Database

Virtual Science Library

Access to the Virtual Science Library resources is only available through the university network. To do so, you must come to the library in person with your own computer and connect to Wi-Fi, or use a device available on-site.

The WBN consists of the following databases:

Science Direct (Elsevier) – a database containing peer-reviewed scientific articles from various disciplines (including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, chemistry, and clinical medicine). Approximately 1,638 current titles dating back to 1995, and archives of 181 discontinued titles or those continuing under a different name.
Springer Link – a database providing access to scientific documents from journals (2,235 current articles and approx. 1,000 archived ones), books (approx. 137,000), protocols and bibliographic studies,
Wiley Online Library – a collection of periodicals (approx. 1,600 current titles) and books published in 2009 and 2015. It contains publications from many scientific fields (including: chemistry, medicine, nursing, dentistry, health care, psychology),
Nature.com – an international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science. Available since 2010,
Science.org – a collection of articles from many scientific fields. Available from 1997 onwards,
E-journals – search engine for scientific journals (Elsevier, Springer, Wiley) available under national licenses (NOTE: the website is currently under construction),
E-books – a search engine covering all books (Elsevier, Springer, Wiley) available under national licenses,
Infona – a national archive with current resources and updates to journals and books within the Elsevier, Springer, and Wiley databases. To use the platform, you must register as a new user!
Science Library – a database that openly provides full-text articles published in Polish scientific journals and the full text of selected scientific books, along with their metadata. The platform enables searching full-text resources from five subject-specific databases:
AGRO (journals in the field of agricultural and exact and natural sciences),
BazTech (journals in the field of engineering and technical sciences and exact and natural sciences),
CEJSH (journals in the field of social sciences and humanities),
DML-PL (journals in the field of engineering and technical sciences),
PSJD (journals in the field of exact and natural sciences and the area of medical and health sciences).

Academica

The Academica Digital Lending Library of Scientific Publications allows students to access the National Library's digital resources. Currently, this provides access to 3,619,893 publications across a variety of disciplines. In addition to text resources, Academica also offers access to audiobooks, graphics, drawings, photographs, and maps, among other things. The university provides students with three access points to the Digital Lending Library, meaning three people can simultaneously browse the resources from three different computer stations.

Publications not protected by copyright are available to all internet users. Access to copyrighted publications is only possible through dedicated terminals located in the WSZ Library. To use them, you must have an active library account and register with the Academica Lending Service, which can be done on-site at the library.

Academica Digital Lending Library Regulations

EBSCO/Medline

The world's most comprehensive scientific full-text databases, providing access to scientific journals across a wide range of disciplines. A complete list of available databases, along with descriptions, can be found at https://search.ebscohost.com. Information can be searched in selected databases or collectively across all available ones. EBSCO has prepared a free training course in Polish. We encourage you to review the materials available at the link:

https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/Zasoby-w-j-polskim?language=en_US

Access to the EBSCO database is available through the school network or remotely. To access it on a personal computer, please send an email to biblioteka@gamns.edu.pl requesting permission to use the platform.

Since 2026, the university has also had access to one of the most important databases in the medical field – Medline Complete. Access to the database is through EBSCO access.

Bibliographic databases (also indexing open access publications)

Pubmed – a medical database containing over 33 million citations in the biomedical literature. Citations may contain links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or other publishers' websites. Only some articles are free. After searching for a term on the left, you can filter out free articles by selecting "Free full text" or use PubMed Central, where only open access publications are available,
CEON Science Library – a scientific database containing both Polish and English-language articles and books from many fields (including: medical and health sciences, exact and natural sciences).

Open access databases

Directory of Open Access Journals – a database of abstracts with links to full text. Currently, it contains nearly 17,500 peer-reviewed open access journals from all fields of science (including technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities).
PLoS – a database of open-access journals from various fields of science (including biology, genetics, medicine, public health),
BioMedCentral – a database of open access articles and journals in the field of biology and medicine,
PeerJ – database of open access journals on biology and medicine.
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research – a collection of open-access journals on medical and health topics.
Internet Scientific Publications – a website offering access to scientific medical journals published exclusively on the Internet.
Termedia – a database of 60 open-access medical journals published by the Polish medical publishing house Termedia.

Open data:

Zenodo – a database containing raw data from many scientific fields (including biology, medicine)