'guk Inmyŏng
Sajŏn [韓國人名辭典])
Munye Yŏn'gam = Culture and Artistic
Yearbook. Seoul: Han'guk Munhwa Yesul
Chinhŭngwŏn.
Local
yearbooks are available, for example, Kyŏnggi
Yŏn'gam [京畿年鑑], Kangwŏn
Yŏn'gam [江原年鑑], Halla Yŏn'gam [漢拏年鑑], etc.
Bibliographies, Catalogs & Indexes
Bibliography of Asian Studies.
Ann Arbor, MI: Association
for Asian Studies. <http://bas.umdl.umich.edu/b/bas/> (9 December
2001).
Hoffmann, Frank, comp. assisted
by Matthew J. Christensen,
and Kirk W. Larsen. Harvard
Korean Studies Bibliography: 80,000 References on Korea.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, Korea Institute, 1999. CD-ROM.
Kukhoe Tosŏgwan Munhŏn Chŏngbo [國會圖書館文獻情報]. Seoul: Taehan Min'guk Kukhoe Tosŏgwan. CD-ROM
and <http://www.nanet.go.kr/dl/index.html> (3 January 2002).
1950-yŏn Ijŏn Kugoe Parhaeng
Han'guk Kwallyŏn Charyo Mongnok [1950年以前國外發行
韓國關聯資料目錄]. Seoul: Kungnip Chungang Tosŏgwan, 1997. 238 p.
Hoare,
James. Korea (World Bibliographical
Series v.204). Oxford, England; Santa Barbara, Calif.; CLIO Press, 1997. 331 p.
Academy
of Korean Studies,
comp. Selected Bibliography of Korean
Studies. Seoul: Korea Foundation, 1995. 396 p.
Bian,
Yanjie,
and Jeffrey Broadbent,
eds. Social Science Research on the Life
Course in Korea: Citations and Abstracts. Minneapolis, Minn.: Life Course
Center, University of Minnesota, 1997. 35 p.
Taehan
Min'guk Kukhoe Tosŏgwan. Chŏngbu
Kanhaegmul Mongnok = Government Publications in Korea. Seoul: Taehan Min'guk Kukhoe
Tosŏgwan.
Wilson,
Myoung Chung. Korean Government
Publication: An Introductory Guide. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press,
2000. 192 p.
Yang,
Key Paik. A List of Americans Records and
Papers on Korea = Miguk Nae Han'guk Kwallyŏn Kirok mit Sŏryu Mongnok.
Yŏngmunp`yŏn. Seoul: Korea
Foundation, 1991. 343 p.
<Periodicals>
Choo,
Yong Kyu,
comp. Union List of Korean Serials in
East Asian Libraries in the United States. Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Asian Studies, 1994. 263
p.
Han'guk
Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe,
ed. Haksul Chapchi Saegin 1960 [學術雜誌索引 1960]. Seoul: Han'guk Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe, 1963. 407 p.
Han'guk Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe, ed. Haksul
Chapchi Saegin 1961-1962 [學術雜誌索引 1961-1962]. Seoul: Han'guk Tosŏgwan Hyŏphoe, 1964. 777 p.
Elrod,
J. McRee. An Index to English Language
Periodical Literature Published in Korea, 1890-1940. Seoul: Korean National
Assembly Library, 1965. 198 p.
An Index to English Periodical Literature
Published in Korea, 1945-1966. Seoul: Korean Research
Center, 1967. 153 p.
Chapchi Chogwang Ch`ong Mokch`a 1935-1944 [雜誌<朝光>總目次 1935-1944]. Seoul: Taehan Min'guk Kukhoe Tosŏgwan, 1970. 226 p.
Chapchi Tonggwang, Sin tonga Ch`ong Mokch`a 1926-1933 [雜誌<東光><新東亞>總目次 1926-1933].
Seoul: Taehan
Min'guk Kukhoe
Tosŏgwan, 1969. 131 p.
Kaebyŏk Chi Ch`ong Mokch`a 1920-1949 [<開闢>誌總目次 1920-1949].
Seoul: Taehan
Min'guk Kukhoe
Tosŏgwan, 1966. 131 p.
Wŏlgan Chosŏn Saegin 1980-1994 [月刊朝鮮索引 1980-1994]. Seoul: Chosŏn Ilbosa,
1994. 280 p.
<Newspapers>
Korea Integrated News Database System (KINDS). Seoul: Korea Press Foundation. <http://www.kinds.or.kr/> (3 January 2002).
Chosŏn Ilbo Saegin
[朝鮮日報索引]. 4 vols. (1990; 1991; 1992; 1993). Seoul: Chosŏn
Ilbosa P`yŏnjipkuk Chosabu, 1994-1995.
Chosŏn Ilbo T`ukchip Kisa Saegin,
1920-1994 [朝鮮日報特輯記事索引 1920-1994]. Seoul: Chosŏn Ilbosa, 1995. 991 p.
