COLLECTIONS OF E-BOOKS

EDRA digital library

The collection includes biomedical e-books published by EDRA. These are textbooks for university exams used for degree courses in Medicine and Surgery, Nursing Sciences, Pharmacy, Biology and other courses in the health area

Terms and conditions: The e-books can be consulted online on the EDRA platform in flipbook mode for unlimited simultaneous users with no restrictions on time or pages consulted. For each book, it is possible to print / download the index and the first chapter.

All titles are also searchable on BiblioUPO. 

You log in with your University credentials (those of the uniupo e-mail).

Disciplinary fields: Biomedical

Publisher / Supplier: EDRA

EBSCO 

The collection includes multidisciplinary titles.

Terms and conditions: The e-books can be searched and consulted online on the EbscoHost platform for unlimited simultaneous users and can be downloaded for use offline.

STEM * area e-books are also searchable on BiblioUPO.

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions here).

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Provider: Ebscohost

Guide / Tutorial: Ebscohost video tutorial (in English)

OVID

2 virology titles (6th and 7th edition of Fields Virology).

Terms and conditions: The e-books are available online (Fields Virology) in ePub format and can be downloaded in PDF and printed chapter by chapter. The titles are also searchable on BiblioUPO. 

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions here).

Disciplinary fields: Biomedical

Publisher / Provider: Ovid

Oxford Scholarship Online

The collection includes a selection of e-books published by Oxford University Press.

Terms and conditions: The e-books are searchable online on the Oxford Scholarship Online and can be downloaded in PDF form, chapter by chapter (the EPUB format is only available for the most recent titles).

STEM * area e-books are also searchable on BiblioUPO.

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions here).

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Provider: Oxford University Press

ScienceDirect Major Reference Works (MRW)

The collection includes 5 manuals and encyclopedias published by Elsevier in the following disciplines: physics, engineering, biology, medical sciences.

Terms and conditions: The e-books are searchable on the Sciencedirect platform and downloadable chapter by chapter in PDF.

The 5 MRWs are also searchable on BiblioUPO. 

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions here).

Disciplinary fields: physics, engineering, biology, medical sciences

Publisher / Provider: Elsevier

Taylor & Francis eBooks

The collection includes a selection of around 80 e-books from various publishers of the Taylor and Francis group (Routledge, CRC, Chapman & Hall).

Conditions of access: Taylor & Francis e-books can be viewed online in HTML on the publisher’s platform and can be downloaded in PDF form, in their entirety or chapter by chapter. Only some are not available for download. All STEM * area titles are also searchable on BiblioUPO.

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions here).

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Provider: Taylor & Francis

Wiley

There are 2 food biotechnology books available.

Terms and conditions: The 2 e-books can be downloaded in full or chapter by chapter, in PDF format, on the Wiley Online platform.

They are also searchable on BiblioUPO. 

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions).

Disciplinary fields: Biotechnology

Publisher / Provider: Wiley

[*STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.]

MediaLibrary - MLOL

The MLOL platform contains e-books selected by the University from the available collections of major Italian publishers, along with "open" resources.

Terms and conditions: The e-books are searchable and available for digital lending on the MLOL  platform and are also searchable on BiblioUPO. 

You log in with your University credentials (those of the uniupo e-mail).

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Provider: MLOL

Guides / Tutorials: digital loan

Rete INDACO

It is an e-book platform from various publishers integrated into BiblioUPO. There are also many open access resources available.

Terms and conditions: The e-books can be searched and consulted online by logging in with your university credentials from the MyBiblio personal area of BiblioUPO. Open resources can also be downloaded in PDF.

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Supplier: DM Cultura

DICTIONARIES

Ubidictionary

Online dictionary platform. The following resources are available: Lo Zingarelli 2020, The Zanichelli Encyclopedia, The Ragazzini 2020, The Grand Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms, Medicine and Biology, The New Dictionary of German: The Boch, The Grand Dictionary of Spanish, The Kovalev, The Latin language vocabulary, The Diccionario General de la lengua española, The Diccionario Esencial française-spagnol / español-francés, The Collins English Dictionary, The Collins Portuguese Dictionary and Grammar, The Collins French Dictionary and Grammar, The Collins Spanish Dictionary, L 'Oxford Dictionary of English, The Oxford Dictionary of Business and Management, The Oxford Dictionary of Economics, The Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache, The German Dictionary of Economics.

Terms and conditions: The dictionaries are available on the Ubidictionary platform.

It is accessed from the university network and remotely via dedicated access (instructions).

To consult the dictionaries, click on the cover. Registration is not necessary but if you want to benefit from the additional features of Ubidictionary (translation, vocabulary, social media), you can register with user and password.

Disciplinary areas: Multidisciplinary

Publisher / Supplier: Zanichelli

Guides / Tutorial: User guide (PDF)