On Trial: World Council of Churches Online: Relations with the Roman Catholic Church and Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online until 31.3.

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World Council of Churches Online: Relations with the Roman Catholic Church  and Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online are available in the University of Helsinki at the end of March.

World Council of Churches: Relations with the Roman Catholic Church makes available a section of the ecumenical archives covering the period 1948-1992. The documents in the archives consist of correspondence, personal notes, press cuttings, reports and unpublished material. Records are divided into five sections: General documentation, Roman Catholic Church, Council Vatican II, Joint Working Group and Sodepax.

The Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online focuses on the history of early Christianity, covering texts, authors, and ideas and covering the whole period of early Christianity up to 600 CE. Encyclopedia addresses a range of traditions, including iconographic, martyrological, ecclesiastical, and Christological traditions.

Feedback you can send to e-library@helsinki.fi

 

 

On Trial: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy until 12.3

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University of Helsinki has access to the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy until 12.3.

The regularly updated e-resource provides access to over 2,800 articles covering among others the following subject areas: aesthetics, phenomenology, philosophy of language, philosophy of law, philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of science, philosophy of region and political philosophy.

Feedback you can write to e-library@helsinki.fi

 

 

On Trial: U.S. Declassified Documents Online until 6.3

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U.S. Declassified Documents Online is now available in the University of Helsinki.

The collection is compilation of declassified documents from the executive branch. The types of materials include intelligence studies, policy papers, diplomatic correspondence, cabinet meeting minutes, briefing materials, and domestic surveillance and military reports.

Feedback you can send to e-library@helsinki.fi

 

 

Guidance Corner will open on the third floor of Kaisa House in February

Guidance Corner for Helsinki University students will open on the third floor of Kaisa House in February 4th, 2019.

The Corner provides low threshold advice and guidance services for Helsinki university students on, for example, wellbeing, digital skills and job seeking – and even a weekly energising exercise break.

During the spring, the aim is to organise various theme days, e.g. student wellbeing and the promotion of study abilities. There will be also library-related themes. Stay tuned!

Second floor of the Kumpula Campus Library to open on February 1st

On the top floor of the Kumpula Campus Library, a new kind of smart facility for researchers and students will be opened. The library’s second-floor customer facilities are available from Friday, February 1st.

The first floor has been available with its collections, facilities and services from September 3rd, 2018. Read more: Welcome to the renewed Kumpula Campus Library

Ubikampus @ Kumpula

The library’s facility upgrade project is connected with a broader project that involves the Faculty of Science and the University’s Student Services. What is taking place in the space is the first pilot of the Ubikampus project.

The 1,000 square meter pilot premises of the Ubikampus project house altogether 168 workstations and 16 separate rooms bookable with the tablets situated at the doors. More than half of the space is reserved for students, the rest for researchers. Students’ facilities include reading places and group study rooms.

Arrangements on the second floor are still in progress, but you are welcome to check out and test new facilities!

Print in City Service to Replace Unigrafia Cardboard Printing Cards

The copying and printing service with the Unigrafia cardboard cards (so called Magna Card)  is terminated at the Helsinki University Library. The new Print in City service replaces cardboard printing cards. With Print in City service, you can print, copy, and scan. The creation of separate guest IDs no longer needed for printing. Continue reading “Print in City Service to Replace Unigrafia Cardboard Printing Cards”

On Trial: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law until 29.11.2018

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law is a

comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed

articles on every aspect of public international law.

The encyclopedia is updated throughout the year.

Print-friendly PDFs are available for each article.

Browse all subjects

History of international law

Human rights

International co-operation

International criminal law

International economic law

International environmental law

International humanitarian law

International law and international relations

International organizations

The encyclopedia is available in the University of Helsinki network.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

On Trial: Victorian Popular Culture and Literary Manuscripts Berg until 12.11

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University of Helsinki has access to Victorian Popular Culture and Literary Manuscripts Berg until 12.11.

Victorian Popular Culture is a portal comprised of four modules, inviting users into the darkened halls, small backrooms, big tops and travelling venues that hosted everything from spectacular shows and bawdy burlesque, to the world of magic, spiritualist séances, optical entertainments and the first moving pictures.

 

Most of these unique manuscripts in Literary Manuscripts Berg are unavailable in any medium elsewhere. They are supplemented by some rare printed materials, including early editions annotated by the authors. Each author collection is included in its entirety, allowing users to browse and search the manuscripts as they would in the Berg Reading Room. Authors represented in this collection include The Bröntes, Joseph Conrad, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Alfred Tennyson, William Makepeace Thackeray and many others.

Feedback you can send e-library@helsinki.fi