Library

  • About Library
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  • Plagiarism
  • EBSCO
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  • Useful links

The library is an integral part of the University. Its main function is to organize printed and electronic funds and maximally meet the needs of consumers using modern technologies. It maintains a full collection of academic resources and provides users with engaging learning experiences and great services that allow people to discover and integrate reliable information in new ways. The library, according to the requirements, offers a variety of resources and services to its users including learning and auxiliary spaces: reading hall, book archive, library staff office space, consultation, computer, and copy rooms. The library works every day during university hours except Sunday and official holidays.

Electronic databases and e-book catalogs are available to users both in the library and online. Students also have access to EBSCO (11 databases in total) and Elsevier databases: – ScienceDirect® – (about 2,000 scientific journals); Scopus® – the largest international database of citations and abstracts in the world.

The director of the library periodically plans and conducts trainings on the use of the library’s existing online databases. There is a request registry of non-existent printed or online materials. Due to these and other requirements, the library funds are constantly updated. More information that defines the specificity of the goals, structure and other important issues about the library are set out in the Library Regulation and Library Rules available on the library’s web page and at the reading hall.

Regulation of the Library
Library Rules

Library Services

Reading Hall – The library has a well-equipped reading hall, where students and academic staff can work in a quiet and comfortable environment.

Information -Technology Equipment Space is equipped with modern computers and the internet. Here is a great environment for research and study. It works 6 days a week, except Sunday. Here you can:
a) Enter and edit text
b) Find and download materials online
c) Work on e-literature
d) Check your Email
e) Work on Educational programs
f) Use various computer programs

Copying, printing and scanning services – The library offers its readers the option of copying and printing different kinds of materials in accordance with copyright rules and requirements. Copying and printing services can be pre-ordered both in person and electronically. To do this, readers have to send an order to the email address: print.library@geomedi.edu.ge with the materials they need. Working Hours: Monday-Friday: 10:00 to 18:00.

Meeting and Group Work Space – At our library, it is possible to reserve and use the room for group works. The room can be booked by students, academic and administrative staff of the university. In order to use the room, one has to book it beforehand. To do this, you need to reserve it personally by going to the venue.

Interlibrary Loan Service (ILLS) – provides students and staff of the University Geomedi with resources that are not available in the library's storage. To use the service, readers must contact a librarian and fill out an order form.

Contact Information: library@geomedi.edu.ge

Instruction

The electronic library contains electronic books. The site can be used only by students and academic personal of University Geomedi.


About Plagiarism
Plagiarism (or “wrongful appropriation”) is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. The term “plagiarism” comes from the Latin plagiatrus, which means, “kidnapping someone”.

Types of plagiarism
  • Direct plagiarism (word-for-word copying without citation or references)
  • Self-plagiarism (repetition of your own opinion without reference)
  • Mosaic plagiarism (combining opinions from different sources, when individual authors are not mentioned)
  • Accidental plagiarism (negligence at the initial stage of the study, but the result is the same as deliberate plagiarism)
Avoiding plagiarism
To avoid plagiarism, it is necessary to:
  • Indicate the exact source of the information used
  • Note the merit of the person (s) who helped you with the work
  • Used quotes should be inserted in quotation marks with exact source references
  • Do not use materials posted on the Internet without reference
  • Make appropriate references when quoting your own already published material

Prevention of plagiarism
For the prevention of plagiarism, academic writing is taught as a compulsory subject at the university. For undergraduate students, academic writing is taught in the first or second year of their studies, for graduate-level students in the first year of their studies.

Plagiarism and accountability
In the event of plagiarism, University Geomedi’s standing Committee for Academic Integrity will study the facts of the violation and will prepare the report, which will be submitted to the Rector for further response.

Plagiarism Detecting and Responding Rules

In the library, you can use the EBSCO package for free, which allows you to use international electronic resources: e-books, magazines, periodicals, transcripts of television and radio news programs, etc.
The databases can be accessed both from the university and remotely.
For information on remote use, please contact the library.

