Korean Legal Research at the University of Washington
한국법학연구지침

University of Washington Resources
(Updated January 23, 2008)

• Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library Resources
  • Departments in the Law Library
  • Finding Materials in the Library
• University of Washington East Asia Library
• Other Campus Libraries with Korea-Related Materials

Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library Resources

Online catalog Marian, http://marian.law.washington.edu/, has information on books and serials in the Law Library only. It does NOT contain records for periodical articles or cases or for books and serials held in other UW libraries.

Departments in the Law Library

• East Asian Law Department
  • Web Page: http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/eald.html
  • Mission: The East Asian Law Department has as its primary purpose the support of the curricular and research needs of the faculty and students of the Asian Law Program of the University of Washington School of Law. In addition, the department provides reference services on a limited basis to the larger university community, the practicing bar, the general public, and scholars and lawyers of other institutions.
  • Staff
    • Rob Britt
      William H. Gates Hall, Room L137
      Phone: 206-543-7447
      Email: rrbritt at u.washington.edu
      • Primary responsibility: Japan. Backup for: Korea (North & South) and Greater China.
      • Duties: Selection cataloging and reference for Japanese legal materials.
• Reference Department, Room L110
  • Web Page: http://lib.law.washington.edu/ref/ref.html
  • The Reference Department provides assistance in researching United States law and the law of foreign jurisdictions. For questions dealing with East Asian law, they can provide basic assistance with English language sources. The reference staff also handles international law questions, and many indexes to treaty materials are kept in the Reference Area.
  • Phone: 206-543-6794
• Circulation Department, Library entrance
  • Web Page: http://lib.law.washington.edu/circ/circ.html
  • The Circulation Department provides a variety of services with respect to access to materials. If a book you need is checked out, you can put a hold on it either online or at the Circulation Desk.
  • Phone: 206-543-4086
• Inter-Library Loan (ILL), Room L177
  • Web Page: http://lib.law.washington.edu/ill/ill.html
  • Email: lawlibil@u.washington.edu)
  • If a book or a journal you need is not available in the law library or on main campus, the Inter-Library Loan Department may be able to borrow it from another library. Inquire at the Circulation Desk or use the handy online form found on their web page.
  • Phone: 206-543-4262

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Finding Materials in the Library

Maps to East Asian Law Materials (Adobe PDF files)

• Gates Hall L1
• Gates Hall L2

Call Numbers

• General information on Law Library call numbers is found here: http://marian.law.washington.edu/screens/helpc.html. Some more specific details are found below.
• Classification (and shelving) is by subject, not language. Note that due to differences in subject emphasis, materials relevant to your research topic may be shelved in different areas of the library. Exceptions to the rule of shelving by subject are special reference sections such as East Asian Law Reference (EALR) on L2, and the Reference Area (REF) on L1, in which special reference materials or highly used materials on various topics are placed together for convenience.
• KPA is the classification for Korean Law.  Materials primarily on Korean law are all in this classification, located on L2 in the Classified Stacks (CLAS), and in East Asian Law Reference (EALR).
• Materials in Korean or dealing with Korea may be classed in numbers other than KPA and are shelved on L1 or L2 according to their call number.  For example, DS (Asian Studies), HD (Business), JS (Local Government), JQ (Political institutions and public administration in Asia, etc.), JZ (International Relations), K (Comparative Law), and KZ (Law of Nations - which includes materials on Korean Reunification, etc.). See also Library of Congress Call Numbers.

Specific Locations in the Library

• Each catalog record includes a hyperlink or links under the heading "Location." Clicking that will tell you where in the library the title is located.
• Locations for certain specific collections are noted below.
  • Periodicals (Korean legal periodicals, including reporters, are located in the Classified Stacks on L2.
  • Periodicals on nonlegal topics are located in the Classified Stacks according to their topic. Most English language law reviews (which sometimes contain articles on Korean law) are shelved by the name of the journal (but see Marian online catalog for specific location).
  • Microfilm/Microfiche materials (Mostly located in the Reference Area, north of the Circulation Desk).
    • Various Korean-language microfilm.
    • Student papers on microfiche.
  • University of Washington Student Papers
    • Includes LLM papers and papers for other UW Law Courses.
    • Available in microfiche (located in the microfiche cabinets. Ask librarian for assistance.
    • Many are also available in paper (shelved according to their subject).
• Searching for student papers in the Library catalog
  • Most pre-1985 papers: To compile a list in the Marian library catalog, search in the title index for "Student papers." Narrow the search by keyword, author, title, or subject.
  • Most papers written after 1985: To compile a list in the Marian library catalog, search in the title index for "Student papers University of Washington. School of Law" Narrow the search by keyword, author, title, or subject.

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University of Washington East Asia Library (EAL); Korean Studies Resources

• Web Page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/east-asia/
• Korean Studies Web Page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/east-asia/korea/koreapg.html
• The East Asia Library handles a wide range of topics relating to Korea.
• Gowen Hall, 3d floor
  Phone: 206-543-4490
• Staff: Hyokyoung Yi, Korean Studies Librarian
  336 Gowen Hall
  Phone: 206-543-6603
  Email: hkyi at u.washington.edu
  • The Korean Studies Librarian at the East Asia Library is available to help formulate search strategies and locate materials regarding the non-legal aspects of your research projects on Korea.
• Subject areas covered
  • For current Korean legal materials, it is best to first check the Law Library's collections. However, the East Asia Library also collects in several very specific law-related areas:
    • Constitutional history
    • Legal history
    • Classical texts which may be related to the study of law
  • Areas that overlap the Law Library collections:
    • Civil rights/human rights
    • Censorship
    • Legislative history
    • Press control
    • Indexes to periodical literature
    • Statistical sources
    • General and specialized dictionaries
• Resources available
  • Online catalog: University of Washington Libraries Catalog, http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/
    • Includes the holdings of the University of Washington Libraries (does not include the Law Library). Has bibliographic records (author, title, subject, publication information, etc.) for books and serials.
    • The on-line catalog contains approximately 80% of the materials held in the East Asia Library.
    • Specific information may be found on the webpage Finding Materials in the East Asia Library, http://www.lib.washington.edu/east-asia/finding.html.
    • Does NOT contain records for periodical articles or cases.
    • Note: To display Korean, Chinese and Japanese characters in the UW Libraries Catalog, at the home page, click on "Non-Roman Character Sets" in the lower right-hand corner. Then choose the option "Unicode" and continue with your search.
  • CD ROM Korean databases
  • Korean newspapers in English and Korean

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Other Campus Libraries with Korea-Related Materials

• Foster Business Library, http://www.lib.washington.edu/Business/, 206-543-4360
• Suzzallo and Allen Libraries
  • Reference and Research Services
    Web Page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/SuzRef/
    Email: refquest@u.washington.edu
    Phone: 206-543-0242
  • Government Publications
    Web Page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/GovPubs/
    Phone: 206-543-1937
• Engineering Library (Patents), http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/, 206-543-0740
  • See also Patent and Trademark Information at the University of Washington Engineering Library, http://www.lib.washington.edu/engineering/ptdl/.

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