The Complutense University Library has created
the Dioscorides
Digital Library with the purpose of offering public access to
historical bibliographic holdings of key value for the history of
science and arts. As well as preserving our bibliographic
collection this project will enhance the knowledge and creativity
of future generations. Through the web, users can enjoy books that
reflect thoughts, attitudes and beliefs from different periods and
have witnessed the history of our University. A full bibliographic
description can also be found on the
Library’s
Catalogue.
The
Biblioteca digital Dioscórides
has become possible thanks to the collaboration of the Complutense
University Library with the Health
Sciences Foundation &
GlaxoSmithKline.
Dioscorides digital Library gathers a small
but significant sample of the highly valuable bibliographic
historical heritage held in the Biblioteca
Historica Marqués de Valdecilla. This books contain all the
knowledge that has shaped the Complutense University as we know it
today.
Collections organize books, not only regarding their contents
but also their formal characteristics; Every day new books are
incorporated.
In order to help the reader, books are
available through the library’s On-line catalogue,
CISNE,
o directly through the
Digitalized Book’s catalogue. Bibliographical records of every
digitalized book offer a link to the images (Acceso al recurso
electrónico: Libro completo).
Once the electronic book is showed, a guide to
its internal structure will be displayed on the left. The database
contains all the elements of the book, such as cover, index, pages
or illustrations, so the direct access to specific parts is
possible.
One of the special functions of the retrieval
of information is the possibility of
direct access to illustrations or engravings, organized by
period, author or subject on the Dioscorides digital Library
Engravings Database.
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