Category: eResources

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Trial: Translated Texts for Historians (till April 26)

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TTH – Translated Texts for Historians is 54-volume book series with over 14 500 pages of historical sources from A.D. 300 – 800 translated into English.

The geographic range covers Syria, Arabia, Armenia, Georgia and Egypt in the East; North Africa; major cities of the Roman Empire (Antioch, Alexandria and Constantinople); and Spain, Gaul, Italy, Britain and Ireland in the West. The texts have been translated into English from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian and Old Irish.

NOTE! TRIAL access only allows the content to be viewed through the “Look Inside” viewer. No .pdf downloads are possible. Click the title and then Look Inside link.

Types of writing include histories, chronicles, letters, annals, formularies, compendia, political speeches, military and theological handbooks, poems, documentary sources, records of church councils, biblical and theological commentaries, sermons, church histories, Christian treatises, Christian and pagan panegyric and polemic, Neoplatonic texts, Lives of saints, bishops and popes.

Each volume includes an introduction setting the text into context, and rigorous notes on content, interpretation and debates.

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Rock’s Backpages – Trial: 11.3. – 12.4.2015

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Rock’s Backpages is a digital archive of popular music journalism, updated weekly and sourced from the early 1960s to the present day. It contains articles, interviews and reviews from music writers and critics.

The archive covers all genres of popular music and it is fully searchable by artist, genre, writer or keyword (allowing search by an album or single title, date etc).

The use is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and Helsinki University Library.

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu[at]helsinki.fi

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U.S. Intelligence on Europe, 1945-1995 – Trial till 08th April

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U.S. Intelligence on Europe 1945-1995 is a collection of over 4,000 formerly classified U.S. government documents provides a comprehensive survey of the U.S. intelligence community’s activities in Europe, including Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus, covering the time period from the end of World War II to the fall of the Iron Curtain and beyond.

The use is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and Helsinki University Library.

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu[at]helsinki.fi

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Trial: ChinaLawInfo

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ChinaLawInfo contains Chinese legislation, case law, treaties and articles and table of contents of Chinese legal journals.

Material is mainly in Chinese. English tab provides search possibility in English, result headlines are usually in English. Some fulltext material is also available in English.

Database contains mainly subscribed material which can be used only from one designated computer in the Helsinki University Library, Fabianinkatu 30, 4th floor: location of the computer.

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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On trial MarinLit until 9.5.

MarinLit is a database dedicated to marine natural products research.

MarinLit includes journal articles, new and revised compounds, synthesis, ecology and biological activities and powerful dereplication tools.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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New eBooks from Palgrave on Trial (until April 7)

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TRIAL IS OVER!

The trial for Palgrave Connect provides  access to more than 3000 new eBooks in the fields of humanities and social and behavioral sciences. We have access to the following collections

  • History Collection 2013-2015
  • Language & Linguistics Collection 2013-2015
  • Literature Collection 2013-2015
  • Theatre & Performance Collection 2013-2015
  • Political & International Studies Collection 2013
  • Political Science Collection 2014-2015
  • nternational Relations & Development Collection 2014-2015
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection 2013-2015
  • Social Sciences Collection 2013-2015
  • Media & Culture Collection 2013-2015
  • Education Collection 2013-2015

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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Book History Online has been Acquired!

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Book History Online (BHO), which was in trial use on January-February, has been now acquired. BHO is the international bibliography in the field of book and library history. It provides a comprehensive survey of all scholarly publications written from a historical perspective. Included are monographs, articles and reviews dealing with the history of the printed book, its arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, its economic, social and cultural environment, as well as its production, distribution, preservation and description.

BHO is published in partnership with the University of St Andrews and the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP).

The use is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and Helsinki University Library.

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New section Medicine in JoVE

JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, is peer reviewed scientific video journal.

University of Helsinki has access to new section in JoVE, Medicine.

Other sections available in University of Helsinki are JoVE Biology, JoVE Immunology and Infection and JoVE Neuroscience.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi