STAR Library

Resource Search

You can search for books, articles, journals, theses held in the KAIST, GIST, DGIST, UNIST libraries from one place.Link

Library Catalog You can check the status of the loan, search for and borrow books from KAIST, GIST, DGIST, UNIST libraries. The integrated search service provides various search conditions.
Article You can search for the various types of e-information resources including Web DBs, e-journals subscribed to in the libraries with partnership.
Journal You can search for e-journals subscribed to in the libraries with partnership.
Thesis You can search for the thesis DB constructed by the libraries with partnership in one place (Currently theses from KAIST, GIST are available only).

Inter-Library Loan

You can borrow books not held by your library from other libraries with partnership (KAIST, GIST, DGIST, UNIST).

User: Enrolled students, faculty, staff of KAIST, GIST, DGIST and UNIST (Students on leave and graduates may not be available according to the policy of each university.)
Target materials: Books (except for reference books and designated books by each university)
Cost: Free (In case of switching to the charged service, notice will be posted on the portal.)

How to Apply

Sign up and login Register as an institution user.
Book Search Search the book you want, then view its details.
Inter-Library Loan Application Click on the "ILL Request" link at the top of the detail information.

How to Loan & Return

Place to loan: Designated place on each institution
Processing days: 1~2 working days after applying for loan
Application limit: Limitation under the loan policy of each institution belong to
Loan Period: 15 days after receiving books
Renewal: An extension request can be renewed only once, in that case the loan term will be extended for another 7 days from the due date. (Extension can be requested until the due date.)
Return: Returnable only at the user-affiliated institution or book-holding institution.

KAIST

[Main Campus] IIS Center on the 1rd floor at the KAIST Academic Cultural Complex(Library)
[Munji Campus] Loan/Return desk on the 1st floor at the KAIST Munji Library
[Seoul Campus] Loan/Return desk on the 1st floor at the KAIST College of Business Library
GIST
The 4th floor office at the GIST Library
DGIST
Information desk on the 1st floor at the DGIST Library
UNIST
Information desk on the 3rd floor at the UNIST Library

Penalty

Lost or damaged: Replacement with a book of the same price or reimbursement with current price
Overdue: Following the overdue penalty according to the library regulations of your institution

Document Delivery Service

You can access to articles not held by your library from other libraries with partnership (KAIST, GIST, DGIST, UNIST).

User: Enrolled students, faculty, staff of KAIST, GIST, DGIST and UNIST (Students on leave and graduates may not be available according to the policy of each university.)
Target materials: Books, Articles, Theses
Cost: Free (In case of switching to the charged service, notice will be posted on the portal.)

How to Apply

Sign up and login Register as an institution user.
Article or Book Search Search the materials you want, then view its details.
DDS Application Click on the “DDS Request” link at the top of the detail information.

How to Receive

Place to receive: Designated place by each institute.
Processing period: 1~2 working days after applying for DDS
Application limit: Limitation under the policy of each institution belong to

KAIST

[Main Campus] Information service desk on the 2rd floor at the KAIST Main Library
[Munji Campus] Loan/Return desk on the 1st floor at the KAIST Munji Library
[Seoul Campus] Loan/Return desk on the 1st floor at the KAIST College of Business Library
GIST
The 4th floor office at the GIST Library
DGIST
Information desk on the 1st floor at the DGIST Library
UNIST
Information desk on the 3rd floor at the UNIST Library

Research Performance

Research Performance is a service that allows integrated search of researchers and research output of KAIST, GIST, DGIST, UNIST.Link

Researcher You can search full-time faculty and researchers by researcher and department.
Research Output You can search journal articles, conference papers, research projects, and patents
Research Article Analysis You can find the subject, journal, and keyword analysis information about the journal articles.
Research Collaboration You can find the collaborative information by institute, department and researcher.

You can get contents curation service with scholarly resources required for S&T research.Link

Selected Topics in 2015

Story of Light
Little Universe - Atom
Robot in the Imagination and Reality
Brain

Selected Topics in 2017

DNA Ⅰ – Discovery of the Transforming Principle

Open Contents

You can search for and utilize open contents such as open journals, open courses, research trends & projects by subjects.Link

Journals

	arXiv is maintained and operated by the Cornell University Library. Covered areas include physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and statistics.			PLoS(Public Library of Science) was founded in 2001 as a nonprofit Open Access publisher, innovator and advocacy organization with a mission to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
	BioMed Central owned by Springer Nature is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher with a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals.			PubMed Central® (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
	BioRxiv (pronounced "bio-archive") collects and provides preprint papers in the field of life sciences. It is run by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a nonprofit research and educational institution.			SCOAP3 has converted key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics to Open Access at no cost for authors. SCOAP3 centrally pays publishers for costs involved in providing Open Access, publishers in turn reduce subscription fees to all their customers, who can re-direct these funds to contribute to SCOAP3.
	ChemRxiv (pronounced "chem-archive") collects and provides preprint papers in chemistry and related fields.			The SpringerOpen offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals and books.
	Cogprints is a collection of preprint papers in the areas of psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer science, philosophy and biology. ※ STAR Library provides papers in Biology and Computer Science only.

Lectures

	TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.			KOOC(KAIST Open Online Course) is an open course program with courses of prominent KAIST professors. Anyone can take lectures for free online. Additional login is required to access the contents.
	KOCW(Korea Open CourseWare) supported by KERIS provides e-learning contents for higher education developed by universities in Korea including cyber universities. It also provides course materials of international higher educational institutions. ※ STAR Library provides contents for specific fields from some universities.

Research Trends

	Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.			Check the latest R&D trends through facebooks of the science and technology specified publishers including Nobel Prize, ScienceAlert, DongaScience, WHO, NationalGeographic, NASA Earth, NASA, science, ACS, Nature, etc.

Research Projects

	European Research Project Announcement Site Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.			Domestic Research Project Announcement Site NTIS(National Science & Technology Information Service) offers “Notice for R&D Opportunity” which announces projects, tasks, detailed plan and contents executed by government departments and project management organizations in Korea.
	US Research Project Announcement Site Managed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Grants.gov is an E-Government initiative operating under the governance of the Office of Management and Budget. Under the President's Management Agenda, the office was chartered to deliver a system that provides a centralized location for grant seekers to find and apply for federal funding opportunities.

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