Electronic information sources

Palacký University enables access to electronic information sources to all of UP students and academic employees exclusively for their academic use. Users can access only some of the electronic information resources through the Shibboleth technology. However there is no need to set-up your computer to connect to these sources and you only need to know your login and password, which is your Portal ID and portal password.

You can access licensed sources especially, which are under contract between UP and sources supplier. Electronic information resources are usually accessible from whole university, however, some of them might be restricted only to some faculties. Furthermore, some sources can be used by a limited number of users at the same time. You can access electronic resources only from computers connected to UP computer network or using VPN (except for Shibboleth resources). You can find all available electronic information resources at ezdroje.upol.cz.

Shibboleth

Users can access various protected information sources available to UP through the Shibboleth technology easily, without need to set up their computer. You can access licensed databases only using your Portal login and password.

How do I recognize Shibboleth resources?

Shibboleth databases are marked by a Shibboleth sign written in brackets (except for Science Direct and Scopus) which are available at http://ezdroje.upol.cz.

How can I log into Shibboleth databases from home?

Let’s take a look how to sign in the Web Of Science database. Click the Shibboleth sign which is next to the Connect button.

Step 1: Choose Czech academy identify federation eduID.cz and click Go.

Step 2: Choose your Home organization – either Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci or Palacký University and click Choose.

Step 3: Use your Portal ID login and password to log in.

EBSCOhost

You can connect in almost the same way to databases under EBSCOhost platform.

Step 1: Select Czech academic identify federation eduID.cz

Step 2: Now choose Palacký University

Then use your Portal UP login details.

Science Direct and Scopus

Do těchto dvou databází se lze přihlásit následujícím způsobem (ukážeme si postup jen na databázi Scopus). Jediný rozdíl v postupu přihlášení je ten, že po vstupu na stránku kliknete v pravém horním rohu na Login a zvolíte Go to Athens / Institution login. Následně je pak již postup stejný jako u předchozích databází.