Library of Congress: Bibliography of approximately 4,800 records of books about Korea in English up to 1995 held by the Library of Congress. Along with the ability to search by title, author, and keyword, the Korean Section at the Library of Congress added local subject terms to aid researchers in locating material available at the Library. Although this resource is currently limited to English language works, it is a comprehensive and user-friendly bibliographic tool for researchers and scholars interested in Korean studies. Website: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/misc/korhtml/korbibhome.html:

Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Berkeley: As a part of Institute of East Asian Studies and a research unit of the UC Berkeley’s International Studies, the Center is one of the nation's most active academic centers for the study of Korean humanities and social sciences. Its goal is to use the academic resources of the University of California to promote international cultural, economic, and political understanding. Originally part of a combined Center for Japanese and Korean Studies, a separate Center for Korean Studies was established in 1979 in recognition of Korea's growing importance in world affairs.

Center for Korean Studies, University of California, Los Angeles: Established in 1993, this has the largest Korean Studies program on the mainland of the United States.

Korea Institute at Harvard University: The Institute’s web site comprises research projects; grants, fellowships and internships; colloquium and events; links to Korean Studies Centers at other universities, a newsletter, select list of recent publications in Korea Studies and a list of courses in Korean Studies offered by Harvard.

Korea Studies Program, University of Washington: One of the oldest Korean studies programs in the US.

The Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California: The institute is an independent research institute dedicated to Korean studies.

Korean Bibliography at University of Hawaii: The University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies was established in 1972 to support and coordinate the activities of students and faculty with Korea-related teaching and research interests. It is home to Korean History: A Bibliography, which lists thousands of recent English-language publications on Korea. It also has full-text archives of the Korean Studies Newsletter, links to the journal Korean Studies, and Links to other Korea-related sites.  The massive bibliography compiled by Kenneth Robinson has subjects that include not only political, diplomatic, and economic history, but also historical linguistics, art history, literature, philosophy and religion, and overseas Koreans, for example. Chronologically, coverage concludes in the 1960s. For studies of South Korea's politics and economy, 1961 is the stopping point; for South Korean foreign relations, coverage continues through the 1965 treaty with Japan and the Vietnam War. Coverage of North Korea continues into the late 1960s. Mr. Robinson has provided publications that have appeared since the publication in 1980 of the annotated bibliography Studies on Korea: A Scholar's Guide and recent publications not cited in that work. http://www.hawaii.edu/korea/biblio/ks_northamerica.html

University of Maryland: Within the university’s Department of Women’s Studies, Associate Professor Dr. Seung-kyung Kim has devoted herself to researching the feminist movement in Korea. Dr. Kim can be contacted via the department’s email address: womensstudies@umd.edu

Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan: The Center for Korean Studies is a unit of the International Institute within the University of Michigan. Its goal is to foster teaching and research across disciplines and to use the academic resources of the university to promote an economic, political, and cultural understanding of Korea. The Center provides funding for public programs, individual faculty research, development of new courses, and the expansion of the Asia Library’s Korea collection. It maintains an active colloquium series as well. Website: http://www.ii.umich.edu/cks/about

Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University: Established in 1949, Columbia’s East Asian Institute is a major center for research, teaching, and publishing on modern and contemporary Asia. The Institute is ffiliated with Columbia’s Schools of Business, Law, International and Public Affairs, and Arts and Sciences. As of January 2003, the Institute was renamed the Weatherhead East Asian Insitute to honor the generosity of the Weatherhead Foundation. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/about.html: