Contents:

• Find background information
• Find books
• Find articles
• Key websites
• Related research guides
• Evaluating what you find

tip: encyclopedias and handbooks can provide additional keywords for your research, and citations to key resources

sources in Korean studies and women's, gender, and sexuality studies

• Asia-Studies Full-Text Online - full-text research reports on business, government, economic, and social issues
• Culture and Customs of Korea - refer to topical chapters & suggestions for further reading
• Glossary of Korean Culture - Clapp Ref PL939 .H372 2001
• The Greenwood Encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Clapp Ref HQ1115 .G74 2003. Vol. 1: Asia.
• International Encyclopedia of Sexuality. Clapp Ref HQ21 I68 1998 Vol. 4: Korea.
• International Handbook on Gender Roles - Clapp Ref HQ1075 .I58 1993
• Korean Database - information about Korean art, culture, folklore, history, literature, philosophy, and religion.

sources on language, linguistics and discourse analysis

• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics
• Handbook of Discourse analysis - Science Library P302 .H343 1985. 4 vols.
• Handbook of Language and Gender - Clapp Reserve P120.S48 H36 2003
• International Encyclopedia of Linguistics - Science Ref q P29 .I58 2003
• Language and Communication: a Cross-cultural Encyclopedia. Clapp Ref P29 .F47 1998
• Methods of Critical Discourse Analysis
• A Reference Grammar of Korean: A Complete Guide to the Grammar and History of the Korean Language - Clapp Ref PL911 .M27 1992

Wellesley library catalog - find books, videos, and journals (not individual articles).

HOLLIS - Harvard University library catalog (the Yengching Library is open to Wellesley students)

WorldCat - find material we don’t own, click on and request through ILL (interlibrary loan)

a few tips:

• if our copy of a book is checked out, click on to the right of the title to request a book quickly (2-4 days)
• If NExpress doesn't have it, click on in our catalog (2-4 days)

• In a hurry? Get a BLC card and borrow the book directly from a nearby library

tip: use research databases to find citations (and some full text) of articles on your topic

for scholarly articles

• Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts - abstracts and indexes the international literature in linguistics and related disciplines in the language sciences. Note: This database is on trial through April 30, 2008.

• MLA International Bibliography - language, literature, linguistics, film, folklore

• Sociological Abstracts - sociology and other social science articles

• Project Muse - recent issues (from the past 5 years) of scholarly journals in many subjects

• JSTOR - older issues (up to 3 - 5 years ago) of scholarly journals in many subjects

• Web of Science - Science, Social Sciences, and Arts & Humanities Citation Indexes

• GenderWatch - articles on women's social, religious & political issues, 1974 to present

• Women's Studies International - articles from women's studies, gender studies, and feminist publications

• Bibliography of Asian Studies Online - Covers Asian studies in western languages. Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters & conference proceedings, 1971-1991, and articles published in the 100+ most-used journals in this field, 1991 to present. Note: Because this is a bibliography, it only provides citations for articles and books -- not full text.

subject-specific journals

• International Journal of the Sociology of Language (on-campus only)
• Korean Studies
• Korean Women Today (1983- 2001)
• Language in Society
• Review of Korean Studies
• Women and Language

news articles

• LexisNexis Academic - click on the Sources tab to refine your search by country and publication type

• Korea Integrated News Database System (KINDS) - Full-text archive (1990-current) for Korean news, operated by the Korea Press Foundation. Contents include major, local, internet, and industry newspapers, magazines, and TV reports since 1990.
  

• Resources for Korean Studies and East Asian Studies Research Guide - Harvard-Yenching Library. Note: Some resources may only be available to Harvard users, check our catalog or the Databases A-Z list to see if we have them

• East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources - search by country & topic

• Linguistic Politeness Research Group

• Portal to Asian Internet Resources - search by country & topic

• Resources on North Korea and South Korea - selected by librarians at the Library of Congress

• Resources for Language and Gender Studies

• WSS Links: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
  

Related research guides

• East Asian Languages & Literature
• East Asian Studies
• Sociology
• Women's Studies
• Citing sources
• Writing in the Social Sciences - Click on the link in the menu on the right-hand side of the page - from the Online Writing Lab @Purdue

Critically evaluate what you find

Criteria to keep in mind when choosing and using soures:

• Accuracy - Does the author cite her/his sources and are they legitimate?
• Authority - Who wrote the source? Are they credible?
• Objectivity - Does the author have a bias, political or commercial or persuasive?
• Currency - Is this information new or based on outdated sources? Can you tell how current it is?

Wellesley College Library • WCIS • Alana Kumbier • last modified: April 7, 2008