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
  • American Institute of Physics (AIP)

    Available about 20 journals and hundreds of conference proceedings in physics and the related sciences

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    • Type: Journal Package
    • Subject: Physics
    • Provider: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
    • The AIP Publishing publishes 10 scholarly journals and conference proceedings in physics and the related sciences. UNIST members can access 10 AIP journals from first issue to current.

  • American Physical Society (APS)

    Available about 15 research journals include Physical Review Series published by APS

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Physics

    Provider: American Physical Society (APS)

    • The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. UNIST members can access 15 research journals (includes 5 open access journals ) include Physical Review Series published by APS.

  • American Vacuum Society (AVS)

    Available 6 journals in vacuum science published by AVS

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Physics, Vacuum Science

    Provider: American Vacuum Society (AVS)

    • American Vacuum Society is a not-for-profit learned society founded in 1953 and it is a member society of the American Institute of Physics. UNIST members can access 4 journals which includes Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A & B published by American Vacuum Society.

  • Annual Reviews (AR)

    Available about 50 journals in biomedicine, physics, social sciences, etc. published by AR

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Biomedicine, Physics, Social Sciences, etc.

    Provider: Annual Reviews (AR)

    • Annual Reviews is a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. UNIST Library subscribes to ‘Sciences Collection’ so UNIST members can access 47 journals in biomedicine, physics, social sciences, etc.

  • arXiv (Free)

    A highly-automated electronic archive and distribution server for research articles in physics, mathematics, computer science, etc.

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    Type: Open Access Repository (Free, Preprint)

    Subject: Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, and Economics

    Provider: Cornell University Library

    • arXiv.org is a highly-automated electronic archive and distribution server for research articles. (about 1,482,154 e-prints in December, 2018.) It is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library with guidance from the arXiv Scientific Advisory Board and the arXiv Member Advisory Board, and with the help of numerous subject moderators.

  • IOPscience

    Available about 100 journals in physics and related area published by IOP Publishing

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Physics

    Provider: IOP Publishing (subsidiary of the Institute of Physics)

    • IOPscience is an online service for journal content published by IOP Publishing, the publishing company of the Institute of Physics. U

  • Royal Society

    Available about 7 journals in biological science, physics, mathematical science published by the Royal Society

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    Type: Journal Package

    Subject: Biological Science, Physics, Mathematical Science, Engineering

    Provider: The Royal Society

    • Available about 7 journals in biological science, physics, mathematical science published by the Royal Society
    – Including Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, Proceedings of the Royal Society A

  • 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

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