University of Helsinki
The trial collection of Cambridge University Press e-journals consists of about 350 e-journals on varying fields. Among these journals there are a few such ones already subscribed.
Send feedback: e-library[at]helsinki.fi
On Trial Euromonitor International Passport (~30.9)
Euromonitor International Passport is a market research database which features millions of statistics and in-depth reports on 27 industries with demographic, macro and socioeconomic data and analysis on consumers and economies in 210 countries worldwide. Passport supports teaching and research across a range of disciplines: international business & marketing, economics, social studies, humanities, geography, food marketing and international relations.
Feedback e -library@helsinki.fi
Library Price List Updated
Helsinki University Library price list has been updated. The new prices will come into effect on Monday, 15th of September, 2014. The changes in prices apply mainly to the interlibrary loans and the cost of the IT services and renting the library premises.
The price list is available at the library website
An International Open Access Week event on Meilahti Campus 20.10.
A discussion of open access publishing and funding will be held at Meilahti on 20.10.2014 at 13.00-17.00. The event is part of the international Open Access Week.
The event is mainly targeted at the researches of the University of Helsinki, but anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Taylor & Francis eBooks on Trial IS OVER
TRIAL ENDED October 9!
Taylor & Francis eBooks offers instant access to more than 45,000 titles — from general subject areas to interdisciplinary selections hand-picked by our editorial teams.
The books can be browsed by subject areas.
Small amount of books needs a FileOpen-plugin for Adobe Reader. FileOpen is already installed to all Helsinki University computers. You can install FileOpen onto your own device from here.
The university staff and students may also use the these e-books remotely outside the university network. Non-Helsinki University users can use them in the units of the Library.
Trial period: 8.9.-9.10.2014. Feedback as comment or by e-mail.
More than 130 000 eBooks from varying Publishers and Subject Fields on Trial (til October 30)
During the next two months the staff and student of The University of Helsinki have access to more e-books on several subject areas than usually, thanks to trial for EBSCO’s Academic Collection eBooks.
You can read the books online or download them on your mobile device to read them off-line. [EBSCO’s Dowloading eBooks Tutorial –>]
Company data, Industry Analysis, News, Reports, etc. – Emis Trial (til September 1) ENDED!
Emis provides data and publications on 125 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, LATAM, Middle East and Africa, sourced from global and local sources, including exclusive proprietary information.
Below some of EMIS’ resources – all centralised in one platform, in local language and in English:
- Extensive local and global news coverage
- Access to local publications (in local language and in English), covering a diversity of sources (print, online, TV…)
- Detailed industry reports
- Company profiles including financial data
- Macroeconomic indicators and sector statistics
- Benchmarking and analytical tools to interpret the data
Register for a library training!
Come and train your old information seeking skills or develop some new!
Library’s fall season is starting and will offer training for all from freshmen to doctorates. Read more about library’s training and courses from the website.
Hundreds of New eBooks from Cambridge University Press
There are now more than 1000 new eBooks from Cambridge University Press accessible to the students and staff of the University in the Cambridge Books Online interface.
Abour 300 new titles have been added to the collection during summer time and 50-100 ones will be added monthly.
The books are published 2013-2014 and they are on the fields of all campuses, for instance:
- Language and Linguistics | Law | Politics and International Relation | Sociology
- Life Sciences
- Mathematics
- Medicine
All these books (and hundreds added during the next 6-7 months) will be accessible until the end of March 2015. The most popular of them will be acquired permanently. (Further information on the acquisition model –>)
These E-books can be browsed by subject in Cambridge Books Online .The books accessible to UH have been marked by the green ball with P.
The books are catalogued in HELKA.
Trial: SciVal (~21.9)
Elsevier’s new generation of SciVal offers quick, easy access to the research performance of 4,600 research institutions and 220 countries worldwide. A ready-to-use solution with unparalleled power and flexibility, SciVal enables you to navigate the world of research and devise an optimal plan to drive and analyze your performance.
You need to create your username and password by registering when accessing SciVal at first time.
Further information and guidance –>
Trial Period til 21 st September.
Feedback: aija.kaitera [at] helsinki.fi