On trial Adam Matthew Collections – until 29 February

Adam Matthew publishes primary source collections spanning the social sciences and humanities: we have now four collections on trial until 29 February.

So take a look and then provide feedback to e-library@helsinki.fi

Women in the National Archives, Kew

Popular Culture in Britain and America 1950-1975

Defining Gender 1450-1910

Foreign Office Files for the Middle East 1971-1981

*Please note that PDF download options are not available during trials.

On trial Criminal Justice Abstracts until 1.4.

Criminal Justice Abstracts contains more than 400,000 records and 320 full-text journals selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole.

Feedback: e -library@helsinki.fi

On trial RILM Music Encyclopedias until 1.4

RILM Music Encyclopedias is a full-text compilation of 41 seminal titles published from 1775 to the present and comprising nearly 80,000 pages.

This is an extensive global resource designed to meet the teaching, learning, and research needs of the international music community. It provides comprehensive encyclopedic coverage of the most important disciplines, fields, and subject areas, among them popular music, opera, instruments, blues, gospel, recorded sound, and women composers. Its content spans multiple countries and languages—English, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Greek.

Feedback: e -library@helsinki.fi

Store, Use and Manage Research Data

Research Data Management – Guide tells you the data storage services and policy at the University of Helsinki. You can also learn more about UH recommendations for sharing & reuse of research data.

dataThe management of research data refers to creating and storing research data and related descriptive metadata so as to preserve the usability and reliability of the material.
See also:
Tuuli (DMP tool)

ResearchGuides – Library’s information sources from various research fields, expert librarians and help guides

The ResearchGuides lists a selection of major information resources in various research fields provided by the Library.  It is made  especially for researchers and advanced students.


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What is your experience of using e-books? Participate in online survey!

University libraries gather now students and teachers user experience about e-books in studies and teaching. E-books are the electronic versions of printed books which can be read on a computer or mobile device.

The feedback collected through this survey will be used to further develop the accessibility and usability of e-books you need in your studies, so your opinion is very important to us!

bookThe survey for students: https://my.surveypal.com/-E-kirjat-opintojen-tukena–kysely

The survey for teachers: https://my.surveypal.com/E-kirjat–opetuksen-tukena-kysely

Your answers will be confidential and your privacy will be respected. Individual respondents will not be identifiable in the final reporting. The research material will be archived in the Finnish Social Science Data Archive for further use in academic research and teaching.

The survey form will be online until 31 May 2016.

The survey is part of the e-textbook project of the FinELib Consortium. It is carried out by the National Library of Finland in cooperation with higher education libraries. You can contact the organizers of the survey through finelib@helsinki.fi.

​Thank you for participating!

No History – Nor Criticism? New guides on History, Literary & Gender Studies

Library Guides are especially designed to fulfill researchers’ information needs. You will find the most relevant sources of information, core databases, journals, articles and news feeds from our guides.

History
Literary Studies
(Literary Criticism and Finnish Literature Research)
Gender Studies

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ResearchGuides – Library’s information sources from various research fields, expert librarians and help guides

The ResearchGuides lists a selection of major information resources in various research fields provided by the Library. ResearchGuides collects library’s information sources and services  from the viewpoint of each research field. It is made  especially for researchers and advanced students.


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