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The University of Tartu Library offers access to various multidisciplinary and specialized e-book databases. The collection is continually expanding, and users can browse the databases<\/a> by faculty. Below is an overview of the main e-book databases available.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-book databases<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Note:<\/strong> Access to full texts from these databases may require a VPN connection<\/a> if you\u2019re off-campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ebook Central<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a multidisciplinary database containing books from many different publishers;\u00a0instruction videos on using this database can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oxford Academic <\/strong><\/a>\u2013 access to almost 300 e-books from the Oxford University Press from key disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, science, medicine, and law. To see the various books available for UT students, click\u00a0Explore Books<\/em> and filter to All content I have access to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Reilly<\/a><\/strong> provides access to over 60,000 technology, creative and business books and videos from leading publishers.
Register with your University of Tartu email (@ut.ee) by clicking HERE<\/a>. Choose \u201cNot listed?\u201d under the Select your institution<\/strong> menu, enter your UT email, and you will receive temporary access. After 5 to 30 minutes, you will receive an email to finalize your account setup.
Outside of the University network, use the VPN connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sage Research Methods<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 books, articles and videos on research methods in social sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference works<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oxford English Dictionary<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 online version of the 2nd edition of the comprehensive 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oxford Reference Online<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 access to over 100 reference works spanning various subjects from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries (the Concise Oxford Dictionary<\/em>,\u00a0The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English,<\/em>\u00a0etc.), terminological dictionaries (Concise Medical Dictionary, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics<\/em>, etc.), biographical reference books (Who\u2019s Who in the Twentieth Century, Dictionary of Political Biography<\/em>, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grove Music Online<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The comprehensive online version of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians<\/em> (2nd ed.), The New Grove Dictionary of Opera<\/em>, and The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz<\/em> (2nd ed.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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