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On trial until 18.9.2018: Dead Sea Scrolls online

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Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library  is available in the University of Helsinki network until the 18th September 2018.

For the first time in history the texts and images of all the Dead Sea Scrolls – both Biblical texts and Non-Biblical texts – are available in their totality on the Internet.

The databases are based on the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Library CD-ROM, published by Brill and Brigham Young University. Both databases present a complete Hebrew transcription and English translation of texts, together with high-resolution images. 

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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Enjoy also in summer: thousands of e-books from Oxford University Press available

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

There are more than 14 000 e-books on various subjects, the focus being, however, on the disciplines of the city centre campus. New titles will be added monthly.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019.

Further information on the acquisition model ->

The title list by subject fields ->

The books are catalogued in HELKA.

The link to Oxford Scholarship Online ->

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Enjoy also in summer: thousands of e-books from Oxford University Press available

All Oxford Scholarship Online e-books are available to the students and staff of the University until 31st March 2019.

There are more than 14 000 e-books on various subjects, the focus being, however, on the disciplines of the city centre campus. New titles will be added monthly.

The most popular books will be acquired permanently to the library’s collection in the spring 2019. Further information on the acquisition model ->

The title list by subject fields ->

The books are catalogued in HELKA.

The link to Oxford Scholarship Online –>

You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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On trial until 6.5.2018: What do you think of VitalSource Bridge e-book platform?

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The trial of VitalSource Bridge offers 12 textbooks on various subjects until the end of the 4th teaching period.

The VitalSource Bridge platform contains the following titles published by Pearson:

  • Biology: a Global Approach 11th ed. / Campbell, Neil A.; Reece, Jane B.
  • Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach 7th ed. / Kurose, James F.; Ross, Keith W.
  • Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance 10th ed. / Stallings, William; Jesshope, Chris; Zeno, Peter
  • Concepts of Genetics 11th ed. / Klug, William S.; Cummings, Michael R.; Spencer, Charlotte; Palladino, Michael
  • Digital Marketing 6th ed. / Chaffey, Dave; Ellis-Chadwick, Fiona
  • Essential Organic Chemistry 3rd ed. / Bruice, Paula Yurkanis
  • Fundamentals of Database Systems 7th ed. / Elmasri, Ramez; Navathe, Sham
  • International Economics: Theory and Policy, Global Edition 11th ed. / Krugman, Paul R.
  • Introduction to Econometrics 3rd ed. / Stock, James H.; Watson, Mark W.
  • Microeconomics: Theory and Applications with Calculus 4th ed. / Perloff, Jeffrey M.
  • Public Speaking: an Audience-centered Approach 10th ed. / Beebe, Steven A.
  • Using Multivariate Statistics 6th ed. / Tabachnick, Barbara G. ; Fidell, Linda S.

You can read books without configuring a Bookshelf account, but your account enables creating and keeping notes and also downloading an application for offline access.

We would gladly hear about your experience. You can send feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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On trial until 26.2.2018: Routledge Historical Resources online: History of Economic Thought

 

 

 

 

History of Economic Thought  is a new online platform that brings together the best and most relevant scholarship from Taylor & Francis, its imprints, and its authors. It is the second project in the new Routledge Historical Resources online programme.

The resource covers the fascinating subject of the history of economic thought over the period 1700–1914. It contains an extensive range of primary and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, and journal articles, as well as new thematic essays, and subject introductions on key themes. There is also a video introduction to the subject from Heinz D. Kurz, one of the academic editors of the History of Economic Thought.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

 

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New electronic primary sources: 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America

The Helsinki University Library has purchased Gale’s 19th Century U.S. Newspapers and Indigenous Peoples: North America.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers – a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database – provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers. The collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century’s end. Every aspect of society and every region of the nation is found in the archive – rural and urban, large cities and small towns, coast to coast, etc. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests. Also included are illustrated papers that bring the nineteenth century to life through the drawings of many artists.

Newspapers included are:

New York Herald (NY)

Lynchburg Virginian (VA)

Pacific Commercial Advertiser (HI)

Rocky Mountain News (CO)

Southern Illustrated News (VA)

Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), Milwaukee Sentinel (WI)

The Bee (OH), The Mountaineer (SC)

Indigenous Peoples: North America is a comprehensive collection on the experience of the indigenous peoples of North America. Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples: North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations, meeting a need for historical researchers. Indigenous Peoples: North America provides a robust, diverse, and appealing search experience and enable intelligent inquiry into the culture and heritage of indigenous people.

Indigenous Peoples: North America is sourced from both American and Canadian institutions, as well as direct-from-source from newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations. The collection also features indigenous-language materials, including dictionaries, bibles, and primers.

