Information resources at UK

Charles University Libraries

 * Central Library of Charles University
 * is not a "classical library", but fulfills the function of a managerial workplace for the area of library and information services of Charles University (UK)
 * coordination center for faculty libraries, coordinates the purchase of electronic information resources (EIZ)


 * Faculty and departmental libraries
 * here you can already find classic libraries with a physical (books, scripts, textbooks, magazines, etc.) but also an electronic collection
 * the role of libraries is to acquire, process, store and, above all, make information resources available according to their mission
 * provide services (borrowing, research, reference, reprographic, etc.)
 * Institute of Computer Technology
 * the department of library applications cooperates with the libraries of the UK and provides all technical support

UK Libraries Services

 * rental services
 * full-time (only in the study room)
 * absent (home loans)
 * MVS – inter-library (providing literature that the given library does not have and must request from another)
 * bibliographic services
 * catalog creation (in the Aleph system)
 * own database (e.g. db publication activities)
 * research services
 * making EIZ available
 * reference services
 * user navigation
 * reprographic services

Visiting the UK library

 * the libraries of the Charles University are governed by the common "Library and lending regulations of Charles University"
 * each library of the UK has its own "Loan Regulation", which regulates the rights and obligations of users
 * to register, you need a student card of the University of Warsaw and a completed electronic application
 * users who are not students or employees of the UK either pick up a "UK external user card" at the UK distribution centers or some libraries provide non-personalized cards and register on the spot

UK student/employee card

 * information on issuing and using the card is available online
 * when picking up your pass, you will receive a password, which you can change according to the instructions
 * you will need a card for example:
 * to visit the UK library
 * to manage your library account online (+password)
 * to use e-resources from home (+password)

Orientation in UK catalog

 * The central catalog of the UK brings information about what individual CU libraries have in their collection (in physical and electronic form)
 * All the libraries of the UK participate in the creation of the Central Catalog of the UK
 * The central catalog is available at http://ckis.cuni.cz
 * is administered by the Institute of Computer Technology of the UK
 * you can search
 * in the central catalog (you will search all the fund stored at UK)
 * in the catalog of the selected faculty library
 * according to the type of document (books, periodicals, VŠKP, e-books, e-magazines, articles from anthologies)
 * search methods
 * basic/advanced search
 * e.g. combination of subject (psychology) and author (Vymětal)
 * browsing registers
 * the system will offer the searched records:
 * basic information about the book (including cover image if available)
 * information on owned specimens (abbreviations of faculties and number of specimens are used), information on specimens can be obtained by clicking on the abbreviation of the given faculty
 * samples
 * reader account – based on login (login / password) you have access to:
 * information held about your person
 * list of borrowed books
 * list of reserved books
 * you can extend loans (if the library allows it)
 * you can reserve books online (if the library allows it)

Electronic resources at UK

 * Portal of electronic resources (PEZ)
 * is available online at http://pez.cuni.cz
 * makes information resources available for science, research and teaching
 * all UK libraries participate in the creation and updating
 * technically provided by the Institute of Computer Technology
 * information sources are available:
 * by license (purchase or subscription)
 * in trial access
 * freely

Access to EEZ

 * direct access
 * means that the given resource is usually accessible without entering login data from the network of the faculty to which the given resource is subscribed
 * direct access is also allowed to external library users
 * Remote Access
 * remote access was created for the convenience of users, or access from anywhere based on login data (login/password)
 * the system identifies which faculty you are from and accordingly lets you access the resources of that faculty

UK Electronic Resource Portal

 * browsing method by:
 * alphabets
 * faculties
 * subject
 * search methods:
 * simple
 * extended – different criteria can be combined
 * integration of all types of EIZ
 * breakdown:
 * database (bibliographic, factual, ...)
 * e-journals
 * e-books
 * databases and packages of e-magazines or e-books are listed on the PEZ
 * individual titles of e-journals are available through the Portal of Electronic Journals or also in the Central Catalog of the UK
 * individual e-book titles are gradually delivered to the Central Catalog of the UK

Basic Search Techniques

 * query formulation - what am I looking for?
 * selection of keywords - MeSH thesaurus
 * selection of EIZ
 * building the query
 * boolean (AND, OR, NOT)
 * proximity (distance) operators
 * finding records - debugging the query
 * provision of full text

E-Journal Portal

 * degrees accessible for the entire Charles University or for individual faculties
 * depending on the time, an example of searching for a magazine title, whether it is available

Related Articles

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 * Orientation in available e-resources
 * Full-text electronic information sources
 * Citation of used literature
 * Digital portfolio from R&D perspective
 * Written scientific or professional communication