[+] January 25 - 26, the Library will be CLOSED
January 25 - 26, the Library (Rethymno - Herakleio) will be closed due to adverse weather conditions.
[+] Interruption to power supply on Tuesday 1st August (Libray - Rethymno)
TUESDAY, AUGUST, 1
Due to power supply substation maintenance
all computer and network equipment of the Library will remain off
from 09:00 to 12:00 (estimated maintenance time)
[+] 10th-14th AUGUST: THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED
Monday 10th to Frinday 14th August the Library -in Rethymno and Herakleio- will be CLOSED.
It will be open again on Monday 17th August following its special function conditions.
[+] Library Opening Hours during Easter vacation
Monday 29 April - Wednsday 1 May --> 09:00 - 15:30
Thursday 2 - Wednsday 8 May --> CLOSED
Thursday 9 - Friday 10 May --> 09:00 - 15:30
Saturday 11 May --> CLOSED
Circlation desk
09:00 – 15:15
[+] Free trial to EMBASE database
The University of Crete has secured trial access for the EMBASE database. Embase provides extensive coverage of biomedical literature, including information not available in MEDLINE.
Trial access is provided until 21 April 2024
[+] Trial access to the ProQuest Academic Complete database
The University of Crete Library has secured a trial access to ProQuest's Academic Complete database from 26 February to 26 April 2024.
This is a collection of electronic books covering many scientific fields with more than 234,000 titles from a variety of publishers (more than 170 of which are university presses).
Many (around 33,900) titles do not have digital rights management (DRM) attached to them. While the vast majority of the ebooks are in English, Academic Complete does include access to approximately 19,300 non-English titles in more than 40 different languages.
In a simple and pleasant interface, users can search for books on the following topics (alphabetically):
ARTS
Architecture, Fine Arts
BUSINESS
Business/Management, Economics
EDUCATION
Education, Juvenile Literature
GENERAL
General Works/Reference, Geography/Travel, Home Economics, Library Science, Museums, Tourism/Hospitality
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Health, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychology
HISTORY & POLITICAL SCIENCE
History, Political Science
LAW
Law
LITERATURE & LANGUAGE
Fiction, Journalism, Language/Linguistics, Literature, Publishing
RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy, Religion
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social Science, Military Science
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Agriculture, Computer Science/IT, Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, General Engineering, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Mining, Environmental Studies, Mathematics, Science, Anatomy/Physiology, Astronomy, Biology/Natural History, Botany, General Science, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, Zoology
More information can be found at here.
[+] Institutional subscription to JoVE Unlimited
The University of Crete has activated an institutional subscription to JoVE Unlimited, which allows access to all content published in the multidisciplinary video resource JoVE, (JoVE Journal, JoVE Research, JoVE Education, JoVE Core, JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments, JoVE Science Education, JoVE Lab Manual, JoVE Book).It includes more than 18,000 videos and more than 2,400 news items published every year with content related to:
Biology - Biotechnology - Biochemistry - Genetics - Cancer research - Medicine - Clinical skills - Social psychology - Cell biology - Cell biology - Engineering - Mechanical engineering - Molecular biology - Neuroscience - Nursing - Organic chemistry - Statistics - Pharmacology - Physics - Chemistry - Psychology.
To watch the videos from any location you can simply create an account www.jove.com/account using your university email and log in.
[+] Central Library (Rethymno) opening hours during Christmas holidays
22 - 26 December : CLOSED
27 - 29 December : 09:00 - 15:30
30 December - 2 January : CLOSED
3 - 4 January : 09:00 - 15:30
5 - 7 January : CLOSED
Back to the regular opening hours from Monday 8th January 2024
MERRY CHRISTMAS!