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KFUPM Electronic Resources

The KFUPM Library is spending a major part of its materials budget on acquiring scholarly contents in electronic format in support of the university's academic and research programs. Electronic Resources at KFUPM Library mostly consists of the following:

E-Databases: The KFUPM Library currently subscribes to assorted collection of more than 50 online databases. Some of these databases are full-text while others are bibliographic with abstracts. Some of the major full-text databases are; ABI Inform Global, Academic Search Premier, Digital Dissertations, IEEE Xplore, American Chemical Society Package,Emerald Fulltext Plus, Royal Society of Chemistry Package, etc. Through these databases users can access full-text of more than 15,000 journals.

E-Books: In addition to access to individual e-books, the Library is subscribing to seven e-books databases like; ebrary, Safari Techbooks Online, Credo Reference, etc. Library patrons can access more than 40,000 e-books through these databases.

E-Journals: In addition to online databases, the users can access more than 700 individual e-journals.

E-Encyclopedias: The Library also provides access to eight online encyclopedias, including Britannica and Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management.

Who Can Access KFUPM E-sources? Members of KFUPM community are able to access most of the electronic resources from within the University campus (Intranet, part of the kfupm.edu.sa domain), without a username and password.

What if an e-resource is unavailable? At times, for some reasons, an electronic resource may be temporarily unavailable, for example; the system load may be unusually heavy or slow Internet access etc. If a resource is unavailable, just try again later. However, if a resource is consistently unavailable, or you are not able to access full-text of an authorized contents, please call extension 3154 or 1098, alternatively you may send an e-mail to: shoaibq@kfupm.edu.sa or ahaddad@kfupm.edu.sa