Free Electronic Resources - Academic Library

Online libraries

Title

Brief description

Link

Republican Inter-University Electronic Library (RIEL)

The Republican Inter-University Electronic Library is a corporate electronic catalog of full-text educational resources of universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

http://www.rmeb.kz

Russian Electronic Library of Scientific Publications

eLIBRARY.RU

The eLIBRARY.RU scientific electronic library is the largest Russian information portal in the field of science, technology, medicine, and education, containing abstracts and full-text scientific articles and publications (more than 18 million).

http://www.elibrary.ru  

World Digital Library

The World Digital Library is a collection of treasures of world cultural heritage gathered on a single site, such as manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

http://www.wdl.org/ru/

Kazakhstan National Electronic Library

A collection of electronic copies of book publications from the libraries of Kazakhstan, including: the National Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Almaty, the "Otyrar Kitaphanasy" Scientific Center of the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, regional libraries, university libraries, and contributions directly from authors: renowned scholars, writers, and public figures. The site also features a complete collection of books published as part of the state program "Cultural Heritage."

http://www.kazneb.kz/

Scientific and Technical Library

SciTecLibrary

The SciTecLibrary scientific and technical information agency. The site's main thematic focus is technologies, inventions, ideas, know-how, and other scientific and technical developments across the most diverse fields of science and technology.

http://www.sciteclibrary.ru

Free electronic library

A free electronic library containing a wide variety of books, encyclopedias, reference works, and study guides, along with a wealth of useful and interesting information, as well as educational and popular science literature in various branches of science.

http://www.booksgid.com

Eastern Michigan University Browse Research and Scholarship

A digital library of scientific and creative works created by students, teachers, and staff of Eastern Michigan University. The site's main collection includes journals, dissertations, books, and monographs; the site also has a subsection of the research center and an archive of important events held at the university.

http://commons.emich.edu/

Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)

A free digital library containing articles on the achievements and research results in the field of computer technology, engineering sciences, computer science, multimedia, and software.

http://airccj.org/csecfp/library

Patent information search

Rospatent website

Contains scientific and technical documentation: inventions and utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, computer programs, databases, and integrated circuit topologies.

http://www.fips.ru

Kazpatent website

Website of the Republican State Enterprise "National Institute of Intellectual Property" of the Committee on Intellectual Property Rights of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Contains: orders, rules, instructions; legislative and regulatory acts; database

inventions and utility models "Patents of Kazakhstan".

http://www.kazpatent.kz

United States Patent and Trademark Office

United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Full text of patents since 1790.

http://www.uspto.gov/patft/

Dictionaries

Online dictionary-translator

Kazakh-Russian, Russian-Kazakh electronic dictionary available on the Internet. Contains more than 60,000 dictionary entries for each translation direction.

www.sozdik.kz

Google Translate

Google's free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages from English into more than 100 languages and back.

https://translate.google.com/?hl=ru

Free Cambridge English Dictionary and Thesaurus

A popular dictionary and thesaurus for English language learners. Definitions and meanings of words with pronunciation and translations.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ru/

Academic resources

Academic electronic journal "Science"

The journal's main focus is the publication of original, significant scientific research and research reviews,

"Science" also publishes science news, opinions on science policy, and other matters of interest to scientists and others concerned with the implementation of scientific achievements and technologies.

http://www.sciencemag.org/

Nature

Natural science journals by Nature Publishing Group

https://www.nature.com/

"Legendary Books" collection from Yurait

The collection includes books from past years: educational publications, classic scientific works, and translations. In the «Reading in the Original» series, one can find unadapted original texts in various languages by classics of science and world literature, as well as the English originals of such documents as the Treaty of Lisbon, the UN Charter, etc.

https://biblio-online.ru

Scientific and technical journal "Science News of Kazakhstan"

Contains scientific articles of a fundamental and applied nature, as well as review works by domestic and foreign authors with a methodological and instructional focus.

