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Search in all database from one place with EBSCO Discovery service NEW

Under the license agreements, it is prohibited to use licensed electronic information resources other than for personal study and research needs. Mass data downloading from any source that evidently exceeds personal need or a data transfer from the source to other persons is considered as a violation of license conditions and may lead to blocking of the access to the licensed source for the whole university. Access to the licensed resources is permitted from computers connected in a computer network of the Mendel University in Brno.

Remote access to paid electronic information resources is possible through the access:

    • proxy or VPN server.   [Instructions for connection to proxy]
    • institution login (Schibboleth)
      - In database you must select institution login (Schibboleth), select correct region and our university - Mendel university. Then simply use your username and password.
      - Shibboleth is supported in: EBSCO host, Web of Knowledge, Scopus, CAB Abstracts, Biological Abstracts, FSTA, Science Direct and Nature.

News

  • CABI eRefWorks - Package of 13 dictionaries and encyclopedias in food science, nutrition, and related disciplines - updated with a new edition of the Dictionary of Entomology.
  • ACS Publications - ACS journals are #1 in citations or Impact Factor in the seven chemistry categories as well as nine additional categories. The collection of journals was purchased with financial assistance of Faculty of Agronomy and Departmend of Chemistry and Biochemistry .
  • CAB eBooks - CAB eBooks provides a unique opportunity to access CABI's prestigious titles in an easy-to use format. Books are indexed and retrievable as chapters, ensuring that a search of available titles will render the most relevant results and save you valuable time.
  • Wiley Current Protocols - Current Protocols has been the leading source of laboratory protocols for over 25 years and comprises more than 14,000 straightforward, step-by-step procedures and techniques across 17 titles.

Test access

  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Image Quest - Access approximately three million rights-cleared images from over 50 of the best collections in the world. Valid until 7. 6. 2013.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Academic Edition - Online encyclopedia from Encyclopaedia Britannica with hundreds of thousands of articles, biographies, videos, images, and web sites.(more information) Valid until 7. 6. 2013.
  • Springer Materials - SpringerMaterials is based on the Landolt-Börnstein New Series, the unique, fully evaluated data collection in all areas of physical sciences and engineering. (more information) Valid until 30. 4. 2013.
  • IMD World Competitiveness Online - is the most comprehensive database on the competitiveness of nations. It includes 17-year time series from the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook, the leading annual report published by IMD since 1989. (more information) Valid until 30. 4. 2013.

Metasearch engine

Electronic journal library / Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)

Databases accessible in information centre

Database name More information
ASPI Automated law information system (accessible on PC in information center and on 1 PC in information center-Z) (more information)
ČSN online Czech technical standards in electronic form (accessible on 1 PC in information center and 1 PC in the Lednice library) (more information)
Firemní monitor Database monitoring the bussines market. (more information)
OVEL Business Journal (accessible on PC in information center and on 1 PC in information center-Z) (more information)
MediaSearch Database monitoring the media market (accessible on 4 PCs in information center, on 1 PC in information center-Z and on 5 PCs in Lednice study room. You must ask for password library staff.). (more information)

If you need more information, you can ask our staff.

Licenced databases for MENDELU

natural sciences (biology, botany, chemistry, forestry science etc.)
social sciences and math (economy, political science, law, public relations etc.)

Database name More information Specialization
ACS Publications more information | NEW
Animal Health and Production Compendium more information
Aquaculture Compendium more information
Biological Abstracts | archive 1987-2012 more information
BioOne more information | list of titles
CAB Abstracts more information
CAB Distribution Maps of Plant Pests
CAB Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria
CAB Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases
CAB eBooks more information | NEW
CABI eRefWorks more information | NEW
Cambridge Journals Online - STM collection more information | NEW
Crop Protection Compendium more information
ebrary more information | list of titles
EBSCOhost
Academic Search Complete more information
Business Source Complete more information
EconLit with Full Text more information
Environment Complete more information
GreenFILE more information
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts o produktu
Regional Business more information
Forestry Compendium more information
Food Science and Technology Abstracts more information
Gale eBooks more information
Invasive Species Compendium more information | NEW
Journal Citation Reports more information
JSTOR kolekce Mathematics & Statistics more information
Nature more information
OECD iLibrary (dříve SourceOECD) more information
OXFORD
Oxford Reference more information
Oxford Journals Online STM Collection more information | list of titles | NEW
Oxford Journals - Science Archives more information | list of titles | NEW
Patria Plus more information
ProQuest STM Package more information | NEW
Safari Business Books Online (přístup z platformy ProQuest) more information
ScienceDirect more information
SCOPUS more information
SpringerLink more information
Springer eBooks more information | list of titles kolekce Computer Science Library
kolekce Lecture Notes in Mathematics
Ulrichsweb.com more information
Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) more information
Wiley Online Library more information
Wiley Current Protocols more information | NEW
Wiley eBooks more information | list of titles

Free databases

Database name More information
Agricola Database National Agricultural Library Spojených států
Agris Information for internatiol agriculture science FAO
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access journals
ERIH European Reference Index for the Humanities
ERIH revised lists ERIH searching for journal
Faostat FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.
Google Scholar Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature
HighWire the largest archive of free full-text scientific articles
IUFRO International Directory of Forest Information Services
Patent databases Abecední seznam českých i zahraničních úřadů a institucí zabývající se evidencí patentů a patentovým právem.
PLoS Biology Journals published by Public Library of Science
PubMed Central Archive of full-text articles from the field of Natural sciences and medicine
Repec Freely available database devoted to the economy
Research Gate ResearchGate is a network dedicated to science and research (more information)
Scirus Searching tool for scientific information
Versita Versita Open is Open Access platform, hosting full texts of nearly 200 scholarly journals that concurrently belong to many societies, universities and research institutes. (more information)

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