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.

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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
  • Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)

    The world’s repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures by CCDC

    How to use Details Software request URL
    How to use

    How to Download: UNIST Portal (http://portal.unist.ac.kr) → (Bottom of the page) Software Download → Software List → Cambridge Structural Database
    ※ Web CSD: http://webcsd.ccdc.cam.ac.uk (교내 IP대역에서만 이용 가능)

    Details

    Type: Database (Specific Data)

    Subject: Crystallography, Chemistry

    Provider: Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center (CCDC)

    • Cambridge Sturucture Database (CSD) is the world’s repository for small-molecule organic and metal-organic crystal structures. It contains the results of over half-a-million x-ray and neutron diffraction analyses and 3D structures, etc. This databases is based on software system, so installing a program is requested.

  • Cambridge University Press Journals (CUP)

    Available about 420 journals published by Cambridge University Press

    Details Manual(Kor)
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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: All Subject

    Provider: Cambridge University Press

    • Cambridge University Press is a department of the University of Cambridge and is both an academic and educational publisher.

  • CAS Analytical Methods

    A curated collection of over 500K step-by-step analytical protocols, extracted from peer reviewed literature and patent sources

    How to use Details Manual(Eng)
    How to use

    Sign in your SciFinder user account.
    All UNIST members need to create an account to access SciFinder-n. The user account must be created on-campus with UNIST email address.

    Details

    • Type: Database

    • Subject: Chemistry

    • Provider: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

  • CAS Formulus

    A curated collection of over five million formulation records from peer reviewed lierature, patents and product inserts from the US FDA

    How to use Details Manual(Eng)
    How to use

    Sign in your SciFinder user account.
    All UNIST members need to create an account to access SciFinder-n. The user account must be created on-campus with UNIST email address.

    Details

    • Type: Database

    • Subject: Chemistry

    • Provider: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

  • CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform™

    The upgraded and new platform of SciFinder, the world’s most comprehensive chemistry database from CAS.

    How to use

    Sign in your SciFinder user account.
    All UNIST members need to create an account to access SciFinder-n. The user account must be created on-campus with UNIST email address.

    ※ If your SciFinder account is deactivated, please ask a librarian. (chunse1004@unist.ac.kr)

    Details

    • Type: Database (Abstract & Index)

    • Subject: Chemistry

    • Provider: Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)

    • What’s New in SciFinder-n? 

    1) A new graphical user interface and more sophisticated search features.
    2) PatentPack & MethodsNow modules are included and available unlimited.
    3) CAS Retrosynthesis Planner

  • Cell Press

    Available 24 primary journals in biomedical research published by Cell Press

    Details Manual(Kor)
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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Life Sciences, Biomedicine

    Provider: Cell Press

    • Cell Press is a leading publisher in biomedical research and publishes primary journals. The UNIST library subscribes to 15 journals and these are available on the ScienceDirect platform. (www.sciencedirect.com).

  • ChemSpider (Free)

    A free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 63 million structures, properties, and associated information.

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    Type: Database (Free, Chemical Structures)

    Subject: Chemistry

    Provider: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

    • ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 63 million structures, properties, and associated information. By integrating and linking compounds from ~280 data sources, ChemSpider enables researchers to discover the most comprehensive view of freely available chemical data from a single online search.

  • CINAHL with FullText (via RISS)

    A bibliography and full text database in nursing and related area (available via RISS)

    How to use Details
    How to use

    • 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: Nursing, Biomedicine, Health sciences

    Provider: EBSCO Information Services

    • CINAHL with FullText provides full text for the top nursing and allied health literature available and covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.

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

  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press eJournals (CSHLP)

    Available 4 core journals in molecular biology published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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    • Type: Journal Package

    • Subject: Cancer, Neuroscience, Plant biology, Quantitative biology

    • Provider: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)

    • CSHL Press publishes scholarly materials related in molecular biology, genetics, development, virology, neurobiology, immunology and cancer biology. UNIST members can access 4 core journals include Genes & Development, Genome Research and CSH Protocols.

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