Field of publications: computer science, construction, mechanical engineering, agriculture and forestry, ecology, economics, Earth sciences, chemistry, biology, food and processing industry, water and fisheries, cybernetics, etc.

http://www.vestnik.nauka.kz/

"Academic Earth" website

A website with all the lectures of the world's best universities in English, in particular MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Yale, and others. To avoid searching for and gathering the necessary material piece by piece, it is better to simply visit the site.

http://academicearth.org/

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

The site provides full-text databases that store texts of documents in electronic form (scientific books on various topics, publications, abstracts, scientific works).

http://www.doabooks.org/doab

Abhinav Commerce And Management Arts And Education Science And Technology

The site features articles on art, scientific achievements, engineering, commerce, and the latest technologies in education. It also publishes book reviews, news, and interviews with prominent figures.

http://www.abhinavjournal.com/

Academe Research Journals

Academic research journals on various topics covering a wide range of disciplines. The website's content is intended for students, young scientists, academicians, teachers, and researchers in the field of natural and technical sciences.

http://academeresearchjournals.org

African Journals OnLine (AJOL)

A website featuring scientific journals across a wide range of natural and humanities disciplines. It is the world's largest and most prominent collection of peer-reviewed, Africa-published scientific journals. 

http://www.ajol.info/

DART-Europe

DART-Europe is a center where representatives of scientific libraries and library consortia carry out joint work to promote the collection of research dissertations from European universities. Dissertation works by various authors are made freely available here.

http://www.dart-europe.eu

Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard

Open electronic archive of Harvard University: more than 13 thousand various types of scholarly works (dissertations, books, articles, student works in economics, law, medical sciences, pedagogy, etc.).

https://dash.harvard.edu/

Free-ebooks.net

Literary and popular science publications presented in electronic format. Books by well-known authors of various genres, audiobooks, and scientific articles. The site features thematic catalogs and sections.

http://www.free-ebooks.net/

International Scientific Publications

A collection of peer-reviewed scientific journals in open access. Articles on ecology and safety, economics and business, problems in the field of education, and the latest developments.

http://www.scientific-publications.net/en/

Leiden University

Articles, speeches, reports, lectures and doctoral dissertations.

http://www.research.leiden.edu

Marshall University Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Electronic collection of diploma theses and dissertations.

http://mds.marshall.edu/etd/

Modern Scientific Press

A collection of openly accessible journals across all fields of science.

http://modernscientificpress.com

The National Academic Press

More than 3,700 books on various subjects (social sciences and humanities, education, information technology, etc.).

http://www.nap.edu/

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gateway

Scientific and technical databases

http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/

Oxford Journals

Open-access journals of Oxford University Press

http://www.oxfordjournals.org

Scholarly Journals International

Mathematics, computer science, business administration, psychology, etc.

http://scholarly-journals.com

SpringerOpen

Springer publishing journals in open access

http://www.springeropen.com/journals 

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Access to the full texts of digitized Swiss journals from various fields of science and technology.

https://www.e-periodica.ch/

Wireilla Scientific Publications

Open resources on industry research, conference proceedings, databases, seminars, and events in all areas of the humanities, medicine, business, and engineering.

http://wireilla.com/

British library for development studies e-journals

Free access to electronic journals in the field of international development.

http://blds.ids.ac.uk

American Mathematical Society

American Mathematical Society

http://www.ams.org

Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED); "Science, Art, Culture"

A well-known conference whose participants include renowned scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, musicians, engineers, and many others. Almost all of the videos come with Russian subtitles.

http://www.ted.com/topics

Resources by subject area

History

«History of Kazakhstan» portal

Official web portal. The website is created for those interested in this field of knowledge who want to know more about the history of our country's formation, as well as for teachers, school pupils, university and college students, researchers, and young specialists. It gathers a great deal of useful and interesting information about the history of Kazakhstan.

http://e-history.kz

Europeana collections

Digitized objects of the cultural heritage of European countries (works of art, items of material culture, books, audio and video recordings).

