E-books

SUBSCRIBED EBOOKS DATABASES

eBooks on EBSCOhost  (access until 31st December, 2023)

eBooks on EBSCOhost database contains full-text electronic books in in the area of social, humanitarian, nature, technical sciences, etc.
Topics: multidisciplinary.

Remote access via VPN – the campus Virtual Private Network (VPN) is for off-campus access to the Library’s electronic resources. You will need to download the VPN client software FortiClient (instruction) and install it on your computer. After the configuration, sign in to the VPN, open a web browser and use any of our subscription electronic resources.

ProQuest Academic Complete (access until 31st December, 2023)

ProQuest Academic Complete  database contains full-text electronic books in in the area of social, humanitarian, nature, technical sciences, etc.
Topics: multidisciplinary.

Remote access via VPN – the campus Virtual Private Network (VPN) is for off-campus access to the Library’s electronic resources. You will need to download the VPN client software FortiClient (instruction) and install it on your computer. After the configuration, sign in to the VPN, open a web browser and use any of our subscription electronic resources.

Skillsoft (access until 4nd May, 2024)

Skillsoft  ebooks collections:   ITPro, BusinessPro and FinancePro.
Topics: IT, business, finance.

Access  – only for registered users (contact the faculty library staff for registration). The number of users is limited.
 TRIAL DATABASES

Oxford Handbooks Online (access until 30th, 2023)

Oxford Handbooks Online  – a database of handbooks.
Topics: humanities, social sciences, sciences, and art.

Learn more by watching Oxford Handbooks Online training video

Access from VIKO computer network, remote access over VPN connection.

Oxford Research Encyclopedias (access until 30th, 2023)

Oxford Research Encyclopedias – peer-reviewed  research encyclopedias.
Topics: humanities, social sciences, sciences, and art.

Access from VIKO computer network, remote access over VPN connection.

OPEN ACCESS DATABASES
OAPEN (open access)
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic e-books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.

Topics: humanities, social sciences.

SpringerOpen (open access)
SpringerOpen – 1117 open access books covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences.
Topics: multidisciplinary.
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Open research library (open access)
Open research library – collection of peer-reviewed Open Access books (all subject areas).
Topics: multidisciplinary.

Other
DOAB – open access ebooks (all subject areas)
bookboon – ebooks free for 30 days (textbooks) (business, finance, languages, medicine, IT, engineering)
The National Academies Press – download eBooks PDF (with registration) or read online (various subject areas)
Open text library – open access books (all subject areas)
Open stax – open access books (business, social sciences)