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Database resources
All electronic information resources in relation to the Charles University can be found on the Electronic Resources Portal (also known as PEZ): https://pez.cuni.cz/. ERP (PEZ) contains records for entire databases, comprehensive collections of electronic books and journals, repositories and other tools of electronic information resources.
On the other hand, to search for individual (e)-books, university theses, journals and articles in them, use UKAŽ: https://ukaz.cuni.cz/.
Charles University has also launched its own Research Publications Repository (https://publications.cuni.cz/?locale-attribute=en), which serves as a place for storing and making available (self-archiving principle) full texts of scientific and research results by authors from the university. Making the result available is voluntary for CU employees and students. The process of auto-archiving results in the repository is established in the Rector’s Directive No. 40/2021.
The following list does NOT replace a search in ERP (PEZ), but contains important paid database sources, usually of the largest publishers, and even in the form as they are indexed by ERP (PEZ):
Academic Search Ultimate, Amboss, American Chemical Society Journals, Annual Reviews, Biomed Central, BMJ Journals Online Collection, BOOKPORT, Cambridge Core, ESASO Course Series, Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews, InCites – Benchmarking & Analytics, IOPscience, Journal Citation Reports, Karger Fast Facts, Karger Journals, Library & Information Science Source (LISS), Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins High Impact Collection, Osmosis, Oxford Academic, ProQuest Ebook Central, SAGE Research Methods, ScienceDirect, SciVal, Scopus, SpringerLink, Taylor & Francis, Thieme MedOne Education, Ulrichsweb, UpToDate Anywhere, Walter de Gruyter, Web of Science, Wiley Online Library, Writefull.
Further classification only complements the situation with ERP (PEZ) or points to other important database sources.
- CITATIONS AND REFERENCE DATABASES – InCites, Journal Citation Reports, SciVal, Scopus, Web of Science
- DATABASES USEFUL FOR RETRIEVALS – for retrieval purposes
- CATALOGUES – if you look for detailed info about journal (e.g. ISSN, periodicity)
- OTHERS RESOURSES – the list of resourses offers another possibilities like alert via email, e-books etc.
Citations and reference databases
| InCites – Benchmarking & Analytics |
| direct acces, remoce acces |
| analyzing and evaluating the institution’s and its staff’s science and research outputs connected to Web of Science data |
| for Charles University only |
| Journal Citation Reports |
| direct acces, remote acces |
| database of the journals with impact factor |
| for Charles University only |
| SciVal (CzechElib) |
| direct access, remote access |
| analyzing and evaluating the institution’s and its staff’s science and research outputs connected to Scopus data |
| for Charles University only, alternative to InCites |
| SciVal – user manual |
| Scopus (CzechElib) |
| direct access, remote access |
| abstract, citation and reference database |
| for Charles University only, alternative to Web of Knowledge |
| Web of Science (CzechElib) |
| direct access, remote access |
| for Charles University |
| abstract, citation and reference database |
Databases useful for retrievals
| Bibliographia Medica Čechoslovaca |
| free of charge, basic bibliographic database for Czech medical resources |
| Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews (platform OvidSP) (CzechElib) |
| direct access, remote access |
| basic bibliographic database |
| Chemical Abstracts (SciFinder N) |
| direct access, remote access |
| read first how to register, for Faculty of Medicine only |
| Medline (via OvidSP) (CzechElib) |
| direct access, remote access |
| basic bibliographic database, data available since 1946, for Faculty of Medicine users |
| Medline (via PubMed) |
| free of charge, this project operates National Library of Medicine in the USA |
| Medline Plus |
| contains encyclopedic information on health and drug issues, provides a directory of medical services |
| free of charge, the project operates National Library of Medicine in the USA |
| Toxnet |
| portal on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health and toxic releases |
| free of charge, the project operates National Library of Medicine in the USA |
Catalogues
| British Library – open |
| excellent catalogue, a lot of information |
| National Library (CZE) – open |
| plenty of information, information except medicine too |
| National Medical Library (CZE) – open |
| plenty of information not only about journals |
| Library in Karlsruhe – open |
| excellent catalogue covers German speaking countries |
| useful for searching information about monographs |
| Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen and Medical Hospital in Pilsen – open |