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Category: General
Publish Open-Access at Elsevier
The UB Bodenkultur offers BOKU scientists the opportunity to publish free of charge open access in more than 1,700 hybrid journals from Elsevier. The Article Processing Charges (APC) are paid by the library under the OA agreement.
Further information can be found on the OA Publishing at Elsevier.
Open Access at ACS
The Main Library offers BOKU scientists the opportunity to publish Open Access in American Chemical Society (ACS) hybrid journals at no additional cost. Open Access fees (Article Processing Charges, APC) are charged centrally at the library. The agreement also includes online reading access to the entire ACS journal collection covering the period 2020-2022.
More information is available at OA-Publishing at ACS.
New e-journals available with January 2020
UB BOKU has acquired a number of new journals through consortium agreements. As of January 2020 the following journals are, among others, available online:
Annual Reviews Inc.:
Annual review of biochemistry
Annual review of genetics
Annual review of cell and developmental biology
BioOne:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America
Environmental Entomology
Journal of Economic Entomology Journal of Medical Entomology
Wiley:
Crops & Soils Mathematika
Elsevier: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Access via Electronic Journals Library (EZB).
PressReader license starting with January 2020
From January 2020, UB BOKU will license the PressReader platform. The online platform offers access to national and international daily press as well as to magazines from different subject areas. In total, over 7,000 titles are available in their original print layout.
Christmas Holidays Opening Hours
During the Christmas holidays the library has these opening hours.
BOKU:LITsearch replaces the old library catalogue
Due to the implementation of the new library system ALMA the search-platform „BOKU:LITsearch“ will replace the hitherto existing online-catalogue.
Access to BOKU:LITsearch
Literature search is generally possible without login.
Access to licenced electronic resources (e-books, e-journals) is provided on BOKU-campus without login.
Outside BOKU-campus BOKU staff members and BOKU students have access to licenced content after login with their BOKU account.
Library user account
To log into the library user account BOKU staff members and BOKU students use their BOKU account.
For other users login is provided with the barcode-number of their library card and password.
After login the following services can be used:
– Library account (renewals, reservations)
– Overview of borrowing options for items
– Interlibrary loan
Literature search
The search-platform „BOKU:LITsearch“ provides access to all literature and media offered by the BOKU-library and further resources. A general search produces an extensive title list which can be refined to „Bibliothekskatalog“ (library catalogue) with the facet located at the left bar.
Due to the recent implementation of the new library system there may well be data corrections and other adjustments to the system.
Guided library tours at the beginning of the semester
At the beginning of the semester the library offers guided tours regularly. During these tours we present our various services and look forward to answering any remaining questions.
Minimum amount of attendees: 3 persons
Duration: approximately 30 min
Click here for the dates for the winter semester 2018.
Fines for overdue books
With the implementation of the new library system Alma,
Starting with Sept. 17th, 2019 the fines for every overdue book are € 0,30 per business day.
The fines are part of the terms of use.
Library Services – Restrictions in summer 2018
In summer 2018 a new library system will be implemented, therefore some library services will be reduced or unavailable for the time of the implementation (July, 1st –September, 30th).
More Information is available here.