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Asian Library Remote Resources and Services

This guide supports Asian Library users as they study, teach and conduct research from home.

Introduction

Hello, Korean Studies folks!

I am Saeyong Kim, your librarian, and while the Library is physically closed I will be supporting you online. I am thankful to be working and living on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. This guide is to aid your research, teaching, and learning activities in our new online-only environment. Everything here is a digital resource, except me, and you. Take care of yourself, email me any questions you have or to set up a consultation appointment, and make use of the resources. Remember to check the Library Service Updates for the best way to request materials that you need. Again: if you need a resource, for a course, to teach, for your research, for general learning, and you can't find it, check the Library Service Updates and contact me. I will do my best to secure access for you.

Stay safe,

Saeyong (saeyong.kim@ubc.ca)

Moazine Trial

UBC had trial access to Moazine, a searchable full-text database of Korean magazines.

The Moazine trial ended on October 31, 2020.

If you used Moazine during the trial period, please send feedback to let us know what you thought.

Language Learning Resources

KBS Radio: scroll down to 팟캐스트 for podcasts. They also have a Youtube channel, KBS Kong

iMBC: click podcast M for podcasts. Youtube channel: MBC Radio 봉춘라디오

SBS Radio: scroll down and click on each program to download episodes. Youtube channel: SBS Radio 에라오

Korean Classic Film: Youtube channel of Korean Film Archive (한국영상자료원). Classic Korean cinema, restored and digitized from film

Genie Music on Youtube: official music videos, more mainstream

Onstage on Youtube: Music by indie, niche, or newer musicians

Newspapers

For a list of online newspapers from and about both Koreas, in Korean and English, see the Korean Studies libguide on newspapers.

Databases

Please see the Online Databases libguide for a full list of Korean Studies databases

Romanizing Korean

  • First, see the Romanization Libguide for an introduction to McCune-Reischauer, which is what most academic libraries use.
  • Then, see the National Institute of Korean Language's guide to Korean Romanization, which shows you what the Government of South Korea uses.
  • Notice that these two are different; as you explore more Korean materials you will see that many proper nouns are also romanized differently from either of these systems and kept uncorrected due to customary use.
  • The logical conclusion is that in your research, you will search for things using Hangul first, then both romanization systems, then check for idiosyncratic spellings in each particular case.
  • If you use a converter, such as this one from Pusan National University, you still need to check your results as the software is not perfect.

Film Studies