Databases

Databases(Web DBs) are collections of scholarly materials which are very useful tools for researchers to search and find relevant resources for their literature study. It contains bibliographical information or full text of journal articles, conference proceedings, and reports in specific subjects.

UNIST members can browse and access databases(including primary free databases) by the title and subject.

If the journal access that you usually use is unavailable, please try clearing your web browser’s cache, cookies and history.

The changes regarding journals and databases in 2025

  • New: Nature launching journals, NEJM, PQDT Global, Journal of Climate
  • Discontinued: Journal packages – AIMS, DB – EBSCOhost, Reaxys
  • Available platform has been changed: ASM MPDS Phase Diagrams (Formerly ASM Alloy DB), PsycARTICLEs (EBSCO →  ProQuest)

※ For further information, please refer to the notification as below.

Notice

  • : Available to access new launching journals: Nature Cities, Nature Chemical Engineering, Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering
  • : RISS 해외DB 통합검색: https://www.riss.kr/goInformation.do?filter=4
  • : Access ASTM easily! If you want to access to the ASTM outside of campus, please refer to the ASTM Off campus access Guide.
  • : Available via Springer
  • : Available via ProQuest
  • : Transition to ASM MPDS Phase Diagrams Platform
  • S2 Journal

    A platform that provides general information about journals (including publisher copyright policies and journal publication times), journal ranking (Impact Factor, SJR, and other indicators), a master journal list (SCIE, SCOPUS, KCI, etc.), and a list of predatory journals.

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    • Type: Journal Information Platform
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    Subject: All Subject
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    Provider: Argonet
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    Contents Details: An integrated journal search service, journal information (general information, publisher copyright policies, journal publication times), journal ranking (Impact Factor, SJR, and other indicators), a master journal list (SCIE, SCOPUS, KCI, etc.), and a list of predatory journals.

  • SAGE Journals

    Available journals in all subjects published by SAGE, the world’s fifth largest academic publisher

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: All Subjects

    Provider: SAGE Publishing

    • SAGE is the world’s 5th largest journals publisher. It includes more than 1000 journals spanning the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology, and Medicine, and more than 400 are published on behalf of learned societies and institutions.

  • Science(AAAS)

    Available journals including Science published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Multidisciplinary Sciences

    Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

    • Science (also widely referred to as Science Magazine) is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world’s top academic journals. Science is available from 1880 to the present.

  • ScienceDirect

    Available journals in all subjects published by Elsevier, the world’s leading STM publisher

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: All Subjects

    Provider: Elsevier

    • ScienceDirect is the world’s leading full text online platform by global publisher Elsevier. It contains over 25% of the world’s science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information.

    ※ If you cannot access journals on the ScienceDirect platform which you think should be available, please change your web browser or clear your web browser’s cache, cookies and history.

  • ScienceON (사이언스온, Free)

    Free online platform of journals, conference proceedings, reports, etc. in science and technology provided by KISTI

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    Type: Open Access Repository (Free, Abstract & Index + Full Text, Free)

    Subject: Science & Technology

    Provider: Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, KISTI

    • NDSL (National Digital Science Library) is a platform of journals, dissertations and theses, patents, reports in science and technology. Korean journals and conference proceedings published by Korean societies are available to search and download full text.

  • SciVal

    A research performance assessment tool which uses data from Scopus, citation database by Elsevier (User account is required)

    How to use

    All UNIST members need to create an account to access SciVal.
    – on campus (UNIST IP range), by your UNIST email address
    – Scopus, ScienceDirect, Reaxys and Mendeley accounts are also available.

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    Type: Database (Research analysis)

    Subject: All Subjects

    Provider: Elsevier

    • SciVal is a research performance assessment tool which uses data from Scopus. It provides more advanced bibliometric measures and it also allows you to benchmark individual researchers, groups of researchers and institutions based on a variety of different metrics.

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  • SCOAP3 Repository (Free)

    Free access to OA articles sponsored by the SCOAP3(Sponsoring Consortium for OA Publishing in Particle Physics) initiative

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    Type: Open Access Repository (Free, OA Journals)

    Subjects: High-Energy Physics

    Provider: SCOAP3, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

    • SCOAP3(Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics) is a one-of-its-kind partnership of over three thousand libraries, key funding agencies and research centers in 44 countries and 3 intergovernmental organisations. Working with leading publishers, SCOAP3 has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to Open Access at no cost for authors. All articles funded by SCOAP3 appear in the SCOAP3 repository upon publication, alongside the publishers’ own platforms. So you can freely search, browse and of course download all Open Access articles sponsored by the international SCOAP3 initiative

  • Scopus

    The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature provided by Elsevier

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    Type: Database (Citation Index)

    Subject: All Subjects

    Provider: Elsevier

    • Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature – scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

  • Society of Industrial Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    Available about 17 journals in industrial and applied mathematics published by SIAM (1997~current)

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Mathematics

    Provider: Society of Industrial Applied Mathematics (SIAM)

    • SIAM is platform of journals, electronic books and proceedings published by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. UNIST members can access about 17 journals from 1997 to the present.

  • SocINDEX with FullText (via RISS)

    A bibliographic and full text database in sociology and related area (available via RISS)

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    • Available via RISS Platform. (RISS Home > 해외전자정보서비스)
    • Users should access to RISS by UNIST direct URL for automatically UNIST user certification.
    • How to access: Clicking 1) database title or 2) RISS(한국교육학술정보원) at the bottom of the library website.
    ※ Available only from 4 pm until 9 am the next day

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    Type: Database (Abstract & Index + Full Text)

    Subject: Social Sciences

    Provider: EBSCO Information Services

    • SocINDEX with Full Text offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. In addition to full-text journals, it contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895.

    ※ Available only from 4 pm until 9 am the next day via RISS web site.

  • SPIE Digital Library

    Available about 10 journals and hundreds of conference proceedings in optics and photonics published by SPIE

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Optics, Photonics

    Provider: The international society for optics and photonics (SPIE)

    • SPIE is an international society advancing an interdisciplinary approach to the science and application of light. The SPIE Digital Library a collection of optics & photonics applied research which includes proceedings and journals published by SPIE. UNIST members can access journals and conference proceedings from 1999 to the present.

  • Springer eJournals

    Available about 2,280 journals published by Springer

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Science, Technology and Medicine

    Provider: SpringerNature

    • Springer is a leading global scientific, technical and medical portfolio, providing researchers in academia, scientific institutions and corporate R&D departments with quality content through innovative information, products and services.

    ※ Springer Nature was created through the combination of Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Education and Springer Science+Business Media in May 2015.

  • Springer Protocols

    The world’s largest collection of biomedical and life sciences protocols with over 58,000 articles

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    Type: Database (Abstract & Index + Full Text)

    Subject: Life Sciences

    Provider: SpringerNature

  • Statista

    Statista is a leading statistics database with statistics, consumer survey results and industry studies on over 85,000 topics.

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    • Type: Database

    • Subject: Business, Economics, etc.

    • Provider: Statista

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