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A research tool that lets you search multiple databases at once, covering both subscribed collections and open access resources. Select the Full Text limiter to limit results to full text content.

Check the availability of e-journals and e-books at the TLU Academic Library. Publications can be searched by title, keyword, publisher or author (for books).

Registered library users, who do not have a TLU user account, can access the EBSCOhost databases with an EBSCOhost User ID. Please ask for the required username and password by writing to erialainfo@tlulib.ee.

An international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to new imperial history and to the interdisciplinary and comparative study of nationalism and nationalities in the post-Soviet space.

A platform containing the full-text collection of ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters, and books in computing and information technology.

Peer-reviewed journals from AIP Publishing covering all areas of the physical sciences.

Published by the University of Chicago Press since 1895, emphasizing theory building and innovative methods across the field of sociology.

APS journals focus on developments in fundamental, applied, and interdisciplinary physics research since 1893.

Covers significant developments in sociology, including major theoretical and methodological advances and current research across subfields. The platform also offers open access to the latest issues of most other Annual Reviews journals.

Access to four peer-reviewed academic journals: Projections: The Journal for Movies and Mind; Screen Bodies: The Journal of Embodiment, Media Arts, and Technology; TURBA: The Journal for Global Practices in Live Arts Curation; Environment and Society: Advances in Research.
The subscriptions are funded by FilmEU.

Peer-reviewed journals from Cambridge University Press across the humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine.

The e-book database covers all academic disciplines with titles from leading publishers.

A broad research database with full text for thousands of academic journals, plus indexing and abstracts, monographs, conference proceedings, reports, and more.

Full-text collection of journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA), covering the latest research and the historical underpinnings of the behavioral sciences.

A business research database that includes full-text academic journals, plus case studies, country economic reports, company profiles, and interviews with executives and analysts.

Covers journals in communication and mass media, as well as related disciplines, providing full text, indexing, and abstracts for many top titles.

A multidisciplinary e-book database containing monographs, reference works, biographies, fiction, etc. Most titles allow unlimited simultaneous users. Books can be read online or downloaded in full or by chapter.

Education literature and resources with indexed and full-text content (journal articles, research reports, conference papers, dissertations, etc.). Results can be limited by education level and intended audience.

A bibliographic database of works about the Americas written in Europe before 1750, including exploration, portrayals of Native American peoples, British colonies, commerce, and more.

Covers all aspects of human impact on the environment (global warming, pollution, renewable energy, recycling, etc.), with abstracts and full-text content.

Consumer health information on topics such as general health, nutrition, and fitness. Includes mainly full-text magazines, plus some academic journals.

Academic journals in nursing and allied health topics (e.g. pediatric nursing, critical care, mental health).

Designed for public libraries, the database provides full-text magazines on general interest topics, plus e-books and an image collection.

A bibliographic database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine with citations and abstracts for biomedical and health journals, using the MeSH thesaurus.

Full-text coverage for regional business publications, mainly newspapers and magazines, within the United States and Canadian provinces.

A comprehensive source of full-text sports and sports medicine journals. Subjects include physical therapy, nutrition, occupational health, exercise physiology, kinesiology, etc.

Indexing and abstracts for peer-reviewed journals and magazines to support educators and researchers, covering pedagogy, teacher education, assessment, best practices, continuing education, and more.

A source for patient drug information published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, available in both English and Spanish.

A platform offering multiple databases. You can search a single database or across several at once. In addition to full text, databases provide indexing and abstracts. To limit results to full text, check the Full Text option.

Russia’s largest electronic library of scientific publications, integrated with the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI). We have access to two journals: “Russkij jazyk v shkole” and “Russkij jazyk za rubezhom”.

Covers topics in library and information sciences, including information management, digital libraries, data analytics, information discovery, library management, collection development, and more.

Journals covering all aspects of management, including organizational theory, economics, finance, strategic management, HRM, marketing, and accounting.

The reference work offers comprehensive coverage on the history, religion, culture, science, and geography of the world of Islam.

An international geoscience journal publishing timely and innovative research across all fields of the geosciences.

An extensive legal research and government documents database. Includes academic journals, U.S. government publications, case law, international resources, classic treatises, and world constitutions.

A growing collection of bibliographic records from major European and North American research libraries covering materials printed in Europe during the hand-press period, c. 1455–c. 1830. A valuable source for librarians and researchers interested in the history of printing and the history of the book.

Scientific and technical content from IEEE and partners in electrical engineering, electronics, and computer science, including journals, conference papers, standards, and books.

A database from an independent international academic publisher of peer-reviewed research in business and management; science, technology and medicine (STM); education and social science.

