Research Guides: Undergraduate Guide to Korean Studies: Home

Discover Resources for Korean Studies

This guide will help you use the Libraries search Engine, OneSearch, to:

Search effectively to find resources to write your class papers
Write about topics that you are excited about

How to find Scholarly Books and eBooks
How to find Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Understand what Information the Libraries Search Engine gives you to make finding resources easier.

The Libraries' Search Engine: OneSearch

OneSearch will simultaneously search for:

books
scholarly articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals
- includes articles that are book reviews
newspaper articles
databases

Understanding the Format Types

Each format below links to an in-depth guide on how to locate more resources of that type.

Books
The university library holds many books you would normally never see in any bookstore. They are often published by University Presses. They can be broad in scope such as "k-pop," or very narrowly focused, such as anti-reunification sentiment in modern South Korea.
eBooks
Online digital books. To only see eBooks, look at the filters to the left of search results and select Full Text Online and Book / eBook.
Articles (that are peer reviewed in scholarly journals)
Peer-Reviewed journals are of great value when doing research because the published articles have been reviewed by other scholars that question and criticize the author. Only after this process can the article be published. Scholarly articles are usually very narrow in focus and use specialized vocabulary.
Newspaper Articles
You will see many newspaper articles in your search results. Whether you use these depends on the intentions of your research. You may need news articles for unfolding current events, or to assess public sentiment on something.

Limit Search Results to Online/Digital Only

After you search OneSearch with several keywords relevant to your topic, the results page will have filters on the left. Use the "Full Text Online" filter and then you also select the "Book / eBook" filter to only get eBooks. Journal articles and are almost always digital and do not require the "Full Text Online" filter.

Compare a search for "kpop" with the following filters active:

No filters (20,000 results)
Filter for Books Only (85 results)
Filters for eBooks Only (55 results)
Filters for Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Only (835 results)

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Japanese & Korean Studies Librarian

Adam Lisbon

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303-492-8822

How do I keep track of the resources I find?

You can use Zotero. It's free software that works with your browser to make tracking your sources and citing them later much easier. Check out the Libraries guide on using Zotero.
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