Chosŏn Ilbo Hagye Kisa Saegin,
1920-1940 [朝鮮日報學藝記事索引 1920-1940]. Seoul: Chosŏn Ilbo P`yŏnjipkuk,
1989. 832 p.
Han'guk
Yŏksa Yŏn'guhoe Taehan Chegukki Yŏn'guban, ed. Hwangsŏng Sinmun Kisa Saeginjip [皇城新聞記事索引集]. 2 vols. Seoul: Kyŏngin Munhwasa, 1998.
Elrod,
J. McRee. An Index to English Language
Newspapers Published in Korea, 1896-1937. Seoul: Yonsei University, 1966.
50 p.
Biography
Yi,
Tu-hŭi,
et al. Han'guk Inmyŏng Chaho
Sajŏn [韓國人名字號辭典]. Seoul: Kyemyŏng Munhwasa, 1988. 741 p.
Yŏksa
Munje Yŏn'guso,
ed. Ilche Ha Sahoe Undong Inmyŏng
Saeginjip [日帝下社會運動人名索引集]. 2 vols. Seoul: Yŏgang Ch`ulp`ansa, 1992. 2421 p.
Kang,
Man-gil, and Tae-gyŏng
Song, eds. Han'guk Sahoejuui Undong Inmyŏng
Sajŏn [韓國社會主義運動人名辭典]. Seoul: Ch`angjak kwa Pip`yŏngsa, 1996. 615 p.
Sohn,
Pow-key. Biographical Tables of the Koryo
Period. Berkeley, CA:
East Asia Studies, Institute of International Studies, University of
California, 1958. 179 p.
Myŏngse Ch`onggo = Directory of
Government Officials in Yi Dynasty. 2 vols. Seoul: Han'guk Tosŏgwan Yŏn'guhoe, 1975-1976.
Taehan Cheguk Kwanwŏn
Iryŏksŏ [大韓帝國官員履歷書]. Seoul: Kuksa P`yŏnch`an Wiwŏnhoe, 1972. 929 p.
Han'guk
Chŏngsin Munhwa Yŏn'guwŏn. Han'guk Inmul Taesajŏn
[韓國人物大辭典]. 2 vols. Seoul: Chungang Ilbo, Chungang M&B, 1999.
Han'guk Kŭn Hyŏndaesa
Inmyŏngnok [韓國近現代史人名錄]. 6 vols. Seoul: Yŏgang Ch`ulp`ansa, 1987.
Han'guk ŭl Umjiginŭn
Inmuldŭl = Who's Who in Korea. 2 vols. Seoul: Chungang Ilbosa, 1996.
Yi,
Sang-ŭn,
ed. Han'guk Yŏktae Inmulchŏn Chipsŏng
[韓國歷代人物傳集成]. 5 vols. Kyŏnggi-do Kwangmyŏng-si:
Minch`ang Munhwasa, 1990.
Directories
Korea Telephone Directory.
Seoul: The Korea Telephone Directory.
Korea Yellow Pages.
Seoul: Korea
Yellow Pages Ltd.
Oemubu
Chaeoe Kungminkwa,
ed. Haeoe Kyop`o Tanch`e Chojik Hyŏnhwang [海外僑胞團體組織現況]. Seoul: Oemubu, 1994. 570 p.
Han'guk Min'gan
Tanch`e Ch`ongnam = Directory of Korean NGOs. 2 vols. Seoul: Simin ui Sinmun, Simin
Undong Chŏngbo Sent`ŏ, 2000.
Taehak Yon'guso Ch`ongnam
= Directory of Research Institutes in Universities.
2 vols. (v. 1. Kungnaep`yŏn; v. 2. Oegukp`yŏn). Seoul: Han'guk Yŏn'guso Ch`ongnam P`yŏnjip Wiwŏnhoe, 1998.
Encyclopedias
Han'guk Minjok Munhwa Tae Paekkwa Sajŏn
[韓國民族文化大百科辭典]. 28 vols. Kyŏnggi-do Sŏngnam-si: Han'guk Chŏngsin Munhwa Yon'guwŏn.
Han’guk Munhwa Paekkwa Sajǒn [한국문화백과사전]. Seoul : Hansebon, 2004.
798 p.
Purit`aenikŏ Segye Tae Paekkwa
Sajŏn = Britannica World Encyclopedia. 27 vols. Seoul: Tonga Ilbo;
Purit`aenikŏ, 1992.
Kugyŏk Chŭngbo Munhŏn Pigo
Saegin. [國譯增補文獻備考索引]. 3 vols. Seoul: Sejong Taewang Kinyŏm Saŏphoe, 1996.
Statistics
T`onggye Chŏngbo Sojae Annae
[統計情報所在案內]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng.
T`onggye Yongŏ Chŏngŭijip
[統計用語定義集]. Seoul: T`ongyech`ŏng, 1994. 493 p.
