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E-Library
In line with the philosophy of the Open University of Mauritius to facilitate the learning mode of the students through technological tools, the Library has set up an e-library. This service offers many advantages, such as:
- Books are available on a 24/7 basis.
- Students do not have to travel to the library to consult the books, thus saving time and money.
- Registered learners can access e-books and online journals.
E-Books
Registered learners can access the e-Library from the internet at any time. The e-books may be consulted through a laptop, a pc, a tablet or even a smartphone. A collection of some 129,000 titles of e-books is available for reference and loan purposes to the Open University of Mauritius.
The e-books can be accessed from here.
Please ask for the User ID and Password from Library staff.
Online Journals
Registered learners can access online journals from the following sites:
EBSCO
Log-in onto the student portal of Open University (OU learn), using your credentials to have access to EBSCO.
- One of the best-known online databases.
- It offers 148,532 titles, including 129,000 e-books
- 19,532 online journals available
Emerald
Log-in onto the student portal of Open University (OU learn), using your credentials to have access to Emerald.
- Emerald is one of the leading publishers of Management journals and provider of online databases.
- It publishes over 180 journals.
- It is strong on Management, Accounting and Business.
ProQuest Literature
Log-in onto the student portal of Open University (OU learn), using your credentials to have access to ProQuest Literature.
The database
- Includes more than 300,000 full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English
- Includes online criticism and reference library
- Literature Online is the world’s largest cross-searchable database of literature and criticism.
ProQuest Arts and Humanities
Log-in onto the student portal of Open University (OU learn), using your credentials to have access to ProQuest Arts and Humanities.
- It is a full-text journal database.
- It is multi-disciplinary across the Arts and Humanities.
- It covers the period from 1970s to current date.
JSTOR
Log-in onto the student portal of Open University (OU learn), using your credentials to have access to JSTOR.
JSTOR is a shared digital library created in 1995 to help university and college libraries provide greater levels of access to content. The objective of JSTOR is to expand access to scholarly content around the world and to preserve it for future generations.
JSTOR currently includes more than 2,000 academic journals, dating back to the first volume ever published, along with thousands of monographs and other materials relevant for education.