High impact journals published by the Institute of Physics and their partners, covering physics and related fields, including engineering, materials science and environmental science.

Access to two journals: Journal of Applied Arts & Health – a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal integrating arts in health and health in arts. Journal of Screenwriting – focuses on screenwriting in all its forms: methodology, history, contextual analysis, writing process, and its relationship to production.

Presents research on the interconnections between education and innovation, exploring the diversity of current and future education landscapes worldwide.

Dedicated to the social history of language; publishes original linguistic and interdisciplinary research on the relationship between language and society in the past.

Collections across the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. An archival database – most journals have a 3-5-year moving wall. Also includes open-access image collections (artworks, photographs, manuscripts, prints, etc.).

The Kanopy streaming platform offers a wide selection of feature films, series, documentaries, and educational videos from various fields and is designed to support learning and research.

The portal brings together 30 dictionaries, including Estonian normative and explanatory dictionaries, as well as extensive bilingual and specialized dictionaries. Supports cross-dictionary searching.

A peer-reviewed international journal addressing the role of the linguistic landscape in language studies, offering an interdisciplinary approach and diverse research methodologies. Published quarterly.

The database is based on the publication Mathematical Reviews and contains reviews and bibliographic data on articles and books dating back to 1940. Links to full text are provided where available.

Access via the NCTM Publications website to Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12.

Renowned academic journals covering the cutting edge of science, technology, and medicine, with high-impact reviews in both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific titles. We have full access to five titles: Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Computational Science, Nature Human Behaviour, Nature Sustainability.

Gateway to Oxford’s art reference works, including the peer-reviewed and regularly updated Grove Dictionary of Art. Features articles that span ancient to contemporary art, along with artists’ biographies and a wealth of visual material.

The authoritative guide to the meaning, history, and usage of 500,000 words and phrases past and present, from across the English-speaking world. Updated quarterly.

Peer-reviewed online journals in the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and medicine.

Gateway to Oxford’s music reference works, offering comprehensive coverage of music, musicians, music-making, and music scholarship.

Archive database of the American Physical Society, with coverage from the first volume of each journal, the oldest dating back to 1893

Access to more than 7,000 international newspapers and magazines in their original design, with articles, photos and advertisements — similar to a paper publication.

The world’s most comprehensive curated collection of dissertations and theses on humanities and social sciences.

The handbooks provide a comprehensive overview of the main research areas in communication and media, including topics like digital media, journalism studies, and the history of communication. The collection also includes books focusing on art and design studies, as well as popular culture.

Handbooks providing detailed linguistic analyses and descriptions of major language families, covering phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics.

The handbooks present cutting-edge research and cover all major areas of political science, from comparative politics to international political economy.

Reference works providing an overview of a whole subject area or sub-discipline of sociology, benefitting from internationally diverse contributor teams.

The extensive database includes over 1,100 peer-reviewed academic journals across various disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, health sciences, and engineering.

A research methods database with more than 1,000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos. The Methods Map tool helps you explore key terminology and understand the relationships between methods. The Project Planner offers step-by-step guidance to complete your research project.

A peer-reviewed weekly journal publishing leading research across the sciences.

Full-text access to nearly all Elsevier peer-reviewed journals across physical sciences and engineering, life and health sciences, social sciences, and the humanities; includes open access content.

Elsevier’s abstract and citation database with records for nearly 30,000 peer-reviewed journals, including several in Estonian. Full text is available where content is open access or included in library subscriptions. Includes the Scopus AI tool.

A monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute.

The book series from Springer Nature, including its subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics, publishes new developments in computer science and information technology research and teaching.

The multidisciplinary database provides access to more than 3,000 e-journals from Springer. Includes a selection of open access e-books.

The collection provides access to a wide range of full-text academic journals in the social sciences and humanities, including history, cultural studies, sociology, education, media, law, politics, geography, health, social work, sports, and more.

An educational journal for history teachers, issued quarterly.

A comprehensive research information platform providing records and abstracts of academic publications, citation data, journal impact factors, researcher profiles, and more. Full text is available where content is open access or covered by subscriptions.

An extensive academic database offering a wide range of topics across the natural sciences, medicine, social sciences, and the humanities.

A business reference source compiled by experts. The platform also offers downloadable document templates and samples. Most of the content is in Estonian, with one reference collection on employment relations available in Russian. Press Logi sisse in the top-right corner of the page to access the content.

An Estonian-language business reference platform compiled by experts. Includes downloadable document templates and samples. To access, click “Logi sisse” in the top-left corner.