 

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On trial until 31.1.2018: Oxford Scholarly Editions Online – English literature and Classical texts

Explore old texts in new ways: Oxford’s scholarly editions provide trustworthy, annotated primary texts for scholars and students.

Oxford Scholarly Editions Online provides access to authoritative poetry, drama, and fiction texts from all periods of English literature, as well as other important writings from across the humanities.

OSEO currently includes writers active between 1485 and 1901, plus Classical Latin and Greek authors — from Aeschylus, Austen, Bentham, Catullus, Dickens, and Donne through to Virgil and Wordsworth. It contains over 1,100 scholarly editions — the equivalent of more than 595,000 print pages.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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On trial: 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America until 27.12.2017

Now you can study Gale’s American 19th century newspapers and the history of indigenous peoples in North America even at Christmas time.

19th Century U.S. Newspapers – a full-text searchable, facsimile-image database – provides an as-it-happened window on events, culture, and daily life in nineteenth-century America that is of interest to both professional and general researchers. The collection features publications of all kinds, from the political party newspapers at the beginning of the nineteenth century to the mammoth dailies that shaped the nation at the century’s end. Every aspect of society and every region of the nation is found in the archive – rural and urban, large cities and small towns, coast to coast, etc. Includes major newspapers as well as those published by African Americans, Native Americans, women’s rights groups, labor groups, the Confederacy, and other groups and interests. Also included are illustrated papers that bring the nineteenth century to life through the drawings of many artists.

Newspapers included are:

New York Herald (NY)

Lynchburg Virginian (VA)

Pacific Commercial Advertiser (HI)

Rocky Mountain News (CO)

Southern Illustrated News (VA)

Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago), Milwaukee Sentinel (WI)

The Bee (OH), The Mountaineer (SC)

Indigenous Peoples: North America is a comprehensive collection on the experience of the indigenous peoples of North America. Enabling exploration of the political, social, and cultural history of native peoples from the sixteenth century well into the twentieth century, Indigenous Peoples: North America illustrates the fabric of the North American story with unprecedented depth and breadth. Comprehensive yet personal, the collection covers the history of American Indian tribes and supporting organizations, meeting a need for historical researchers. Indigenous Peoples: North America provides a robust, diverse, and appealing search experience and enable intelligent inquiry into the culture and heritage of indigenous people.

Indigenous Peoples: North America is sourced from both American and Canadian institutions, as well as direct-from-source from newspapers from various tribes and Indian-related organizations. The collection also features indigenous-language materials, including dictionaries, bibles, and primers.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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Hebrew, Greek, Chinese online – new encyclopedia and two dictionaries

The Helsinki University Library has purchased Brill’s Hebrew encyclopedia, dictionary of ancient Greek and Chinese-English dictionary.

The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online offers a systematic and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of the history and study of the Hebrew language from its earliest attested form to the present day.

The Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics Online features advanced search options, as well as extensive cross-references and full-text search functionality using the Hebrew character set. With over 850 entries and approximately 400 contributing scholars, this encyclopedia is the authoritative reference work for students and researchers in the fields of Hebrew linguistics, general linguistics, Biblical studies, Hebrew and Jewish literature, and related fields.

The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is the English translation of Franco Montanari’s Vocabolario della Lingua Greca (3rd edition).

With an established reputation as the most important modern dictionary for Ancient Greek, it brings together 140 000 headwords taken from the literature, papyri, inscriptions and other sources of the archaic period up to the 6th Century CE, and occasionally beyond. The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek is an invaluable companion for the study of Classics and Ancient Greek, for beginning students and advanced scholars alike.

Chinese-English Dictionary Online is the first Chinese-English dictionary devoted solely to the premodern language. Being a practical lexicon of more than 8 000 characters, arranged alphabetically by Pinyin romanization, it is meant to facilitate the reading and translating of historical, literary, and religious texts dating from approximately 500 BCE to 1000 CE.

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On trial: thousands of business and IT e-books until 19.10.2017

 

 

 

 

Books24x7 offers access to the complete text of thousands of digitized online books, book summaries, audiobooks, research reports and best practices. The trial includes BusinessPro and ITPro collections.

BusinessPro addresses critical business initiatives, such as, leadership, project management, organizational development, customer relationship management, career development and many other strategic issues.

ITPro covers hundreds of topical areas such as Business Skills for IT Professionals, Cloud Computing and Virtualization, Data and Databases, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Networks and Telecommunications, Operating Systems and Servers, Project Management, Security, Software Design and Development, Web Development and Graphic Design.

Feedback by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi