Library

International scientific open-access databases

GIU Library provides its students, faculty, and researchers with access to leading international scientific databases, giving the university community the same research tools used by universities worldwide. Through these platforms, users can search millions of peer-reviewed articles, books, and conference proceedings across all major disciplines.

For assistance accessing any of these databases, contact the Library or the Research Support Center.

EBSCO Psychology/Psychiatry collection  https://www.ebsco.com/

  • Founded in 1944 as part of EBSCO Industries (its EBSCOhost platform dates to 1984). It aggregates 375+ full-text and index databases, 600,000+ e-books, and 360,000+ serials.
  • Subjects: a multidisciplinary aggregator – humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, medicine, business, and education.


ScienceDirect – https://www.sciencedirect.com/

  • Launched in 1997 by Elsevier (founded 1880). It brings together 2,800+ peer-reviewed journals and 48,000+ books, with more than 20 million articles and chapters.
  • Subjects: four main clusters – physical sciences & engineering, life sciences, health sciences, and social sciences & humanities.


Web of Science – https://mjl.clarivate.com/search-results

  • Traces back to 1964, when Eugene Garfield created the Science Citation Index (originally 613 journals). Now owned by Clarivate, its Core Collection indexes 21,000+ journals (roughly 35,000 active journals across the wider platform).
  • Subjects: interdisciplinary – sciences, social sciences, and arts & humanities, plus conference proceedings and books.





PMC (PubMed Central) – https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

  • Launched in 2000 by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM/NIH), starting with just 2 journals. It now includes 2,800+ full-participation journals (about 3,200 sources total) and nearly 10 million full-text articles.
  • Subjects: biomedicine and life sciences – a free, full-text archive.


    DOAJ – https://doaj.org/

    • Founded in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden, with 300 journals. It now lists 21,000+ peer-reviewed, open-access journals.
    • Subjects: all fields – science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities.




    Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) – https://www.doabooks.org/


    • Established in 2012 by the OAPEN Foundation (officially launched 2013). It indexes 79,000+ open-access books and chapters from 700+ publishers.
    • Subjects: academic monographs and edited volumes across all disciplines, with particularly strong coverage of the humanities and social sciences.


      Remote Access to Databases

      GIU students and staff can access subscribed scientific databases remotely, without needing to be physically present at the university library.

      To access remotely, you should Log in using your GIU university email/credentials.

      For platforms such as ScienceDirect, access is typically authenticated automatically while connected through the university’s recognized institutional network.

      If you experience difficulties connecting remotely, contact the Library at (995 32) 2 66 15 12; Library@giu.edu.ge  for support.

E-Library

Majority of the books are teaching manuals and scientific literature in Georgian and English languages, corresponding to the university profile. The library keeps scientific and academic literature as well as e-versions of the courses foreseen by the academic program (CD and DVD).

University library applies alphabetical and systematic catalogue, as well as electronic search system _ OpenBiblio. The reading hall is equipped with computers connected to the internet, which gives readers the opportunity to use the free e-resources of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Namely Georgian electronic book, digital library.

GIU library is open every day except Sunday.

  • Address: 0101 Tbilisi, Georgia, 5 Samghereti str.