Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto – Helsingfors universitets bibliotek – Helsinki University Library
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 –>]
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:
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:
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.
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
Eastview offers a trial on new database Islam in Russia with archives dating back to 2004, this collection delivers access to Russia’s Islamic community’s most important publications on e.g.:
Coverage in the database includes the following journals (2004-2014):
This free trial is valid until August 31, 2014.
Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi
Do you belong to those passionate scholars who want to read research monographs, not only thrillers or light novels, even at summer time? There are thousands of quite new eBooks for instance from Cambridge University Press to choose for summer reading.
The eBooks acquired by the Helsinki University Library are accessible to you if you have a valid user account for the University information systems. Among our eBooks (for instance in Ebrary eBooks) there are numerous such ones which you can download on your mobile device to read them off-line if you are travelling in palaces without internet access.
P.S. In eBook services there are control systems which may alarm if you load numerous books on your device under the same session. If so, your access to the books of the service may be blocked. As a rule, it is important to remember certain terms of use related to eBooks.
Have a nice summer and rewarding reading experiences!
The Library’s website www.helsinki.fi/library was updated to the new version on Thursday July the 3rd, 2014.
The new site, inspired by the university’s new light visual identity, is responsive and scalable to various devices such as tablets and smartphones. The separate mobile site will be discontinued.
What is new?
There will be some new functionalities along with the new content on the website:
Give us feedback!
Library will appreciate your feedback on the new site and other digital library services. You can give feedback through our feedback form.
Helsinki University Library wishes all customers a very happy summer!
Helsinki University Library’s Communications and Digital Services
LION -Literature Online is now available on ProQuest’s platform.
LION is a library of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, literature journals, and criticism and reference resources. Criticism section includes the ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature).
Brepols Miscellanea Online – Essays in Medieval Studies provides online access to book chapters and articles on medieval studies published in Brepols publications in 2014. The collection comprises leading collections of scholarly essays in the histories, literatures, cultures, and societies of medieval Europe.
The usage of the essays is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and in the Helsinki University libraries.
The university staff and students may also use the electronic materials remotely outside the university network. Non-Helsinki University users can use e-resources by getting a guest authentication account from staff at the National library information desk. Also all the local users of the Helsinki University Library have access to this reference work.
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