External electronic information resources (alphabetically)
External information resources (Alphabetically)
The Comenius University Academic Library in Bratislava provides access to licensed information resources funded from the university’s own resources (CU) or through the SKeLib consortium via CVTI SR (see also the list of CU EIRs by type).
Electronic information resources are a key tool for supporting science, research, and education. Through these resources, the academic community has access to a wide range of scientific and professional information via bibliographic, full-text, and factual databases (see also freely available EIRs).
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A
AMBOSS
Access: users must create an account using their university email address. Registration must be completed within the Comenius University network.
Description:
Medical knowledge platform – an e-learning tool that provides detailed and up-to-date information through an interactive library, tests, and a database of questions..
Type: factual and full-text platform
Discipline: medicine
Language: english
Provider: AMBOSS GmbH
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
American Psychological Association (APA) - PsycARTICLES
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A full-text database of scholarly and professional e-journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA). It includes articles from over 140 journals, with retrospective coverage for selected titles dating back to 1894.
Additional Information: the collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Type: full-text database – journals
Discipline: psychology and cognitive science
Language: english
Provider: American Psychological Association
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
American Psychological Association (APA) - PsycBOOKS
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A full-text database of scholarly and professional e-books published by the American Psychological Association (APA). It includes online access to the Encyclopedia of Psychology (8 volumes, published in 2000) and approximately 100 titles from the period 1950 to 2002, which are currently limited in availability in print form.
Additional Information: on the EBSCO platform, content is analytically processed by chapters—entire books must be searched via the source document.
The collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Type: full-text database – books
Discipline: psychology and cognitive science
Language: english
Provider: American Psychological Association
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
American Psychological Association (APA) –PsycEXTRA
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A database providing access primarily to full texts of grey literature—including conference materials, reports, government regulations, standards, and more. It delivers applied information in the fields of psychology and cognitive science. The database contains approximately 300,000 records and is continuously updated.
Additional Information: the collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Type: various information sources
Discipline: psychology and cognitive science
Language: english
Provider: American Psychological Association
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
American Psychological Association (APA) – PsycTESTS
Description:
A database providing access to approximately 5,000 unpublished psychological tests developed by researchers since 1910. Each record includes detailed information about the test itself—purpose, development, scope, usage, reliability and validity data, as well as references to the test in scholarly literature.
Additional Information: the collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses.
Provider: American Psychological Association
Availability: licensed
Type: tests
Discipline: psychology and cognitive science
Language: english
Access Provided By: Comenius University
ATLA Religion Database
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A full-text database of scholarly and professional e-journals in the fields of theology and religious studies, with retrospective coverage from 1949 (several journals dating back to the 19th century). The database includes an online collection of theological journals published by the American Theological Library Association (ATLA).
Additional Information: the platform also offers access to open access (OA) e-books.
The collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Type: full-text database – journals and OA books
Discipline: philosophy, history, and religion
Language: english
Provider: American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
B
BOOKPORT
Access: users must create an account using their university email address or use university credentials via safeID.sk (Shibboleth) (instructions SK).
Description:
A professional e-book collection by the publishing house Grada, as well as other renowned publishers such as Jan Melvil, Host, Epocha, Galén, Jota, Portál, Práh, Karolinum, and others. The platform offers access to more than 11,000 titles spanning fiction, popular science, and academic literature.
Type: full-text database – books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: primarily Czech, with titles available in other languages as well
Provider: GRADA
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
C
CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform
Access: users must create a personal account using their university email address. Registration must be completed within the Comenius University network at the link.
Description:
A system for accessing scientific chemical information, serving as a comprehensive tool to support research and development in chemistry, pharmacy, medicine, and related fields. It provides access to over 65 million information sources and contains data on more than 200 million chemical substances.
The system includes the following modules:
Tools for searching complex chemical information such as chemical structures, properties, compounds, reactions, and more.
- A tool for searching suitable analytical research methods and protocols in the field of chemistry.
A tool for retrieving information about chemical formulations.
Type: factual database
Discipline: chemistry, pharmacy, medicine, and related sciences
Language: english
Provider: Chemical Abstracts Service
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
D
De Gruyter Brill
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
The multidisciplinary Complete Journal Package collection includes scientific and professional e-journals in the fields of social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, technology, mathematics, and medicine.
Type: full-text database – journals
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: De Gruyter Brill
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
E
EBSCO - eBook Academic Collection
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A multidisciplinary collection of scholarly and professional e-books. It includes over 180,000 book titles published by a range of leading academic and university publishers, such as Elsevier Science, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, Sage, Wiley, and others.
Additional Information: the collection is also available on EBSCOhost Web platform, which serves as a unified interface for accessing the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection, ATLA Religion Database, and American Psychological Association (APA) databases.
Type: full-text database - books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: EBSCO
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
Emerald
Accesss: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A multidisciplinary database of scientific and professional e-journals and e-books. It covers the fields of management, social sciences, engineering, finance, accounting, social media, gender issues, and mental health.
Additional Information: The platform also offers OA e-articles and e-books.
