LIBRARY
LIBRARY OF YEREVAN HAYBUSAK UNIVERSITY
The Library of Yerevan Haybusak University has been operating since 1991. Initially established with a collection of just 100 items, the library has steadily expanded over the years, adding textbooks, teaching and methodological materials, supplementary educational resources, popular science publications, fiction, journals, and other specialised literature.
Today, the library’s collection comprises approximately 20,000 items, supporting the educational and research activities of the university’s students, faculty members, and researchers.
Adjacent to the library is a spacious and comfortable reading room with Wi-Fi internet access, designed for studying, conducting research, and independent learning.
Yerevan Haybusak University Library is a member of the Digital Library Association of Armenia (DLAA) and provides free access to highly regarded international scientific databases.
The library also offers an interlibrary lending service in cooperation with the National Library of Armenia, expanding access to essential literature and information resources.
You can also follow the library’s activities on Facebook.
International Scientific Information Resources
As a member of the Digital Library Association of Armenia (DLAA), in cooperation with EIFL, Yerevan Haybusak University has free access to highly rated international scientific databases, with the possibility of both reading and publishing articles.
- International scientific databases: unlimited access to the world’s leading scientific journals, articles and professional literature.
- Publishing benefits: full waivers or discounts on article processing charges (APC waivers/discounts) with prestigious publishers such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, SAGE and others.
How to access
- On campus: through the library computers or the “HayBusak Guest” Wi-Fi (access is automatic, by IP address).
- Off campus: create a personal account in the database using your official university email address (…@haybusak.am).
Cambridge Core — 420+ journals and books
YHU has subscribed to the content on “Cambridge Core”, the academic platform of Cambridge University Press, one of the world’s largest and most prestigious academic publishers. Access is available to over 420 highly reputable, peer-reviewed academic journals covering a wide range of fields (economics, medicine, arts and humanities, law, English language teaching, sociology, statistics and probability, computer science, psychology, etc.), as well as numerous books.
JSTOR — 2,600+ journals and e-books
YHU has subscribed to the JSTOR digital library. It includes the complete runs of over 2,600 top scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences from approximately 1,200 publishers, as well as a large selection of scholarly e-books from hundreds of leading academic and university presses.
jstor.org · Archival Journals & Primary Sources · Books at JSTOR
The Royal Society — 8 journals, archive since 1665
The collection includes 8 influential journals in physical and biological sciences and features the Royal Society’s Digital Archive (since 1665). It also includes 2 fully Open Access journals: Open Biology and Royal Society Open Science. Subjects covered: biological sciences, physical sciences, mathematical and engineering sciences, cross-disciplinary fields.
The Company of Biologists — 3 biology journals
The Company of Biologists has 3 journals about biology, covering developmental biology, cell science and zoology, which present numerous studies on the latest research in the field.
Development · Journal of Cell Science · Journal of Experimental Biology
Edward Elgar Publishing — 1,382 books and 19 journals
The collection includes 1,382 books and 19 journals. Together with the e-books, the journals are hosted on the Edward Elgar Publishing content hosting platform, Elgaronline. Subject coverage: law, economics, environment, management and leadership studies.
SAGE Journals — 1,000+ titles
The journals collection contains leading international peer-reviewed journals in a wide range of subject areas, including business, humanities, social science, technology and medicine. The collection comprises over 1,000 titles and is continuously updated with new journals.
eDuke Journals — humanities and social sciences
The journals feature articles in the following fields: anthropology, art and art history, economics, education, environmental humanities, ethnography, poetry, film, gender studies, sociology, and more.
European Respiratory Journal — respiratory medicine
The journal publishes clinical and experimental research by top scientists. Scope includes: adult and pediatric respiratory medicine, cell biology, epidemiology, immunology, oncology, pathophysiology, imaging, occupational and intensive care medicine, sleep medicine, thoracic surgery.
