Category: eResources

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Our eBook Collections Enriched with 110 000!

Ebrary Academic Complete package just acquired multiplies our eBook collections. It offers authoritative eBooks in a wide range of subject areas.

The books are available any time – online and offline  and on multiple devices including the iPad, iPhone, Kobo, Nook, and Sony Reader, too.

The Ebrary platform provides multiple options for searching, browsing and and navigating. (Read more !)

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.

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Index Religiosus on Trial (–> 31.3.2014)

Index Religiosus – International Bibliography of Theology, Church History and Religious Studies replaces the bibliography of the ‘Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique’ and of the ‘Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses (Elenchus Bibliographicus)’.

  •  is a reference bibliography for Theology, Religious Studies and Church History
  • covers publications written in various European languages (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, etc
  • consist of some 565,000 biobliographic records
  • is updated yearly with 20,000 records
  • offers the possibility to export records in several formats (EndNOte, Refworks, Zotero, etc.)

The free trial 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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Archival Collections of Key Journals as E-versions (Trial –> 31.3.2014)

All archival collections of JSTOR are accessible to the the staff and the students of the University of Helsinki until the end of March.

Thanks to the trial of JSTOR Archival collections we have now access to earlier volumes of over 1000 journals. These journals can be found also trough HELKA and NELLI.  You can find links to the articles included to these journals also on the result lists of the searches you have done in the reference databases subscribed by the Library or in Google Scholar.

It is possible to browse the titles included in JSTOR Archival Collections. (Normally we have access to Arts and Sciences I, II and III and JSTOR Biological Sciences Collection.)

The journals 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 journals at Helsinki University Library.

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

 

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New eBooks from Elsevier

The library provides access to 474 new eBooks on various scientific fields published in 2013-14 by Elsevier. The eBooks most used during the year will be acquired permanently in the end of the year. The eBooks can be found in ScienceDirect; but you can also browse titles by subjects through HELKA:

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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New database: JSTOR Global Plants

JSTOR Global Plants includes:

Two million high resolution plant type specimens.

Related material such as expedition travelogues, letters, photographs, botanical paintings and drawings, and reference works.

MyPlants account to save, comment on, and tag digital objects.

Image viewer to examine and measure plant specimens; save images in MyPlants.

Open scientific commenting on plant specimen data by experts in the field.

Compilation pages to view related resources to a particular plant name in one location.

Thousands of links to related research articles on JSTOR, and other materials on the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and Tropicos.

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Changes in Web of Knowledge / Web of Science Databases

The name of the  Web of Knowledge is now  Web of Science – All Databasesand the name of the Web of Science is now Web of Science – Core Collection.

The databases have all the same features and functions as in earlier versions of the product, but it is now faster, easier to use, and the product is now attractively packaged in a new user interface.

Read more on what’s new –>

There are variety of training options and materials available, too.

P.S. If you are in the habit of doing research on Sundays, it might be useful to know that scheduled maintenance for Web of Science will begin on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 11:30 GMT and end by 17:30 GMT. During this time, Web of Science may not be available intermittently.

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Trial: Imperial Russia’s Illustrated Press Online ~ Immerse yourself in Russian cultural history

Imperial Russia’s Illustrated Press Online  includes illustrated weeklies which open a wide window on Russian cultural, social, and political life. This trial if offered by Brill. Weeklies are:

Живописная Россія
Всеобщий журнал литературы и искусства, науки и общественной жизни
Синiй журналъ
Русская Иллюстрация
ИСКРЫ- Иллюстрированный художественно-литературный журнал

Trial period: 10.2.-11.3.2014

Feedback:
kk-slav@helsinki.fi
e-library@helsinki.fi