Category: eResources

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New resource for historians: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit Online

Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit Online is considered an authoritative work on the political, social, economic, religious, and cultural history of the Early Modern Period (1450-1850).

Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit Online 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.

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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New resource: Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World

Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences.

The usage of Brill’s Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World 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 library information desks.

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu(at)helsinki.fi

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New eBooks from Cambridge University Press!

There are more than 600 new eBooks from Cambridge University Press accessible to the students and staff of the University in the Cambridge Books Online interface.  The books are published  2013-2014 and they are on the fields of all campuses.

The books now accessible are the base collection. New titles will be added monthly. All these books are  accessible until the end of March 2015.  The most popular of them will be acquired permanently. (Further information on the acquisition model –>)

The title list of the base collection by subject fields —>

The books are catalogued in HELKA.

 

 

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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 are mostly published between 2011-2012. In collection of computer science books acquired are published between 2005-2012.

The books can be accessed in the University of Helsinki network. Remote use is possible for those with a University of Helsinki user account. Others than the University of Helsinki users can access these eBooks at Helsinki University Library.

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

Terms of use of trial –>

 

 

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On Trial: Citation Connection in Web of Science (~4.7.2014)

THE TRIAL PERIOD IS OVER!

In Citation Connection includes the following databases:

BIOSIS Citation Index: Life sciences and biomedical research covering pre-clinical and experimental research, methods and instrumentation.

Current Contents Connect including complete tables of contents and bibliographic information from the world’s leading scholarly journals and books.

Derwent Innovations Index: Value-added patent information from Derwent World Patent Index as well as patent citation information from Patents Citation Index.

Zoological Record: The world´s leading taxonomic reference and oldest continuing database of animal biology.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Scholarly eBooks for the Entire World – the Library participates in the International OA Acquisition Initiative

Helsinki University Library has, together with about 300 other libraries from different countries,  acquired 28 e-books accessible to the whole world. The collection  acquired consists of international university publishers’ books, mostly in the field of humanities and social sciences.

This kind of acquisition of e-resources is quite unusual. Traditionally university libraries have acquired e-books to be used only with their own universities’ network.This joint OA acquisition is a pilot that is part of the international Knowledge Unlatched –project. Its goal is to enhance open accessibility of scientific literature.The books can be found in the OAPEN online library and publication platform.

One of the goals of the Knowledge Unlatched –project is to lobby the model of open access to the scientific community, research funders, libraries and publishers. The project aims to find answers to “whether it is possible to develop such communication ecosystem that benefits all.”

Please find more information about the project and its benefits for libraries, end users, publishers and writers on the project’s web page

 

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New Database: TAIR

The Arabidopsis Information Resource

The Arabidopsis Information Resource TAIR maintains a database of genetic and molecular biology data for the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana . Data available from TAIR includes the complete genome sequence along with gene structure, gene product information, gene expression, DNA and seed stocks, genome maps, genetic and physical markers, publications, and information about the Arabidopsis research        community. Gene product function data is updated every week from the latest published research literature and community data submissions. TAIR also provides extensive linkouts from our data pages to other Arabidopsis resources.

The Arabidopsis Biological Resource at The Ohio State University collects, reproduces, preserves and distributes seed and DNA resources of Arabidopsis thaliana and related species. Stock information and ordering for the ABRC are fully integrated into TAIR.