Type: full-text database – journals, books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Emerald Publishing
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
G
Grammarly
Access: using a university email address; request account creation at library@vili.uniba.sk
Description:
A tool supporting writing and communication in English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages. It checks grammar, style, and tone, and helps users express themselves more effectively. It also offers originality checking and additional features.
Additional Information: overview of functions and features [PDF]; user guides on the provider’s website
Type: writing assistant
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Superhuman Platform, Inc.
Availability: licencsed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
I
IEEE Xplore
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A digital full-text library of scholarly and professional materials provided by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and the IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology). It offers access to more than 6 million electronic documents, including journals and conference proceedings.
Type: full-text database – journals and various information sources
Discipline: engineering and computer science
Language: english
Provider: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
J
JAMA NETWORK
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at Faculty of Medicine of CU and Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin of CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, including remote access)
Description:
A platform for medical journals published by the American Medical Association. It includes the prestigious JAMA journal and other specialized journals.
Additional Information: the platform also offers open access (OA) e-articles.
Type: full-text platform – journals and OA articles
Discipline: medicine
Language: english
Provider: American Medical Association
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
JSTOR
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A multidisciplinary, full-text retrospective digital library of primarily scholarly and professional e-journals, containing more than 12 million articles. The collection mainly covers the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.
Additional Information: the platform also offers open access (OA) e-books.
Type: full-text database – journals and OA books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Ithaka
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
K
Knovel
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A platform for technical disciplines and applied natural sciences. It combines an online library (books and handbooks from various established publishers) with a database featuring tools for searching materials and compounds based on their physicochemical properties, including interactive tables, graphs, and equations.
Type: full-text and factual database – books and other information
Discipline: chemistry, engineering, natural sciences
Language: english
Provider: Elsevier
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
L
Lexidrug
see below UpToDate® Lexidrug™
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
Collection of medical journals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Additional Information: Journals are available via the OVID DISCOVERY platform after searching by title, publisher, etc.
Type: full-text database – journals
Discipline: medicine
Language: english
Provider: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
N
Nature Portfolio
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
The Nature Portfolio is a publishing division of Springer Nature, responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. It includes the renowned journal Nature as well as more than 50 other scholarly and professional journals.
Type: full-text database – journals
Discipline: natural sciences, medicine, and selected humanities disciplines
Language: english
Provider: Springer Nature
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
O
Ovid
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A platform providing access to information resources in the fields of medicine, pharmacology, health sciences, nursing, public health, psychology, and related fields. It provides access to various databases, including Journals@Ovid Full Text, Books@Ovid, JBI Best Practice, Embase, Ovid MEDLINE(R), and others.
Type: factual and full-text platform – journals, books, multimedia, and other resources
Discipline: medicine, pharmacology, and related fields
Language: english
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Ovid Discovery
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A discovery service that provides a search tool integrating predominantly medical and pharmaceutical information resources. The tool also provides access to a collection of medical journals published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins – see above.
Type: discovery tool
Discipline: predominantly medicine and pharmacy
Language: english
Provider: Wolters Kluwer
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Oxford Journals
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text database of scholarly and professional e-journals providing access to over 500 titles published by Oxford University Press across various scientific fields.
Type: full-text database – journals
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Oxford University Press
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
P
ProQuest Central
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text database covering at least 160 disciplines, including scholarly and professional e-journals, e-books, and reports. It contains over 11,000 scholarly journal titles, 3,000 professional journals, more than 2,000 newspaper titles, and 1,100 magazines. The collection also includes 4 million records of theses and dissertations.
Type: full-text database - books, journals, and various information sources
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: multilingual
Provider: ProQuest
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
ProQuest Ebook Central
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text digital library of scholarly and professional e-books published by various prominent publishers, including university and academic presses. It provides access to titles from the Academic Complete collection. The platform merges the Ebrary and EBL (Ebook Library) databases into a unified environment for electronic books spanning a wide range of scientific fields divided into 11 categories: Arts, Business, Education, General Science, Medicine, History and Politics, Law, Literature and Linguistics, Religion and Philosophy, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Technology.
Additional Information: ProQuest Ebook Central allows printing, copying, and downloading of selected sections.
Type: full-text database - books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: multilingual
Provider: ProQuest
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
R
REAXYS
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A platform for scientific chemical information. It provides data on chemical substances and reactions, commercial information about manufacturers and suppliers, and integrates experimentally verified (not computed) chemical structures. The platform also offers tools for drawing chemical structures, searching for methodological protocols of chemical reactions, and designing synthetic reactions.
Type: factual database
Discipline: chemistry, pharmacy, and natural sciences
Language: english
Provider: Elsevier
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
S
ScienceDirect
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text platform by Elsevier providing access to scientific and professional e-journals and e-books published by Elsevier. It includes nearly one quarter of the world’s peer-reviewed titles across various scientific fields.
Type: full-text database - journals and books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: multilingual
Provider: Elsevier
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
SciFinder
see above CAS SciFinder Discovery Platform
SCOPUS
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A bibliographic and citation database focused primarily on European scientific output. It includes bibliographic records of journal articles, books, as well as conference papers, market reports, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. In addition to basic citation metrics, it also allows users to search for the Hirsch index (h-index).