Research databases

EBSCO Package Usage Instruction

Name of the base Description
Academic Search Premier A multidisciplinary full-text database that includes academic journals, periodicals, field publications, and other types of materials (e-books, monographs, conference proceedings, reports, etc.). The database covers hundreds of subject areas in science, technology, engineering, humanities, and social sciences.
Business Source Premier A full-text database that includes academic journals, periodicals, industry publications, and other resources (company profiles, SWOT analyses, market research reports, conference proceedings, monographs, etc.). The database covers fields such as economics, business, management, marketing, finance, banking, sales, human resources (HR), and more.
Master FILE Premier Designed for public libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 1,700 periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues and much more.
Medline Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 5,600 current biomedical journals.
Health Source: Consumer Edition + Provide over 1000 scholarly full- Topics include critical care, mental health, child & adolescent psychiatric nursing, nurse management, nurse ethics, addiction & recovery counseling, medical law, reproductive medicine, environmental health, bereavement and many more.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition A full-text database covering nursing and healthcare-related topics, including: pediatric nursing, critical care medicine, mental health, nursing management, medical law, and more.
Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA) Includes indexes to 580 major journals, over 50 priority journals, and approximately 15 selected journals, books, research reports, etc. Materials in this database have been available since 1960. The dictionary contains over 11,200 terms, of which 4,090 are priority terms. The database includes author profiles. Users have access to the works of over 5,200 frequently indexed authors in the database. EBSCO is committed to providing you with ongoing access to LISTA. The database covers topics such as: automation, book care and restoration, cataloging, classification, etc.
GreenFILE Provides a collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles and covers content about the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments aswell as what can be done at each level to minimize these effects. This free research database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 780,000 records and open access full text for more than 11,000 records. Key journals include Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Conservation Biology, Forest Ecology & Management, International Journal of Green Energy, and Journal of Wildlife Management.
ERIC (the Education Resource Information Center) An abstract and indexing database that also includes full-text educational literature and resources; created by the Institute of Educational Sciences of the U.S.A Department of Education.
It contains more than 1.4 million records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents.
Newspaper Source Provides complete television and radio news transcripts from CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR and more. This database provides cover-to-cover full text for hundreds of national (U.S.A), international and regional newspapers. In addition, it offers television and radio news transcripts from major networks.
Regional Business News This robust database provides ultimate coverage for full-text business publications, on a regional level, for the United States and Canada. Whether searching for information about presidential candidates, franchise restaurants, the retail industry, business planning, or political participation, Regional Business News will cover the story. Content for Regional Business News is provided by leading publishers in business news including The Washington Post, PR Newswire US and more. Key resources include newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, trade publications, magazines and newswires with full-text content coverage spanning more than 20 years.
eBook Open Access (OA) Collection Is a multidisciplinary, growing collection of e-books created in collaboration with trusted universities and scholarly publishers. The database includes thousands of high quality open access digital books. A wide range of academic subjects are presented, such as: business, social sciences and humanities, etc.

In the library you can use the following Elsevier databases for free: Scopus and Science Direct.
Instructions for using Elsevier databases

Name of the base Description
Scopus Scopus is the largest electronic database that combines bibliographic data, abstracts, and citation counts. It includes more than 100 million records from more than 7,000 publishers, organization and author profiles, and more. It provides a comprehensive picture of current research trends in the world in science, technology, medicine, the humanities, and social sciences. Scopus is designed to meet the needs of researchers and provides them with high-quality, relevant scientific information.
ScienceDirect It is the world’s leading scholarly electronic database, offering millions of full-text articles, including journal articles and book chapters. It provides a wide range of reliable, high-quality, and interdisciplinary research, helping researchers to find and manage the material they need. It is a growing, dynamic repository that is constantly updated with the latest research in various fields.

The databases can be accessed both from the organization and remotely.
For remote access, you need to register individually via institutional email.
To access Scopus databases, follow the link: www.scopus.com
To access Science Direct resources, follow the link: www.sciencedirect.com

National Library of Georgia
Digital Library of Science
medscape.com
MedPix®
GUTENBERG PROJECT
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

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