Databases and services

In the library, FIS students and employees can gain access to databases of articles, abstracts and other texts in full format (PDF), which can be accessed from the FIS premises or home with a username and password via remote access.

To obtain a username and password, send an e-mail to knjiznica@fis.unm.si and add your name, surname and e-mail address, or visit the library. You will receive an email in a few days with additional instructions. You must also be a current FIS student and a member of the FIS Library.

The following are at your disposal (obtained from the IZUM website):

Scopus

Scopus is the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed research literature, with over 22,000 titles from more than 5,000 international publishers and covering 240 disciplines. More information about the database is available on the provider’s website. Webinars can also help with your search:
https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm/events/webinars/elsevier-training-and-demo-webinars

ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect is a collection from one of the largest publishers of scientific literature, Elsevier. It contains bibliographic data with abstracts and full texts of articles mainly in the fields of science, medicine and technology. 
Webinars can also help you with your search: https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm/events/webinars/elsevier-training-and-demo-webinars

ProQuest

ProQuest allows you to search the ProQuest Dissertation and Thesis – A&I database. The database is the most comprehensive collection of doctoral dissertations and master’s theses worldwide. It contains bibliographic data on more than 3 million doctoral and master’s theses from all over the world from 1734 onwards. Most publications can be purchased electronically or in other forms. More information about the database is available on the provider’s website.

Faktor vpliva – iz baz podatkov Journal Citation Reports 

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a factual database containing impact factor data records for major global serials. Data from 1994 onwards are available in the COBISS.SI system.

SNIP – faktor vpliva serijskih publikacij iz Source Normalized Impact per Paper

SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)is a factual database containing impact factor records for scientific publications covered by the Scopus database. The data are available in COBISS.SI from 1999 onwards.

SpringerLink – NOVO

SpringerLink is designed for searching, browsing and using scientific literature in the fields of biomedicine, business and economics, geosciences, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, environmental sciences, computer science, humanities, psychology, sociology, law, etc. It includes access to bibliographic data and full texts of journals, books, series, protocols, reference works (encyclopaedias, handbooks) and conference proceedings.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar allows you to search for articles, dissertations, books, reports, etc. from a variety of sources – publishers, open access archives, academic institutions’ websites. You can also search by cited literature. Remote access gives you access to the text of articles under the terms of the licence.

You can also access (and remotely access) some information resources from public libraries (e.g. Knjižnica Mirana Jarca, other libraries) and NUK (National and university library)  The NUK membership fee for FIS students and employees is paid by the Faculty, you only have to pay the cost of the card (approx. 3.5 EUR). You can also find some freely accessible databases on our website (see Open e- resources tab).