Category: Trials

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Taylor & Francis eBooks on Trial IS OVER

TRIAL ENDED October 9!

Taylor & Francis eBooks offers instant access to  more than 45,000 titles  — from general subject areas to interdisciplinary selections hand-picked by our editorial teams.

The books can be browsed by subject areas.

Small amount of books needs a FileOpen-plugin for Adobe Reader. FileOpen is already installed to all Helsinki University computers. You can install FileOpen onto your own device from here.

The university staff and students may also use the these e-books remotely outside the university network. Non-Helsinki University users can use them in the units of the Library.

Trial period: 8.9.-9.10.2014. Feedback as comment or by e-mail.

 

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Company data, Industry Analysis, News, Reports, etc. – Emis Trial (til September 1) ENDED!

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:

  • Extensive local and global news coverage
  • Access to local publications (in local language and in English), covering a diversity of sources (print, online, TV…)
  • Detailed industry reports
  • Company profiles including financial data
  • Macroeconomic indicators and sector statistics
  • Benchmarking and analytical tools to interpret the data
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Trial: SciVal (~21.9)

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

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Islam in Russia Database on Trial (~31.8.) ENDED!

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.:

  • Islamic organizations in Russia and abroad
  • Political and economic developments in the Muslim regions of Russia
  • Current state of Islamic education in Russia

Coverage in the database includes the following journals (2004-2014):

  • Islam v sovremennom mire
  • Islam v SNG
  • Islamskii vestnik
  • Medina al’ Islam
  • Minaret Islama
  • Tribuna Islama

This free trial is valid until August 31, 2014.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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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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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