SHORTCUTS
INDEX
Annual report 2009
The virtual library
The Library System selects and subscribes the e-resources and the online services available to the users, both on the "Virtual library" and on the catalogue.
The services offered are:
- searches saving;
- loan renewals;
- booking;
- access to e-resources from home;
the e-resources subscribed are
- databases;
- e-journals;
- e-books and online encyclopedias.
The goal is to offer interesting materials in every disciplinary Politecnico field other than to provide it with updated general reference works available on the university net. See chart below:
| FULL-TEXT JOURNALS |
|---|
| Resource name | Subject | Dimension |
|---|---|---|
| APS (American Physical Society) | physics | 7 journals |
| Emerald Management Xtra 150 | economy, management | 150 journals |
| Guritel | Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana | 5 series |
| IOP (Institute of Physics) | physics | 107 journals |
Nature  |
science | 1 journal |
| Science Direct (Elsevier) | interdisciplinary | 2013 journals |
| Springer-Kluwer | interdisciplinary | 1694 journals |
| Wiley-Blackwell (STM) |
science, technology, medicine | 697 journals |
| FULL-TEXT JOURNALS AND PROCEEDINGS |
|---|
| Resource name | Subject | Dimension |
|---|---|---|
| IEL (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) | electronic engineering, physics, computer science | 149 journals + 900 proceedings + 2000 standards |
| ACM Digital Library Core package + SIG package |
computer science | 51 journals + 85 proceedings |
| E-BOOKS |
|---|
| Resource name | Subject | Dimension |
|---|---|---|
| Ebrary (collezione Computers & IT) | computer science | more than 3.000 e-books |
| Ebrary (collezione Engineering & Technology) | engineering | more than 3.900 e-books |
| Encyclopaedia Britannica | interdisciplinary | about 170.000 records |
| Wiley scientific encyclopedias | electronics, physics, chemistry, statistics | 7 encyclopedias |
| Grove Art online | art | more than 48.000 articles |
| Knovel | engineering | 20.000.000 records |
| Lecture Notes (Computer science, mathematics, physics) | computer science, mathematics. physics | 3 series |
| Springer monographs | interdisciplinary | 4.500 e-books |
| Oxford Reference Online (ORO) | interdisciplinary | 266 e-books |
| Referex Engineering | electronic engineering, chemistry and mechanics | 321 e-books |
| DATABASES |
|---|
| Resource name | Subject | Dimension |
|---|---|---|
| Alinari | art, architecture | 150.000 records |
| APID (Architectural Periodicals Index on Disc) | architecture | more than 215.000 records |
| Art Index | art | more than 500.000 records |
| Art Index Retrospective | art | more than 2.300.000 records |
| Avery Index | architecture | more than 637.000 records |
| Chem-Bank | chemistry | about 244.000 records |
| Compendex | engineering | more than 11.300.000 records |
| CSA Social Sciences Databases | social sciences | 2.475.449 records |
| DAAI | design | 210.325 records |
| Environment Index | environment | more than 1.957.000 records |
| Francis | art, architecture, social and economic sciences | 1.830.925 records |
| Iconda | civil engineering, architecture and town planning | more than 530.000 records |
| Inspec | engineering, physics | more than 10.000.000 records |
| Journal Citation Reports | interdisciplinary | more than 8.200 journal titles |
| MathSciNet | mathematics | 2.100.000 records |
| Urbadoc | town planning | more than 700.000 records |
| Web of Science | interdisciplinary | 40.000.000 records |
The Library System home page also links to relevant resources for the Turin Politecnico scholars available for free on the net.