IWA Publishing — 10 open access journals
An ecological collection of 10 open access journals with subject coverage of water, wastewater and related environmental fields.
OpenEdition Journals — 175 journals
A bundle of 175 journals in the humanities and social sciences, published by university presses and small academic publishers. About 80% of the publications are in French. Other main languages are English, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
MSP — 17 mathematics journals
The MSP collection currently includes 17 peer-reviewed journals in mathematics and related sciences. New titles will be automatically added to the collection. Subject coverage: mathematics, mechanics and engineering.
ACM Digital Library — computing and IT
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) provides access to information technology, software, database systems, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, the Internet, mobile and multimedia technologies.
IMechE Journals — 18 mechanical engineering titles
The IMechE Journals collection, published by SAGE, includes 18 titles from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Covering content from 1847 to the present, these journals focus on specific areas of mechanical engineering, providing in-depth coverage across the entire discipline.
Open Access and Open Educational Resources
Armenian Studies and Armenian-Language Resources (3)
- AUA Institutional Repository — Academic publications, theses and research of the American University of Armenia.
- Digital Library of Armenian Literature (Digilib) — The AUA digital library of monuments of Armenian written culture.
- Pan-Armenian Digital Library — The Pan-Armenian digital library (over 275,000 digital items).
Exact Sciences, IT and Engineering (2)
- AIM Open Textbooks — American Institute of Mathematics: open access university mathematics textbooks.
- Math-Net.Ru — The All-Russian mathematical portal (mathematics, physics, IT).
Humanities, Social Sciences and Law (4)
- Cornell Open — Classic and new accessible publications in the humanities and social sciences.
- NOBA Project — Open textbooks and learning materials in psychology.
- Open Humanities Press — Peer-reviewed journals and books in the humanities.
- Pluto Journals — Open access journals in the social sciences.
International Organizations and Policy (3)
- EOSC Portal — European Open Science Cloud: a gateway to European open science, policies and funding.
- UNESDOC Digital Library — The UNESCO digital library (education, environment, climate, history, international relations).
- United Nations iLibrary — The United Nations digital library (economics, international law, public health, environment).
Open Textbook and OER Platforms (9)
- BC Open Textbook Collection — BCcampus: a collection of open textbooks in various formats.
- GALILEO Open Textbooks — Creative Commons licensed open textbooks and supporting materials.
- LibreTexts — An online platform for creating and sharing open educational resources.
- Open Course Library — Learning materials, syllabi and assessment tools.
- Open Textbook Library (OEN) — A major platform of peer-reviewed open textbooks for higher education.
- OpenStax (Rice University) — Peer-reviewed open textbooks across subjects.
- Open Washington — Images, textbooks, audio and video materials.
- Saylor Academy Bookshelf — Open courses and textbooks built on OER.
- Teaching Commons — Textbooks and programmes related to teacher education.
General Scientific Databases and Search Engines (15)
- arXiv — Preprints in physics, mathematics, IT, biology, finance and statistics (2.4 million articles).
- CORE — A worldwide database of open research papers.
- DOAB — A database of peer-reviewed open access books and monographs.
- DOAJ — A directory of peer-reviewed open access journals.
- Free Textbooks & Courses (Open Culture) — Free textbooks and courses from leading universities.
- IntechOpen — Peer-reviewed open books across fields of science (over 5,100 books).
- Internet Archive — A worldwide digital library of texts, films, software and websites.
- Mason OER Metafinder — A tool for searching 21 OER sources at once.
- MERLOT — Interactive learning materials, tests and course modules.
- MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) — Thousands of free MIT courses and video lectures.
- OASIS — A search engine for open content from 117 sources.
- OER Commons — A public digital library of open educational resources.
- Open Research Library (ORL) — Over 20,000 open books on one platform.
- Palace Bookshelf — Over 11,000 free e-books (fiction, textbooks, children’s books).
- World Scientific Connect — A platform of scientific books and journals from a leading publisher.
- Useful Materials
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