Han'guk T`onggye Yŏn'gam = Korea
Statistical Yearbook. Seoul: Kyŏngje Kihoegwŏn.
(also on CD-ROM)
Statistical Handbook of Korea.
Seoul: National Bureau of Statistics, Economic Planning Board.
Chŏn'guk T`onggye Yŏn'gam
[全國統計年鑑]. Seoul: Sin'gwan Ch`ulp`ansa. (also on CD-ROM)
Local
statistical yearbooks are available, for example, Ch`ungnam T`onggye Yŏnbo [忠南統計年報]; Cheju T`onggye Yŏnbo [濟州統計年報]; Chŏnbuk T`onggye Yŏnbo [全北統計年報]; Kangwŏn T`onggye Yŏnbo [江原統計年報]; Pusan T`onggye Yŏnbo
[釜山統計年報]; Sŏul T`onggye Yŏnbo [서울統計年報]; Kwangju T`onggye Yŏnbo [光州統計年報]; etc.
Han'guk Tosi Yŏn'gam = Municipal
Yearbook of Korea. Seoul: Haengjŏng Chach`ibu.
Tosi Pigyo T`onggye = Comparative
Statistics of Major Cities. Seoul: Sŏul T`ukpyŏlsi.
Nam-Pukhan Kyŏngje Sahoesang Pigyo
[南北韓經濟社會相比較]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng.
1995 Population and Housing Census Report. Seoul: National
Statistical Office, 1997. (also on CD-ROM)
In'gu Idong T`onggye Yŏnbo = Annual
Report on the Internal Migration Statistics (Derived from Resident Registration).
Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng.
In'gu Tongt`ae T`onggye Yŏnbo = Annual
Report on the Vital Statistics (Based on Vital Registration).
Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng.
Samang Wŏnin T`onggye Yŏnbo =
Annual Report on the Cause of Death Statistics (Based on Vital Registration).
Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng.
Chonghap Mulka Ch`ongnam: T`onggye ro Pon
Mulka 25-yŏnsa (1970-1995) : Chonghap Mulka Chŏngbo, Ch`anggan
25-chunyŏn, Kinyŏm Palgan [綜合物價總攬: 統計로 본 物價 25年史]. Seoul: Han'guk Mulka Chŏngbo, 1995. 463 p.
Han'guk ŭi Hwan'gyŏng T`onggye
Pyŏngka Pogosŏ [韓國의 環境統計評價報告書]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng, 1996. 541 p.
Sŏul
T`ukpyŏlsi Sa P`yŏnch`an Wiwŏnhoe. Sŏul T`onggye Charyojip: Taehan Cheguk Sigip`yŏn [서울統計資料集: 大韓帝國時期篇]. Seoul: Sŏul T`ukpyŏlsi, 1996. 491 p.
Sŏul
T`ukpyŏlsi Sa P`yŏnch`an Wiwŏnhoe. Sŏul T`onggye Charyojip, Ilche Kangjŏmgip`yŏn [서울統計資料集: 日帝强占期篇]. Seoul: Sŏul T`ukpyolsi, 1993. 589 p.
T`onggye ro Pon Segye wa Han'guk
[統計로 본 世界와 韓國]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng, 1995. 881 p.
T`onggye ro Pon Taehan Min'guk 50-yŏn
ŭi Kyŏngje Sahoesang Pyŏnhwa [統計로 본 大韓民國50年의 經濟社會相變化]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng, 1998. 557p.
Ch`oe,
In-gŭn, et al. eds. T`onggye
ro Pon Kwangbok Chŏnhu ŭi Kyŏngje, Sahoesang [統計로 본 光復前後의 經濟社會相]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng, 1993. 158 p.
T`onggye ro Pon Kwangbok Ihu Han'gugin
ŭi Munhwa Saenghwal Pyŏnch`ŏn [統計로 본 光復以後 韓國人의 文化生活變遷]. Seoul: T`onggyech`ŏng, 1995. 95 p.
Archaeology
Yi,
Hŏn-jae. Han'guk Kogohak Munhŏn
Mongnok [韓國考古學文獻目錄]. Seoul: Hagyŏn Munhwawa, 1995. 886 p.
Architecture
Han'guk Kŏnch`uksa Munhŏn Mongnok
[韓國建築史文獻目錄]. Seoul: Parŏn, 1994. 437 p.
Yŏnse
Taehakkyo Taehagwŏn Kŏnch`uk Konghakkwa Kŏnch`uk Yŏn'gusil,
ed. Kŏnch`uk Kwan'gye Munhŏn
Charyo Mongnokchip: Kungnae Hagwi Nonmun mit Yŏn'gu Nonmun ŭl
Chungsim ŭro [建築關係文獻資料目錄集]. Seoul: Konggan Yesulsa, 1993. 545 p.
Chang,
Ki-in. Sinp`yŏn Han'guk
Kŏnch`uk Sajŏn [新編韓國建築辭典]. Seoul: Posŏnggak, 1993. 615 p.
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