The RAS Korea Library

The RAS library is housed in the RAS office.

The entire library catalogue as brought up-to-date recently, in MS Excel format

Key to the Catalogue:

Books in the Korean (and other languages) section are listed in green (although many art texts in Korean are still in the general library)
Books in the Oversize section are listed in blue.
Books in the Rare Books section are listed in red.
Books highlighted in grey are being considered for removal as they have little connection to Korea.

The catalogue follows the Library of Congress system

Here’s a general explanation of LC call numbers

A large number of the RAS Library’s books cover the areas of Korean Religion, History and Literature. Books in those areas are also listed in separate files (which have not been updated since 2013).

A — General Works — includes encycolpedias, almanacs, indexes
B-BJ — Philosophy, Psychology
BL-BX — Religion
C — History — includes archaeology, genealogy, biography
D History — general and eastern hemisphere
DS — Korean History
E-F — History — America (western hemisphere)
G — Geography, Maps, Anthropology, Recreation
H — Social Science
J — Political Science
K — Law (general)
KD — Law of the United Kingdom and Ireland
KE — Law of Canada
KF — Law of the United States
L — Education
M — Music
N — Fine Arts — includes architecture, sculpture, painting, drawing
P-PA — General Philosophy and Linguistics, Classical Languages, and Literature
PB-PH — Modern European Languages
PG — Russian Literature
PJ-PM — Languages and Literature of Asia, Africa, Oceania, American Indian Languages, Artificial Languages
PN-PZ — General Literature, English and American Literature, Fiction in English, Juvenile Literature
PL — Korean Literature
PQ — French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Literature
PT — German, Dutch, and Scandinavian Literature
Q — Science — includes physical and biological sciences, math, computers
R — Medicine — includes health and human sexuality
S — Agriculture
T — Technology — includes engineering, auto mechanics, photography, home economics
U — Military Science
V — Naval Science
Z — Bibliography, Library Science