Type: citation and bibliographic database – bibliographic records
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: multilingual
Provider: Elsevier
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Springer Nature Link
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text platform of e-journals, e-books, reference works, and online archives in the fields of science, technology, and medicine.
Type: full-text database - journals and books
Discipline: natural sciences, medicine, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, and engineering
Language: english
Provider: Springer Nature
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Statista.com
Access: via university login (Shibboleth, confirming consent - button “súhlasím“ is neccessary). After successful login you will be automatically redirected to the Statista page with full access to the data.
(Direct access via Statista.com page - Login - Campus Access - within "Institution login" select "Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave" - log in with your university credentials.)
Description:
Statistical data and analyses from various fields across more than 50 countries worldwide. The platform provides economic data in the form of statistics, reports, forecasts, infographics, and projections. It covers approximately 80,000 topics from over 22,500 information sources and includes more than 1.5 million statistics.
Additional Information: data can be downloaded in four formats (PDF, XLS, PNG, PPT).
Type: factual database – statistical data
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Statista GmbH
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University
Summon Discovery Tool
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A discovery service that functions as a unified search tool, integrating all information resources (both print and electronic) available through the Comenius University Academic Library.
Type: discovery tool
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: multilingual
Provider: ProQuest
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
T
Taylor & Francis
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
The multidisciplinary full-text database of scientific e-journals covers the fields of social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.
Additional Information: The platform also offers OA e-articles.
Type: full-text database - journals and OA articles
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Taylor & Francis, an informa business
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
U
UpToDate
Access: initial login must be made from a Comenius University IP address and using an account created with a university email address. After registration, remote access is possible; however, re-authentication from a university IP address is required every 90 days to prevent account expiration.
Description:
An evidence-based clinical decision support resource designed to assist healthcare professionals in accessing current clinical information and supporting decision-making processes. It serves as a key tool for accessing up-to-date medical content, covering over 12,000 clinical topics across 25 specialties.
Additional information: As part of the UpToDate Advanced license, Comenius University users also have access to the LexiDrug database (see below). However, access to LexiDrug is controlled exclusively by IP address (remote access via an UpToDate account cannot currently be applied to LexiDrug; remote access via a proxy can be used).
Type: factual database
Discipline: medicine
Language: english
Provider: Wolters Kluwer – UpToDate
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
UpToDate® Lexidrug™
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access)
Description:
A pharmacological database for pharmacists, physicians, and healthcare professionals, providing accurate and up-to-date information on drugs, their toxicity, interactions, and side effects. It is supplemented by an unknown drug identification tool, a calculation module, study materials, and other tools.
Additional information: Access to Lexidrug is controlled exclusively by IP address (remote access via an UpToDate account cannot currently be applied to LexiDrug; remote access via a proxy can be used). The database also includes the MARTINDALE: The Complete Drug Reference and UpToDate Lexidrug User Academy: Training Videos.
Type: factual database
Discipline: medicine, pharmacy
Language: english
Provider: Wolters Kluwer – UpToDate
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
W
Web of Science
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access.
Description:
A platform providing access to bibliographic databases, citation indexes, and research evaluation tools developed by Clarivate Analytics. It offers reference and citation data from journals, conference proceedings, and other documents across more than 250 scientific disciplines, dating back to 1900.
At Comenius University in Bratislava, access is provided to the following databases: Web of Science Core Collection, Current Contents Connect, Journal Citation Reports, and Essential Science Indicators, as well as to the integrated Research Assistant tool.
Additional information: instructions for using Web of Science on the provider's website, recording of a webinar on using the AI tool Research Assistant [in English]
Type: citation and bibliographic database – bibliographic records
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: Clarivate Analytics
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Wiley Online Library
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
Description:
A multidisciplinary full-text database provided by the publisher John Wiley & Sons, offering access to its scientific and professional e-journals.
Additional Information: The platform also includes access to open access e-books, e-encyclopedias, and e-handbooks.
Type: full-text database - journals and open access books
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses.
Provider: Wiley-Blackwell
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: consortium via the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information
Writefull
Access: access is controlled via university IP addresses (computers at CU, Eduroam Wi-Fi, or remote access).
For the Writefull desktop plugin, you must create an account created with a university email address.
Description:
A tool for advanced proofreading of scientific and academic texts in English. It provides feedback on grammar, spelling, vocabulary, punctuation, style, and citation accuracy.
Included modules:
Writefull Revise - an online tool for checking and improving academic texts written in English.
Writefull Cite - an online tool for verifying and correcting in-text citations.
Writefull for desktop (plugin) - a desktop version designed to assist with the correction of academic texts in English.
Additional Information:
Users have access to installation guides and basic usage tutorials: Writefull Starter Pack [2.6 MB] and Writefull for Word [2.8 MB]. The Word plugin for Mac is also available for download.
Type: academic writing support tool
Discipline: multidisciplinary
Language: english
Provider: ProQuest
Availability: licensed
Access Provided By: Comenius University