TRIAL PERIOD IS OVER! Over 40 000 Springer eBooks on Trial (until Aug 5)

English eBooks from Springer are on trial until Aug 5, 2014.  There are 13 e-book collections on trial including also reference books and book series. The books are published between 2005-2014 and there are more than 40 000 of them. Among the books on trial there are books already acquired by the library. Those books …

Summer reads: Springer eBooks and MyCopy-service

SpringerLink My Copy –service  allows library patrons with Helsinki University ID to order a personal, printed-on-demand softcover edition of an eBook for EUR 24.99 (including shipping and handling). Helsinki University staff and students can order MyCopy books with their own credit cards. The book will also need to be part of the Helsinki University Library’s …

New eBooks: Springer 2013 eBooks trial ~ 31.8.2013

Springer offers complimentary trial access to eBooks published in 2013. You have access to all 13 English language eBook collections for copyright year 2013 content in SpringerLink. Collections are: Behavioral Sciences Biomedical & Life Sciences Business & Economics Chemistry & Material Science Computer Science Earth & Environmental Science Energy Engineering Humanities, Social Science & Law …

New Nature Research journals on trial

Nature Research has launched their five latest titles. New content will be published every month starting from January. New launches are on trial for two months, try now! Nature Astronomy Nature Biomedical Engineering Nature Ecology & Evolution Nature Reviews Chemistry Nature Human Behaviour  Please send us your feedback: e-library[at]helsinki.fi  

Rapid Transition To Open Access Publishing Essential

The proliferation of open access publishing models in academic publication provides researchers and the academic community with opportunities to share and access academic information faster and more flexibly than before. Finnish institutions of higher education and research institutes are currently negotiating with academic publishers to enable the efficient use of open publication methods. “Our goal …