Electronic information resources

Literature searching - catalogue, databases and open repositories searching

• Resource availability
• Using conditions
• News
• Test access
• Discovery service
• Electronic journal library
• Databases accessible in the study rooms of the Library in Brno and Lednice
• Licenced databases for MENDELU
• Free databases

Resource availability

The paid electronic information resources are available from computers on the premises of Mendel University in Brno or by remote access (outside MENDELU).

Remote access is possible through:

• proxy [instructions for connecting], or vpn
• institution login also known as Shibboleth
  - in database you must select institution login (Shibboleth), select correct region and our university - Mendel university. Then simply use your username and password (same as UIS) - Shibboleth is supported by: BioOne, CAB Abstracts, CABI eRefWorks, Cambridge Journals Online-FULL Collection, De Gruyter, EBSCO host, Nature, OECD iLibrary, Oxford Journals, ProQuest Central, Science Direct, Scopus, SpringerLink, Web of Science a Wiley Online Library

Using conditions

The user is not allowed to:

• use the content of electronic information resources for commercial purposes. The content is designed only for teaching, studying and research purpose and for the personal needs of users;
• download mass data from any resource that evidently exceeds personal need. User can search, view, display, print and download only reasonable portions of the resources;
• modify and translate the obtained data or create works derived from them; edit or hide copyright notices;
• pass the obtained data on to other people.

Rules for the use of licensed electronic information resources (EIR)

News  

Test access

Political Science Complete is a full-text research database covering political topics with a worldwide focus, including international relations, political theory and comparative politics. With hundreds of full-text journals and thousands of conference papers, it is a valuable resource for political science researchers and government institutions.

To access, use the link: Political Science Complete [More information about database].

Test access to the Political Science Complete until 31 December 2024

Discovery engine

EBSCO Discovery Service™ [about] - brings together the most comprehensive collection of content--including superior indexing from top subject indexes, high-end full text and the entire library collection. If you have any questions or suggestions you can send it to jana.kratochvilova[at]mendelu.cz

Electronic journals and books library

Publications A to Z - list of journals and books in full text at the Mendel university in Brno

Databases accessible in the study rooms of the Library in Brno and Lednice

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

Licenced databases for MENDELU

natural sciences (biology, botany, chemistry, forestry science...)
social sciences and math (economy, political science, law, public relations...)
CzechELib Project National Centre for Information Support of Research, Development and Innovation.

Database name	Information	Label
ACS Journals	about
Beck-online	about
Biological Abstracts | retrospektiva 1987-2012	about
BioOne	about | title list
BOOKPORT - collection Business	about
CAB Abstracts (platform OVID) (1910 - present)	about
CAB Distribution Maps of Plant Pests CAB Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria CAB Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases	Part of CAB Abstracts
CAB eBooks 2000 - 2016	about | how to search
CABI Compendia Animal Health and Production Compendium about Aquaculture Compendium about Crop Protection Compendium about Food Safety and Quality Compendium about Forestry Compendium about Horticulture Compendium about Invasive Species Compendium about Seedborne Pests Compendium about
Cambridge Journals Online - FULL Collection	about
De Gruyter eJournal STM Package	title list
EBSCOhost platform Academic Search Ultimate about Business Source Ultimate about eBooks Collection about | title list EconLit with Full Text about ERIC about GreenFILE about Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts about Regional Business News about
JSTOR Full Access	about
MEDLINE (platform OVID)	about
Oxford Journal STM Science Archives (until 2019)	about
Patria Plus	about
ProQuest Central	about | how to search
ProQuest Ebook - Academic Complete	about
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)-Gold Collection	about | title list
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) ScienceDirect about Elsevier eBooks about | title list
SCOPUS	about
Springer Nature Springer Compact (SpringerLink) about Nature Nature - OVID Platform 2010/Vol. 467(7314) - 2017/Vol. 549(7672) about Nature Protocols about Springer eBooks about | title list
Statista.com	about
Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Journals - Science & Technology Library Collection about | title list Taylor & Francis Journals - Business Management & Economics Collection about | title list Taylor & Francis eBooks about | title list
Web of Science BIOSIS Citation Index about Current Contents Connect about Data Citation Index about Derwent Innovations Index about InCites about Journal Citation Reports about KCI-Korean Journal Database about MEDLINE about Preprint Citation Index about ProQuestTM Dissertations & Theses Citation Index about SciELO Citation Index about Web of Science Core Collection about Zoological Records about
Wiley Online Library Wiley Online Library about Wiley eBooks about | title list
Writefull Suite Writefull Revise Checks the linguistic quality of the text, corrects grammar, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation and style, and suggests appropriate revision. Writefull Cite Checks bibliographic citations for completeness; identifies sentences that require a source citation. Does not replace anti-plagiarism systems. Writefull for Word Plug-in providing linguistic feedback to texts written in MS Word. It checks for correct grammar, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation and style. Installation instructions Writefull for Overleaf Overleaf has a similar range of features to Writefull for Word, but some features are not yet available for Overleaf. Use in Google Chrome after downloading the plug-in.

Free databases