See also the Newspapers & Periodicals tab (this guide).
For your browsing pleasure, books on the history of the two Koreas are in the following call number areas:
| DS 904.8 - DS 937 | Korean history |
| DS 909.95 - DS 910 | Korean political history |
| DS 911 - DS 911.86 | Korean history, earliest to 935 |
| DS 912 - DS 913.392 | Korean history, 935-1392 |
| DS 913.39312 - DS 916.5.R5 | Korean history, 1392-1910 |
| DS 915.56 - DS 922.4642 | Korean history, 20th century |
| DS 916.525 - DS 916.597 | Korean history, Japanese rule, 1910-1945 |
| DS 916.6 - DS 923 | Korean history, 1945- |
| DS 917.6 - DS 921.92 | South Korean history, 1946-1960 |
| DS 922 - DS 922.445 | South Korean history, 1960-1988 |
| DS 922.46 | South Korean history, 1988-2002 |
| DS 922.5 - DS 923 | South Korean history, 21 century |
| DS 917.6 - DS 921.92 | South Korean history, 1948-1960 |
| DS 918 - DS 921.92 | South Korean history, war and intervention, 1950-1953 |
| DS 922 - DS 922.445 | South Korean history, 1960-1988 |
| DS 922.46 - DS 922.4642 | South Korean history, 1988-2002 |
| DS 922.5 - DS 923.284 | South Korean history, 21st century |
| DS 933.7 - DS 937 | North Korea, history, 1948- |
| DS 935.4 - DS 935.55 | North Korea, political history |
| DS 935.75 - DS 935.7553 | North Korea, history, 1948-1994 |
| DS 935.773 - DS 935.7773 | North Korea, history, 1994- |
| HC 466 - HC 470 | South Korea, economic history |
| HC 470.2 | North Korea, economic history |
A sampling of terms to use in a subject or keyword search of Compass, WorldCat, the catalogs of other libraries, or Historical Abstracts. Because some catalog records may include variations on these subject terms, do a keyword search to maximize retrieval of records.
The name of the country used in subject headings depends on the time period.
Use "Korea" for "works on Korea for the pre-1948 period, including the period under Allied occupation, as well as South Korea and North Korea, collectively, for the post-1948 period":
Use "Korea (South)" for works on South Korea, 1948-:
Use "Korea (North)" for works on North Korea, 1948-:
Plug in the name of a country, e.g. Korea, Korea (South), Korea (North), China, Japan, United States:
