[Academic Information] Guide to Using RISS & KERIS University License 100% Supported Resources
International Document Delivery (E-DDS)
Request academic papers from all over the world and receive them directly via email as PDFs.
Massive Database
Explore over 100 million academic resources, including 1.9 million theses and 54 international e-journal packages.
One-Stop Access
Access global databases like ScienceDirect and Wiley through a single login at RISS.
KERIS (Korea Education and Research Information Service) supports the subscription of high-quality academic electronic resources through the University License program to reduce subscription costs for domestic university libraries and bridge the information gap between institutions.
Currently, 62 types of resources are operated under the University License, and Korea University Library participates in 44 of these items.
We would like to introduce 20 specific resources for which KERIS supports 100% of the subscription costs, and we encourage all students and faculty to take advantage of these resources.
Please refer to the link below for instructions on how to use these 100% supported items and other overseas electronic resources.
☞ Guide to Overseas Electronic Resources & DB Details
1. [Academic Video Online (AVON)]
A streaming video collection of over 70,000 titles curated for academic use across all disciplines.
Provides news, documentaries, field recordings, live performances, interviews, lectures, and training videos with transcripts.
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2. [Annual Reviews (Archive & Current)]
Provided by a non-profit organization founded in 1932, offering 51 review journals in Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Medicine, and Business.
Features high-IF (Impact Factor) journals; 94% of published journals are indexed in SCIE, SSCI, and SCOPUS.
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3. [Artstor Digital Library]
An archive image database by JSTOR, providing curated image materials for education and research.
Contains 2.5 million works from famous museums (Louvre, Hagia Sophia), archives (Huntington), scholars, and artists.
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4. [Bentham Science Publishers Journals Full Collection]
Provides full-text access to over 120 journals and patents in 27 fields, including pharmaceutical R&D, medicine, engineering, and technology.
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5. [Brill Journal Collection]
Provides full-text access to 345 journals in 24 fields, including Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, Area Studies, and Biology.
Unlimited printing and copying; entire volumes can be downloaded as PDFs.
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6. [De Gruyter e-Journal Complete Collection]
Provides full-text access to 355 high-quality journals indexed in SSCI, AHCI, and Scopus, with 215 titles available in English.
Unlimited printing and copying; entire volumes can be downloaded as PDFs.
7. [Education Source]
The most comprehensive full-text database for education, providing 2,000+ academic journals/magazines and 4,000+ conference papers and reports.
Covers all sub-sectors of education, from primary to higher education, including bilingual and medical education.
8. [GVRL KERIS Collection]
Composed of Reference e-Books, Chinese E-Books, and Scribner/Twayne E-Books published by Gale; includes 5,000+ reference titles and 5 million+ bibliographic entries.
Full-text audio listening and MP3 downloads available.
9. [JSTOR Arts & Sciences VI+XII Collection]
Provides full-text archives of 267 journals in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Combines the international perspective of Collection VI with the legal, political, and educational focus of Collection XII.
[JSTOR Life Sciences Collection]
Provides full-text archives of 207 journals in Natural Sciences and Medicine.
Search results can be exported to EasyBib, RefWorks, and NoodleTools; offers customization features for viewed materials.
10. [O’Reilly Higher Education]
Covers all IT fields (programming, data engineering, web dev) and related topics like Finance, Accounting, and Marketing.
Provides 47,000+ e-books, 5,000+ videos, tutorials, and self-learning programs (Safari Tech Books + E-Learning tutorials).
Requires personal account creation and login.
11. [Oxford English Dictionary (OED)]
The definitive record of the English language from the 12th century to today, including 600,000+ words, 3.4 million citations, etymology, and usage history.
Includes "The Historical Thesaurus of the OED."
12. [Oxford Grove Online]
The world's premier online music encyclopedia, providing content on music, musicians, music-making, and scholarship from 1992 to the present.
Includes learning resources, subject guides, and timelines.
13. [PAO KERIS Collection]
Provides full-text access from the first issue to the year 2000 for 770 journals of high preservation value in Humanities and Social Sciences.
14. [ProQuest eBook Reference Collection]
Provides 999+ reference books for research, teaching, and learning across all subject areas.
Unlimited printing and copying; entire volumes can be downloaded as PDFs.
15. [ProQuest Historical Periodicals (PHP)]
A digital archive of highly academic journals and magazines in Humanities and Social Sciences.
Contains over 21 million full-text pages from academic and general journals published since 1681.
16. [Statista]
Provides statistical data and market forecasts for 80,000+ business topics across 170 industries in over 150 countries.
Data and graphs can be freely used as evidence in research papers without copyright issues.
Includes the Global Consumer Survey (GCS) module and a comprehensive analysis platform.
17. [The New York Times in Education]
An online educational platform by the NYT, organized into 16 subject areas curated by experts.
Provides teaching materials and case studies based on NYT articles.
Requires personal account creation and login.
18. [The Vogue Archive]
Access to the world-renowned fashion magazine Vogue from the first issue (1892) to the latest issue.
Features high-resolution full-color originals with full-text search capability.
19. [The Wall Street Journal Academic Partnership Program]
Features WSJ articles in English, Chinese, and Japanese, along with various multimedia resources.
Simultaneous access via web and mobile apps; optimized screen for newspaper reading.
Requires personal account creation and login.
20. [Web of Science - Conference Proceedings Citation Index (CPCI)]
A database of index information for outstanding international conference literature provided by Web of Science.
Contains approximately 12 million documents from selected proceedings in Science, Humanities, and Social Sciences from 1990 to the present.
Additional services: EndNote Click (automated full-text search) and Researcher Profiles.
