ProQuest Ebook Central

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producer:
ProQuest LLC.

characteristics:
ProQuest Ebook Central is a portal for specialized electronic books.

description:
In the Availability section for a particular title, you can see how many users have access to the book at any one time. You can work with books in several ways.

Reading online - you can read the book directly in a web browser, which also allows you to do other work with the text such as searching the full text, creating notes, highlighters, and more.

Download the whole book – this means downloading (borrowing) the whole book, and the user can choose the length of the loan from 1 to 3 days. During this time, the book will not be available to another user. To be able to read the book, it is necessary to have the Adobe Digital Editions application installed as well as an Adobe ID account.

Download a chapter in PDF - the ability to download a PDF file without installing any software.

Books are protected by DRM technology, which means some limitations. In this case, there is a limited number of pages to download or print in one login. Repeated logins over a longer period are required to obtain additional pages.

Books from the database can also be found in the Primo search engine and through the SFX link server.

manuals:

• ProQuest Ebook Central features: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral/features
• ProQuest Ebook Central support: https://proquest.libguides.com/ebookcentral

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The purchase of 112 titles in 2018 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 66 titles in 2018 was supported by the project Rozvoj studijního prostředí na VUT (ROSTU na VUT), registration number: CZ.02.2.67/0.0/0.0/17_044/0008532. The purchase of 11 titles in 2018 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 65 titles in 2019 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 5 titles in 2020 was paid from the financial resources of the FME.
The purchase of 17 titles in 2020 was paid from the financial resources of the FBM.
The purchase of 49 titles in 2020 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 10 titles in 2021 was paid from the financial resources of the FBM.
The purchase of 83 titles in 2021 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 14 titles in 2021 was paid from the financial resources of the FME.
The purchase of 51 titles in 2021 was supported by the ERDF II project, registration number: CZ.02.2.67/0.0/0.0/18_057/0013326.
The purchase of 5 titles in 2022 was paid from the financial resources of the FME.
The purchase of 3 titles in 2022 was paid from the financial resources of the FME.
The purchase of 49 titles in 2022 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 9 titles in 2023 was supported by the PEPA project, registration number: CZ.02.01.01/00/22_012/0005468.
The purchase of 1 title in 2023 was paid from the financial resources of the FBM.
The purchase of 80 titles in 2023 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.
The purchase of 4 titles in 2024 was supported by the NPO project, registration number: NPO_VUT_MSMT - 16609/2022.
The purchase of 3 titles in 2024 was paid from the financial resources of the FBM.
The purchase of 52 titles in 2024 was paid from the financial resources of the BUT.

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