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Guide for e-resources

E-book, e-journal and database instructions for beginners and reviewing. Also includes frequently asked questions (FAQ).

Table of contents

The most important issues of e-books and other e-resources

1. You will find e-books, e-journals and databases from JYKDOK (log in with your JYU user account).

  • You won't need the library card for using e-books.
  • There are four workstations that do not require a user account for the university network. Most e-resources can be read on them.

2. You can read most of the e-books online. For some e-books, you will need Adobe Digital Editions software (ADE). ADE is suitable for both computers and mobile apps.

  • If you read an Ellibs e-book, please download either Ellibs app (on mobile devices) or Thorium Reader (on computers).
    (More detailed instructions for downloading the reading softwares in FAQ).

3. There are different types of licenses of e-books: some are more restricted than others.

  • Usually, if there are limitations, it is mentioned in the e-book details. If someone is reading the e-book, it is mentioned as well.
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  • Sometimes you can add a request for the title. If this is possible, it is told in the e-book details.
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NB! If you have made a request for an Ellibs e-book, the loan period starts immediately when you have received the arrival notice.

Principals of the remote access to e-resources

Do you want to read an e-book or an e-journal outside the campus? Most of the e-resources enable this, when you bear these points in mind:

  1. Always use e-resources via JYKDOK.
  2. Do you study at JYU Open University?
    1. Log in with your JYU user account. You don't need a library card.
    2. You can check the functionality of the user account with a test article (please click some article of the newest volume and see if it opens).
      1. If the test article opens but the e-book doesn't, please contact the library.
      2. If you can't open the test article, please ask help through HelpJYU portal.

Simplify remote access: LibKey

  • LibKey Nomad browser extension and LibKey iO search service help members of JYU access e-resources provided by the Library and find open access articles.

Loan periods and printing of e-books

  • Depending on the publisher, e-book loan periods vary from one day to several weeks. An e-book is returned automatically when the loan period is over.
  • Printing and downloading of an e-book (completely or partially) depends on the publisher, too.
  • Usually, you can see the information about printing, loan period and downloading when you click the e-book link in JYKDOK and read the details on the web page.
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Citing, hyperlink creation and access rights

  • Are you wondering how to make a reference to an e-book? If there are no page numbers, the main principle is to refer to the chapter.
  • Do you want to create a hyperlink to an e-book or an e-article? Please read the instructions for hyperlinks of e-books so that the e-resource will be usable with the remote access, too.
  • Do you intend to share pages of an e-book? Please note that access rights depend on the publisher so always check in advance what is allowed.

Instructions for e-journals

  • Please note that
    • when the library orders an e-journal, the order may not cover all volumes of the journal. 
    • the e-journal may be available via several hyperlinks. The available volumes can vary depending on the link.


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Other  reasons for  an unavailable article

  • There doesn't exist a valid order for the journal. Usually, the table of contents and abstracts are available for all but entire articles will open only for the subscriber. Ensure that you use the e-journal via JYKDOK so the publisher will identify the order. 
  • Downtime. The subscriptions of journals will be renewed every year and this may cause downtime. If you have tried to read the e-journal via JYKDOK but it fails, please contact journals-lib@jyu.fi.
  • Waiting time (embargo) = some subscriptions do not cover the newest volumes. In practice, you may read articles which have been published e.g. 12 or 18 months before. 

     

The main interdisciplinary e-journal platforms

  • Taylor & Francis
  • ScienceDirect: Journals
  • Wiley Online Library
  • Emerald Journals
  • SAGE Journals Online
  • JSTOR
  • DOAJ = Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Project Muse

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Advice for finding e-resources of specific topics

  • In JYKDOK, you can limit the search to e-resources by choosing 'Narrow search' 'Online resource' or 'Content type': "E-book" or 'eSearial'/'eJournal' on the results page.
  • More information about systematic information searching from our information seeking guide Library Tutorial.

E-book platforms

See also

Suurennuslasi kuvituskuva

Library Tutorial – a guide for information seeking

Learn the basics of scientific information seeking. Open learning material for the course LIBESIS Systematic Information Seeking.

Find open access articles

More and more scholarly articles are published openly.

Book, journal, article and database acquisition

The Open Science Centre ensures that the students and staff of JYU have the resources they need.