E-Resources

E-catalogue ESTER

For searching physical items (books, magazines, DVDs, etc.) held in the EKA library. For access to databases, digital archives, repositories etc. see below.

THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY OF EKA:

ESTER:

On-demand access

To obtain reading rights, send an email to library@artun.ee. We will send you a unique link to register as a user.

  • Perlego E-books database brings together publications from academic publishers (Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Elsevier, De Gruyter, Springer, SAGE) and from European and US university presses. The database currently contains over one million books.

Access by @artun.ee email (and by default in EKA wifi)

  • Bloomsbury Visual Arts portal. Access to collections of e-books on art, architecture, and design. The platform is built on the principle of cross-searching, bringing together both e-books and image collections. You have access to the following subject databases: Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts (including fashion, film & animation, illustration); Bloomsbury Architecture Library (includes a collection of images of buildings and an architectural dictionary in addition to e-books); Bloomsbury Design Library (also includes designer biographies in addition to e-books); Art History And Visual Culture Reference Collection (including painting, sculpture, museums and curatorship, photography) and Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture 1960–2020.
  • JSTOR Artstor. The image database brings together more than 2 million images of art and architecture from around the world. The database includes image collections from many important museums, archives, and art centers (e.g., MoMA, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Rijksmuseum, V&A Museum, etc.). The database user interface allows you to compare, zoom, and download images for use in teaching. All images are annotated with high-quality metadata. Free access from anywhere if you create an account with your @artun.ee address. Free access on EKA wifi.
  • ProQuest One Visual Arts & Design offers academic journals, magazines (e.g., Vogue, Artforum) covering art, architecture, design, and fashion. Access by authentication with @artun.ee account. Free access on EKA wifi.
  • EBSCO Art & Architecture Source database. A wide range of articles and a large image library in the field of art and architecture.

IP based access (on the EKA network/wifi)

  • OXFORD ART ONLINE Contains articles on art and architecture and an image bank of artworks, plans, artists’ signatures. Includes GROVE Dictionary of Art e-documentary.
  • Detail contains the full database of articles in German architectural journals from 1987 to the present. Downloadable as pdf.
  • SCOPUS is the largest reference database of peer-reviewed scientific literature (articles, conference proceedings, patents, book series). The database allows comparisons and evaluations of the effectiveness of the research activities of organisations and authors, the value of publications and journals.
  • WEB OF SCIENCE Includes citation databases. Including Arts & Humanities Citation Index. The in-database tools (Journal citation reports and InCites) allow the assessment of the impact factor of journals and the evaluation of research outputs, comparisons at institutional level.

Free access from anywhere

Academic articles and e-books

Images

  • DIGAR The National Library of Estonia’s digital archive provides access to newspapers, magazines, e-books, maps, notes, photographs, postcards, posters, illustrations, audio books and music files. In order to use the full potential of Digar, you should register as a user of the National Library.
  • The Estonian Research Information System (Eesti Teadusinfosüsteem, ETIS) brings together information on Estonian research and development institutions, researchers, research projects and the results of various research activities. It allows you to search for information on publications by Estonian researchers.
  • The ISE Estonian Articles database is compiled mainly from newspapers, journals, article collections and serial publications published in Estonia. The database also contains references to full texts. As of 1.01.2017, the database will be updated selectively.
  • MUIS cointains the digitised collections of institutions that have joined the Estonian Museums Information System.
  • TARTU UNIVERSITY’s digital archive DSpace provides free access to a variety of e-studies, e-learning materials, theses and dissertations.
  • The ETERA e-Library of TALLINN UNIVERSITY offers study materials from study packages, books, magazines, newspapers, postcards, photos, maps, posters, bachelor, master and doctoral theses.
  • VAU is the virtual research room of the National Archive.
  • ARKAADER is a web platform of the National Archive and the Estonian Film Institute that brings together in one place the Estonian film heritage – fiction, documentary and animation.
  • ESTONIAN FILM DATABASE brings together the work of Estonian filmmakers since 1912.
  • ESTONIAN SHORTS is a portal for Estonian short films (animation, fiction and documentaries).

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