E-Resources
List of Digital Resources
一、E-Journals
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Provides bibliographic information for scholarly publications, offering both free and paid full-text access. Database contents include academic journals, research reports, magazines, and professional publications across various disciplines. Access: Free. Language: English |
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Journals Academic Full-Text Database- Airiti Library Provides academic journals published since the 1990s in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Subjects include humanities, applied sciences, medicine and health, life and agricultural sciences, engineering, and social sciences. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: Chinese |
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Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE Journal) JoVE is the world-leading producer and provider of science videos with the mission to improve scientific research and education. JoVE covers 13 subject areas, with videos demonstrating experimental procedures and methodologies. Access: Free (Some videos available for openaccess). Language: English |
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Offers over 200 magazines from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Europe, the U.S., and Southeast Asia, covering major mainstream magazines. About 90% are current issues. Some titles provide easy-reading or text-to-speech modes. Access: First-time users must authenticate on campus; subsequent access is available off campus. Language: Chinese |
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Nature is leading research in science and technology. It includes reviews, news, commentaries, and book reviews. Topics cover life sciences, physics, chemistry, applied sciences, and clinical medicine. Access is limited to full-text content from 1987 to 1996. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Available via the EBSCOhost platform, containing full text from 1,366 journals since 1977, plus indexing and abstracts from 4,492 journals. Subjects include arts, education, humanities, law, social sciences, applied technology, agriculture, general science, and business. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Accessible via the APA PsycNet platform, this database provides full-text, peer-reviewed journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA) and affiliated organizations. Coverage includes clinical psychology, educational psychology, sport psychology, counseling, and behavioral sciences. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Available via the EBSCOhost platform, covering sports training, exercise science, kinesiology, sport psychology, physical education, physical therapy, sport sociology, and sport related fields. Includes over 450 full-text journals and numerous open access journals. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Springer Nature Open Access Journals Covers a wide range of disciplines, including behavioral sciences, biomedical sciences, life sciences, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, materials, climate science, earth science, environmental science, engineering, computer science, social sciences, law, mathematics, statistics, business, economics, and astronomy. Open access journals provide fress access. Access: Free. Language: English |
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Taylor & Francis SSH (Social Sciences & Humanities Collection) Accessible via the Taylor & Francis Online platform. Our Library subscribes to a selected SSH collection, providing full text for over 1,485 journals. Subjects include politics, international relations, social sciences, humanities, arts, business, economics, education, behavioral sciences, culture and communication, library and information science, anthropology, archaeology, criminology, law, sociology, public health, sports, leisure, tourism, defense studies, geography, and environmental planning. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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J-STAGE is a platform for scholarly publications in Japan. It is developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Providing full text for over 4,000 journals, conference proceedings, research reports, and society publications. Access: Free. Language: Japanese |
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Maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). A bibliographic database covering biomedicine, clinical medicine, basic medicine, and life sciences. Provides free access to PubMed Central full-text articles and links to some paid articles. Access: Free. Language: English |
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Humanities and Social Sciences Open Access Journals (TOAJ) Provides free full-text access to high-quality, peer-reviewed open access academic journals published in Taiwan. Access: Free. Language: Chinese |
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NCL Taiwan Periodical Literature Developed by the National Central Library, Taiwan, integrating multiple systems such as the Taiwan Periodical Literature, Directory to Taiwan Periodicals, NCL China Periodical Literature Index, and Table of Contents of Chinese Literature (Monograph Series, 1946-1979). Users can free download authorized full-text articles. Access: Free. Language: Chinese |
二、Citation Indexe
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Taiwan Citation Index - Humanities and Social Sciences (TCI-HSS) Includes humanities and social science journals, doctoral dissertations, and monographs published by Taiwanese and overseas Chinese authors. If a journal is rated as a core journal, this will be indicated in the journal's information. In addition, it provides several bibliographic metrics such as citation count, 5-year impact factor, and immediate citation rate, which can be used as a reference for submission. Access: Free. Language: Chinese |
三、E-books
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A e-book collection featuring titles from independent publishers (e.g., Allen & Unwin, Verso) and major university presses (e.g., Columbia, Cornell, Princeton, Stanford). Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Human Kinetics Library (E-books & Videos) Includes the Strength and Conditioning Database and Sports Skills Database, offering both e-books and instructional videos. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Covers humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, law, architecture, natural sciences, technology, and medicine. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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HyRead ebook (Chinese e-books) Licensed from well-known publishers in Taiwan and abroad, covering diverse subjects. Although the library no longer subscribes, previously purchased e-books and language-learning audiobooks remain permanently accessible.
Choice online reading on campus: no login required. Choice borrowing on/off campus: login in with email account required. Language: Chinese |
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iRead eBooks (airiti Chinese e-books) Covers business, finance, literature, language learning, professional disciplines, and design arts. The Ministry of Culture's unlimited e-book program is also available, but please register your own public library account to use this program service.
Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Choice online reading : no account binding required. Choice borrowing on/off campus: login in with email account required. Language: Chinese |
四、Theses and Dissertations
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An open-access database providing metadata for doctoral and master's theses from institutions worldwide, with links to full text when available. Access: Free. Language: English |
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Open Access Theses and Dissertations(OATD) Access: Free. Language: English |
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I (PQDT) Provides dissertations and theses from 1637 to the present, with over 6 million records and more than 3.9 million full-text documents. Most post-1997 works offer previews (up to 24 pages). Open access dissertations are fully available. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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Digital Dissertation Consortium (DDC) A full-text dissertation database built through a cooperative model among over 100 institutions in Taiwan and Hong Kong, providing access to dissertations originally published in PQDT. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English |
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National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan (NDLTD -Taiwan) Developed by the National Central Library in Taiwan under commission from the Ministry of Education. Collects theses and dissertations from Taiwanese universities. Full-text downloads are available upon free account registration. Access: Free. Language: Chinese and English |
五、Language Learning
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Studio Classroom Web English System Provides daily programs from Studio Classroom and Let's Talk in English. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: English and Chinese |
六、Newspapers
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Produced by the professional editorial team of The New York Times, featuring news articles, images, videos, and 360-degree immersive content. Access: Register using a email address (on/off campus) |
七、Movie Entertainment
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VISION MEDIA (Public Screening Version) Offers over 300 educational and issue-oriented films for legal public screening, integrating cinema into teaching and learning. Off-campus access: Log in with email account and password. Language: Multi-language |
八、Similarity checker
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Provides document similarity checking services. Based on the content of Airiti Library, the full text is accurately compared. The operation process is simple and easy to understand, and a comparison report can be obtained in a short time to prevent plagiarism. Access: Initial registration must be completed on campus (re-authentication required every six months) |
九、Bibliographic Management Tools
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Allows users to import references, format citations, and manage personal research libraries efficiently. Access: Need to install the software. Cloud sync and AI founctation require personal account registration. |
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A free reference and research management tool provided by Elsevier, supporting content discovery, organization, collaboration, and scholarly communication. Access: Free. Language: English |
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Developed by George Mason University in the United States in 2006, this software can capture bibliographic data with one click and supports quick addition of bibliographic data by inputting DOI, ISBN, and PMID. It is a simple and easy-to-use software. Access: Free. Language: English |