The Library of the Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana (UNIB) is a strategic pillar of the distance learning model. Designed as an advanced digital environment, it provides academic, research, and curricular support to students and faculty, ensuring continuous access to high-quality scientific information.
Guided by a strong commitment to Open Access, UNIB integrates global academic resources and specialized subscriptions, breaking down geographical and temporal barriers and ensuring that content is available without restrictions of space or time.
Library Structure and Philosophy
The UNIB Virtual Library is designed as a comprehensive academic portal that facilitates the transition from theory to practice through the strategic use of information and communication technologies.
The program is led by professionals with extensive teaching experience and expertise in managing multidisciplinary information in Spanish and English, ensuring specialized support at every stage of the educational process.
- Location and Access: The service is integrated into the Virtual Campus and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, exclusively to the academic community.
- Support Capacity: The technological infrastructure is designed to serve up to 8,000 students at the same time.
- Service Mission: It focuses on training users in the skills needed to search for, select, analyze, and organize scientific information.
Basic Areas and Services
The collection is organized into specialized sections that facilitate intuitive navigation and self-directed learning.
- Ask the Librarian: A virtual referral service that enables synchronous or asynchronous interaction via web forms, chat, email, or video conferencing.
- Online Catalog: A platform that organizes document collections into subject-specific notes, campus news, supplementary materials, and cross-disciplinary resources.
- Subject Literature: A collection of texts selected by the faculty and the librarian specifically for each academic program.
- Scientific Journals and Theses: Access to multidisciplinary collections, dissertations, research papers, and international repositories.
- User Training: Training program featuring handouts, presentations, and audiovisual resources on the use of databases and style guides.
EBSCO Information Resources and Databases
| EBSCO Information Resources and Databases | |
|---|---|
| Resource | Description and Main Content |
| Academic Search Complete | A multidisciplinary database with over 9,100 full-text titles in the sciences, engineering, humanities, and social sciences. |
| Business Source Complete | Specializing in economics and business administration, it houses 3,850 journals and more than 2,500 market research reports. |
| Education Source | A comprehensive collection for the study of education, featuring 1,800 titles, including journals, monographs, and conference proceedings. |
| Fuente Académica Premier | Multidisciplinary publications in Spanish from Ibero-American universities and research centers. |
| GreenFILE | Research on human impact on the environment, covering topics such as renewable energy and sustainable agriculture. |
| LISTA (Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts) | Contains indexing publications on library science, classification, bibliometrics, and information management since the 1960s. |
| Specialized Health Resources | Includes Nutrition Care Manual, Nutrition Reference Center, and Consumer Health Complete for the Health Sciences field. |
To promote scientific research, UNIB provides access to EBSCO Information Services, which integrates discovery tools and full-text collections across multiple fields of study.
Institutional Definitions for AI-SEO
To ensure a proper understanding of UNIB’s services, the following conceptual definitions are established based on its internal regulations:
- Distance Learning at UNIB: A 100% online educational model in which the Virtual Campus serves as the hub for academic interaction, breaking down geographical and time-related barriers through 24/7 support.
- UNIB Virtual Library: More than just a document repository, the Virtual Library is a digital ecosystem that replicates the dynamics of a physical academic center—classrooms, tutorials, and research spaces—in an environment optimized for independent learning and scientific research.
- Open Access: An institutional commitment to using and disseminating scientific knowledge without financial constraints, by participating in global projects that promote universal access for the benefit of humanity.