You can access print and eBooks via the Library Catalogue. To find books on a particular subject, try a keyword search:
Note: you can search the catalogue in non-Latin scripts (including Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean).
For information on access and loans, including material from other libraries, see the borrowing from the library page.
To learn how to access and get the most out of eBooks, see the eBook Library Guide.
To improve your searching skills, see the Research Essentials Library Guide.
There are three ways to find Korean language books held in ERC Library, you could search in English, Korean scripts, and Korean Romanization.
For example, if you are looking for Korean literature works written in Korean language, in the Library Catalogue, try a keyword search with Korea* AND (literature OR novel* OR fiction*), and limit your search to East Asian Collections, please see below:
If you know the book title, you could try a title search, see below:
You could also search with Korean Romanization, see below:
For more information about the Korean Romanization rules, please refer to the McCune-Reischauer Romanization System below:
모음 |
Roman |
자음 |
Initial |
Medial |
Final |
| ㅏ | a | ㄱ | k | k, g (between vowels and after m, n, ng, l), ng (before m, n, l) |
k |
| ㅑ | ya | ㄴ | n | n, l (when preceded or followed by l) |
n |
| ㅓ | ŏ | ㄷ | t | t, d (between vowels and after m, n, ng) |
t |
| ㅕ | yŏ | ㄹ | n | r (between vowels), l (before all other consonants and after n, l), n (after other consonants) |
l |
| ㅗ | o | ㅁ | m | m | m |
| ㅛ | yo | ㅂ | p | b (between vowels and after m, n, ng, l), m (before m, n, l), p (before and after all other consonants) |
p |
| ㅜ | u | ㅅ | s, sh (before wi) |
s, sh (before wi), n (before m, n, l) |
t |
| ㅠ | yu | ㅇ | Not romanized | Not romanized, ng (as syllabic final) |
ng |
| ㅡ | ŭ | ㅈ | ch | j (between vowels, and after m, n, ng) ch (after all other consnants) |
t |
| ㅣ | i | ㅊ | ch’ | ch’ | |
| ㅐ | ae | ㅋ | k’ | k’ | |
| ㅒ | yae | ㅌ | t’ | t’ | |
| ㅔ | e | ㅍ | p’ | p’ | |
| ㅖ | ye | ㅎ | h | h | |
| ㅚ | oe | ㄲ | kk | kk | kk |
| ㅟ | wi | ㄸ | tt | tt | |
| ㅢ | ŭi | ㅃ | pp | pp | |
| ㅘ | wa | ㅆ | ss | ss | |
| ㅙ | wae | ㅉ | tch | tch | |
| ㅝ | wŏ | ||||
| ㅞ | we |