To find all electronic books available at Charles University, use:
- CU Discovery Service (UKAŽ)
Electronic books are available for:
- online reading – on-site and remote accesss
- offline reading – some platforms (EBSCO, ebrary) offer so called “offline loans”, download in PDF format / print e-book in parts
E-books purchased/subscribed by faculty and hospital
Access: on-site access / remote access
The ophthalmology edition of 11 e-books from Karger Publisher: Vol. 1 – Medical Retina, Vol. 2 – Surgical Retina, Vol. 3 – Cataract, Vol. 4 – Optical Coherence Tomography, Vol. 5 – Orbital Surgery, Vol. 6 – Cornea, Vol. 7 – Ocular Tumors, Vol. 8 – Glaucoma and Vol. 9 – Medical Retina, Vol. 10 – Imaging Techniques, Vol. 11 – Clinical Applications of Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.
(Update 2021)
This ophthalmology edition provides access to knowledge experts from around the world and is intended for ophthalmologists and optometrists. These four ebooks are the core literature for European School for Advanced Studies (ESASO) courses in ophthalmology.
Producer: Karger Publishers
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network
Access: on-site access / remote access / MyKarger individual account
The Ultimate Medical Handbook Series. Fast Facts address knowledge gaps in healthcare enabling a dialogue between healthcare professionals, patients and other stakeholders from the healthcare ecosystem. We provide premium content to improve medical practice and our goal is to promote health through communication with a global network of medical practitioners and patients.
Producer: Karger Publishers
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network
Access: on-site access / remote access (only Charles University users)
Collection of permanently purchased key publications from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) from 2020 – 2024:
- Anesthesiologist’s Manual of Surgical Procedures, 6e
- Barash, Cullen, and Stoelting’s Clinical Anesthesia, 9e
- Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery, 1e
- DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 12e
- Fleisher & Ludwig’s Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 8e
- Harwood-Nuss‘ Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, 7e
- Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine, 9e
- Kaplan & Sadock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry, 12e
- Merritt’s Neurology, 14e
- Moss & Adams‘ Heart Disease in Infants, Children, and Adolescents Including the Fetus and Young Adult, 10e
- Operative Techniques in Surgery, 2e
- Pocket Medicine, 8e
- Rosen’s Breast Pathology, 5e
- Surgical Exposures in Orthopaedics: The Anatomic Approach, 6e
- Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 13e
- The Washington Manual® of Medical Therapeutics, 37e
- The Wills Eye Manual: Office and Emergency Room Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disease, 8e
- Rockwood and Wilkins‘ Fractures in Children, 10e
- Rockwood and Wilkins‘ Fractures in Adults, 10e
Features and tools for users:
- Ability to save images directly to PowerPoint (.ppt format).
- Function of reading text aloud (Listen).
- Responsive interface – adapts to both computer and mobile devices.
- Multimedia content (Multimedia Contents).
- Creation of a personal account – favorites (My Favourites), printing chapters, saving chapters to PDF.
- Export of bibliographic record to citation manager.
- Sharing links via email and social networks.
Manuals and User Documentation:
- Personal Account on LWW Health Library (Instructions for creating a personal account on LWW Health Library, which has the following benefits: print content, download content in PDF, remote access for 90 days) – How do I create a Personal Account on LWW Health Library?
- LWW Health Library User Guide
Producer: Wolters Kluwer
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network and VFN
Access: on-site access / remote access
The selection of online encyclopedies from publisher Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Producer: Thomson Gale
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network
Access: on-site access / remote access
A collection of e-books published by Wiley.
Producer: Wiley
Access: from the Charles University network
Access: on-site access / remote access
MedOne Education is a powerful medical learning platform which offers unlimited concurrent online access to a collection of fully downloadable medical textbooks. It is the perfect learning solution for medical students comprised of anatomy, basic sciences, clinical sciences and radiology textbooks.
Producer: Thieme
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network
Instructions on how to access MedOne Education from home
Access: on-site access / remote access
Harrison is one of the most used e-books in our faculty. We are proud to present its 20th jubilee edition.
Producer: Mc-Graw Hill
Access: from the 1st Faculty of Medicine network
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