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

Psychology

Psychology

The psychological educational website contains useful information (tests, training courses, books, dictionaries, works of renowned psychologists, links, psychology news) for everyone who is pursuing a psychological education, is interested in psychology, or works in the field professionally.

http://www.psychology.ru/

Economics and Political Science

London School of Economics and Political Science

Economics and Political Science

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/

Tourism

All About Tourism: Tourism Library

Tourism, travel

http://tourlib.net/

Pedagogy

Unified collection of digital educational resources

The Unified Collection of Digital Educational Resources for general and primary vocational education institutions hosts educational and methodological, cultural and enlightening, and informative materials, a variety of thematic and subject collections, and innovative educational and methodological developments that encourage the use of educational technologies.

http://school-collection.edu.ru

Statistics

IEA - International Energy Agency

International energy statistics, long-term forecasts and analytical reviews. A useful resource for economists, historians and political scientists.

http://www.iea.org/russian/

World Bank — World Development Indicators (WDI) Online

The WDI (World Development Indicators) database is the main statistical database of the World Bank, compiled from officially recognized international sources.

http://databank.worldbank.org

Website of the Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Official statistics of Kazakhstan

http://stat.gov.kz

UN statistics website

Statistics and Coordination of UN Activities within the Framework of the Global Statistical System

https://unstats.un.org/

UNIDO website

Statistics of international industrial

https://www.unido.org/

WHO website

Statistical data of the World Health Organization

http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

UNECE website

Statistical of the UN Economic Commission for Europe

http://www.unece.org/stats/stats_r.htm 

UN SIAP website

Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific

http://www.unsiap.or.jp/

ISM website

Permanent Office of the International Statistical Institute

https://www.isi-web.org/

Information and educational portals

Information and Educational Portal

Information and educational portal for parents, students, and teachers.

http://www.bilimal.kz/

"I am a Student" youth information and educational portal

Dedicated to issues of vocational education, employment, and the cultural and leisure life of students.

http://ya-student.kz/

Online learning

Khan Academy

The Khan Academy website is a non-profit educational organization founded in 2006 by MIT and Harvard graduate Salman Khan. The website provides access to a collection of more than 4,200 free micro-lectures on mathematics, history, healthcare and medicine, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, economics, cosmology, organic chemistry, the fundamentals of American civics, art history, macro- and microeconomics, and computer science. Many of them are available in Russian.

https://ru.khanacademy.org/

Asian Economic and Social Society (AESS)

The community is a private organization whose goal is to provide professional courses and the opportunity to publish one's research and scientific projects. This community's website is intended for graduates of economics faculties, as well as for teachers, researchers, and those interested in this field.

http://www.aessweb.com/journals/

Search engines, catalogs

Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)

One of the world's largest search engines specialized in finding open-access scientific documents on the Internet. BASE is operated by the library of Bielefeld University (Germany). The system has been running since 2004 and includes 37.4 million documents from 2,900 scientific repositories.

http://www.base-search.net/

Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD)

This is an international electronic catalog presenting basic data on publications from various countries around the world. All publications posted on the site have undergone automatic registration through the International Center for the Registration of Serial Publications - CIEPS.

http://road.issn.org/

UNESCO Document Catalogue

Contains more than 100,000 copies. Partial access to full texts.

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ulis/

For Applicants

Website "Uchi.kz. Educational Community of Kazakhstan"

Useful tips for effective preparation for the UNT and SAC, information about universities and admission requirements; announcements about grants and competitions; job searches, answers to applicants' questions.

http://www.uchi.kz/

For academics and faculty

National Scientific Portal of the Republic of Kazakhstan

A multifunctional web portal where representatives of the Kazakh and global scientific community can find the information they need about the state of Kazakh science, the latest events, achievements, and upcoming scientific events, information about the world's scientific publications, how to gain access to them, and much more.

http://www.nauka.kz/page.php

Kazakhstan National Electronic Library 

http://www.kazneb.kz

Electronic library «Contemporary Literature of Kazakhstan»

http://doc.nlrk.kz

Electronic library «Kazakh Classical Literature»

http://classic.nlrk.kz

"Our Abai" electronic library

http://pushkinlibrary.kz

Scientific electronic library

http://elibrary.ru

Network project of the historical library "Runivers"

http://www.runivers.ru

"Financial Sciences" Portal

http://www.mirkin.ru

Gumer Library - Humanities

http://www.gumer.info

World Bank Electronic Library

http://elibrary.worldbank.org 

Electronic library "Open Library of Kazakhstan"

http://www.ikitap.kz