Electronic books are another important information source that can be used to study. Besides full texts, that can be read online or offline as needed, the database allows extra work with text - making notes and comments, highlighting text, etc.
CTU Library has access to over 60 000 e-books from a wide variety of publishers and platforms. Each platform or vendor offers different options or features for using e-books. However, using e-books may also vary across a single platform depending on the type of license. CTU e-book guide will help you find a specific title, explain the terms of use and show you how to work with e-books.
Proquest Ebook Central
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
Titles from Science & Technology Ebook collection and other more than 300 selected titles. |
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DRM |
Restricted printing, copying and saving. Download maximum varies from 3 to 21 days depending on publisher. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Depends on the title. Some e-books are restricted to a maximum of 3 or 1 concurrent users. Once the limit is reached the following notice appears 'Your institution has access to x copies of this book. All copies are currently in use. Please check back later, or search for another book.' |
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Formats available |
PDF for chapter downloads and ePub for entire book downloads (whole book downloads available on phones). |
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User account |
Useful for making personal notes, lists of e-books, highlighting and sharing the content with other users. |
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Downloading |
Book sections can be downloaded as PDFs and kept indefinitely. Some titles offer a full download to ePub for limited time period within 3 and 21 days. ePub requires Adobe Digital Editions. To download to iOS or Android devices you also need Bluefire Reader and an Adobe ID. |
EBSCO
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
More than 300 selected titles including books of Czech publishers (Portál, Carolinum, MUNI Press etc.) |
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DRM |
Restricted printing, copying and saving. Download maximum 7 days. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Depends on title. Some e-books are restricted to a maximum of 3 or 1 concurrent users. When the limit is reached the following notice appears ''Sorry this book is in use'. Please try again later (you might need to refresh the screen). |
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Formats available |
PDF and ePub depending on publisher. |
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User account |
You will need to create an account to download e-books for offline reading. Follow the prompts after clicking the download button. |
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Downloading |
Available for most titles. Book sections can be saved as PDFs indefinitely. For some titles the entire book can be downloaded and read offline for up to 7 days using Adobe Digital Editions. For offline reading on mobile devices use available Bluefire Reader app. |
Knovel
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
E-books and reference books from several subject areas in engineering and technology. Knovel features a web-based application integrating technical information with analytical search tools. It provides access to property data search tool, periodical table or an extensive unit conversion tool. Many resources also include interactive graphs, equations, charts and tables. |
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DRM |
Restricted printing and saving. You can't download the entire book at once, only by chapters. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF. |
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User account |
You will need to create an account "My Knovel" to download e-books for offline reading. You need to use an email with domain name @cvut.cz (or @faculty.cvut.cz) No account required for online reading. You can use it for saving search results, creating bookshelves, etc. |
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Downloading |
You can download only by chapters, not entire e-book. Knovel ToGo app is available for download into mobile devices. |
Springer Link
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
Collection Mathemathics & Statistics 2017, 2018, Physics & Astronomy 2018, Computer Science 2018-2025, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1997-2021, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2005-2021. Unavailable content displays as |
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DRM |
No restrictions. As with all electronic resources though, you should follow copyright regulations. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF and ePub. Some content also in HTML. |
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Downloading |
Chapters and entire e-books can be downloaded to PDF. Entire books can also be downloaded to ePub. PDF requires Adobe Reader and ePub requires Adobe Digital Editions (or Bluefire Reader if using mobile devices). |
ScienceDirect
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
More than 500 selected titles. Available titles with full text are marked with green icon. E-books are accessible by chapters. |
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DRM |
No restrictions, but you can't download the entire book at once, only by chapters. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Mostly unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF. |
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User account |
Not necessary to access and download the content. Useful for creating bookshelves, saving highlights, adding bookmarks or notes. |
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Downloading |
You can download PDF by chapters indefinitely. |
Wiley
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
Collection Science, Technology and Medicine (STM) and almost 600 selected titles. E-books are accessible by chapters.
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DRM |
Not restrictions. Though you can't download the entire book at once, only by chapters. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Mostly unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF. |
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User account |
Not necessary to access and download the content. Useful for creating bookshelves, saving highlights, adding bookmarks or notes. |
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Downloading |
You can download PDF by chapters indefinitely. |
Available e-books.
Taylor & Francis
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
Almost 1 400 selected and open access titles. |
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DRM |
No restrictions. Copyright law is still aplicable. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Mostly unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF. |
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User account |
Not necessary to access, read and download the content. |
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Downloading |
You can download PDF by chapters or entire e-book indefinitely. |
World Scientific
| Direct Access | Remote Access (off campus) |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
Selected titles, mainly textbooks and handbooks. |
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DRM |
No restrictions. Copyright law is still aplicable. |
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Simultaneous user access |
Mostly unlimited. |
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Formats available |
PDF. |
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User account |
Not necessary to access, read and download the content. |
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Downloading |
You can download PDF by chapters or entire e-book indefinitely. |
IOP
| Direct Access | Remote Access |
Check the most requested eBook titles from science and technology publisher IoP Publishing.
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Fields |
Physics, radiology and nuclear medicine, astronomy and astrophysics. |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Coverage |
The most wanted 10 titles of ebooks of 2021. |
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DRM |
No. |
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Formats available |
Pdf, ePub3, HTML, MOBI (Kindle). |
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Downloading |
E-books can be downloaded by chapters or as entire book. |
The list of titles:
ICE
| Direct Access | Remote Access |
A selection of e-book titles from the scientific and technical publisher ICE Publishing (Institution of Civil Engineering). Institution of Civil Engineers books are available online only on the ICE Virtual Library platform.
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Fields |
Transport & Logistics, Energy, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, Construction, Architecture & Urban Planning. |
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Access and authentication |
CTU IP range, remote access (Shibboleth). |
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Content |
Selection of requested and open access titles. |
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DRM |
No. |
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Formats |
Pdf. |
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Downloading |
E-books can be downloaded by chapters or as entire book. |
We currently have the following titles available:
| A Short Course in Foundation Engineering | ||
| Designing for Cycle Traffic | ||
| Seismic Design of Foundations |
+ Open Access e-books