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Blanka Farkašová Introduction to Electronic Information Resources FSS MU, 9.5.2011

Central Library FSS MU. Blanka Farkašová Introduction to Electronic Information Resources FSS MU, 9.5.2011. Outline. Briefly about resources Databases E-books Metalib. http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz. What are electronic information resources?. documents in electronic versions

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Blanka Farkašová Introduction to Electronic Information Resources FSS MU, 9.5.2011

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  1. Central Library FSS MU Blanka Farkašová Introduction to Electronic Information Resources FSS MU, 9.5.2011

  2. Outline • Briefly about resources • Databases • E-books • Metalib http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  3. What are electronic information resources? • documents in electronic versions • available online or on data media (CD ROM, DVD) • trustworthy and reliable sources • up to date information • retrospective coverage • available 24/7 http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  4. Types of electronic resources • databases (bibliographic, full-texts, facts databases) • e-journals • e-books • library catalogues http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  5. Access to EIR • EIR are accessible from all computers at the university • remote access is available via proxy server http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  6. How to access e-resources? • Library web pages: • http://library.fss.muni.cz/ • Masaryk university portal: • http://ezdroje.muni.cz http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  7. Searching the databases • basic, advanced search, by title/subject etc. • setting up variety of options/limitations • working with results • refining the results • printing, emailing, saving http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  8. Databáze EBSCO • broad range of full text and bibliographic databases • over 5000 journals in full-texts • Multidisciplinary resource • for social studies: • Academic Search Complete • SocIndex with fulltext http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  9. Other full-texts databases • Cambridge Journals • JSTORE • Oxford Journals • ProQuest • Sage • Science Direct • SpringerLINK • Wiley http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  10. E-books • access via library web pages: List of e-sources – e-books • Ebrary – more than 50 000! titles • Gale – library of electronic encyclopedias http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  11. SFX – linking service • SFX provides services for searching and linking fulltext documents available at MU • SFX works in selected information resources (ProQuest, EBSCO, SpringerLink, ScienceDirect),Metalib, in tools for electronic journals and also in Google Scholar • you just click on SFX icon and it will try to find a fulltext for given resource http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  12. E-journals portal • E-journals • enables to find journals which are available in fulltext in databases subscribed by the university • Citation Linker • a tool for searching for fulltexts according to given citation http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  13. Metalib • Metalib allows to search in more electronic resources at a time • it works like a search engine over selected resources • basic & advanced search http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

  14. Thank you for you attention Blanka Farkašová blanka@fss.muni.cz http://knihovna.fss.muni.cz

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