Full-text electronic information resources

The emergence of e-journals and e-books

 * the Internet and the WWW (World Wide Web) service are responsible for everything
 * the expansion and popularity of the WWW brought with it new possibilities in publishing
 * The 90s of the 20th century brought the question - will the classic book disappear?
 * contemporary – symbiosis of classics and e-version
 * the emergence of purely electronic magazines (e.g. IKAROS)
 * ADVANTAGE – availability 24/7 (24 hours, 7 days a week)

Current Status - License Policy

 * current and further development is determined by the license policy of the publishers
 * is based on an agreement with the user – consortium, institution, etc.
 * print and online version at the same time
 * online completely free
 * free after a certain period - so-called "embargo" (ranging from 1/2 year to 2 years)
 * print subscribers - free online
 * subscribers to the print version - online for an additional fee
 * purchasing print or online version only
 * membership in companies that publish the magazine
 * consortium approaches (Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Oxford, etc.)

Technical Terms

 * PC connected to the Internet with a browser
 * full texts are in the format:
 * HTML
 * PDF (Adobe Acrobat - free download)
 * exceptionally different format (image)
 * ensuring access
 * direct access – IP-addresses of the institution, rarely ID and password
 * remote access - your personal ID and password

Magazine Catalogs

 * file catalogs
 * records of magazines that are taken out in printed or online form by libraries in the Czech Republic - completeness depends on the cooperation of libraries
 * National Medical Library – MEDVIK
 * National Library of the Czech Republic - SKCP database
 * catalogs of online magazines
 * 1. LF UK – Electronic journal library – EZB
 * UK - Electronic Journal Portal - SFX
 * NLK – Portal of electronic resources
 * service for obtaining an article - MVS, MMVS

EZB (Electronic Journal Library)

 * project of the German university library in Regensburg
 * offers simple access (and especially management) of electronic journals
 * you can find the availability of individual titles here
 * easy search - by title, abbreviations, publisher, subject (in German), ISSN
 * accessibility - "traffic light"
 * green (free source)
 * yellow (license for our organization – 1.LF)
 * red (we do not have access)

Example 1
Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine 2006, 44(7): 813-16 (Gibelin P et al: Prognostic value...)
 * I have a quote:
 * I will find out if 1st LF has it online
 * EZB - I'm looking for "clin chem lab med" in the quick search
 * appears at the magazine
 * "info" - information about the magazine
 * "readme" - info about subscription
 * "traffic lights"
 * select a record that is accessible (yellow)
 * I will link to the magazine page
 * I will find the necessary article
 * I will download

Example 2
Experimental Neurology 2006, 202(1): 21-35 (Bakker M et al: Postural responses...)
 * I have a quote:
 * I'll see if 1.LF has it online
 * EZB - I'm looking for "experimental neurology" in the quick search
 * appears at the magazine
 * "ičko" - information about the magazine
 * "readme" - info about subscription
 * "traffic lights"
 * unfortunately, the journal is not accessible to us (red), but I can find out which library using EZB has it available - list of participating institutions
 * I will look in the complete catalog
 * National Medical Library - in 2006, it has no library in printed form
 * The National Library of the Czech Republic – in 2006, there was no library in printed form
 * I therefore choose the option from EZB - library - MVS service

E-resources portal – NLK

 * registered NLK readers can use remote access
 * NLK – SerialsSolution portal
 * https://nlk.cz/ – “electronic resources” menu
 * sample – "Lancet" magazine
 * when accessing outside the NLK building, you must use a login ID and password (other than when accessing UK!)

How to e-books?

 * lists of e-books within the portal
 * 1.LF website, 1.LF library website – overview
 * Gale demo
 * sample Books@OVID
 * UK electronic resources portal - overview
 * UK - ALEPH catalog
 * http://ckis.cuni.cz
 * e.g. search by keyword - "psychology"

Related articles

 * Information and information institutions
 * Catalogs (1. LF UK, NT)
 * Basics of searching in free sources
 * Orientation in available e-resources
 * Information sources at UK
 * Full-text electronic information sources
 * Citation of used literature
 * Written scientific or professional communication