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On trial Cambridge Law Reports until 1.5.

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Cambridge Law Reports includes International Law Reports (ILR) and International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Reports:in (ICSID).

International Law Reports is the publication devoted to the regular and systematic reporting in English of decisions of international courts and arbitrators, as well as judgements of national courts.
The ICSID Reports provide the comprehensive published collection of arbitral awards and decisions given under the auspices of the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes or pursuant to other multilateral or bilateral investment treaties, including in particular the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT).

Feedback: e -library@helsinki.fi

 

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Trial: Translated Texts for Historians (till April 26)

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TTH – Translated Texts for Historians is 54-volume book series with over 14 500 pages of historical sources from A.D. 300 – 800 translated into English.

The geographic range covers Syria, Arabia, Armenia, Georgia and Egypt in the East; North Africa; major cities of the Roman Empire (Antioch, Alexandria and Constantinople); and Spain, Gaul, Italy, Britain and Ireland in the West. The texts have been translated into English from Greek, Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Arabic, Georgian, Armenian and Old Irish.

NOTE! TRIAL access only allows the content to be viewed through the “Look Inside” viewer. No .pdf downloads are possible. Click the title and then Look Inside link.

Types of writing include histories, chronicles, letters, annals, formularies, compendia, political speeches, military and theological handbooks, poems, documentary sources, records of church councils, biblical and theological commentaries, sermons, church histories, Christian treatises, Christian and pagan panegyric and polemic, Neoplatonic texts, Lives of saints, bishops and popes.

Each volume includes an introduction setting the text into context, and rigorous notes on content, interpretation and debates.

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

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ResearchGuides: Library resources and services in one place

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Do you know who your subject librarian is? Can e-resources of your subject field be easily found? How about the newest research publications? We collected all this information in one place for the purposes of our researchers and students. Some may call it Virtual Library we rather call it ResearchGuides.

In subject guides you can find for instance:
Welcome: subject librarians, news feeds
Articles: new journal articles, article searches
Journals: prominent journals, journal search
Books: new e-books or printed books
Databases: selection of databases

We have a wide collection of subject guides on various fields and more is coming up. Subject guides, such as the popular e-book guide in general section, are foremost in English. All the Guides are also easily accessible through the shortcuts on library´s website.

Search and find, get thrilled and share – but still something substantive missing? Give us direct feedback via ResearchGuides!

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Rock’s Backpages – Trial: 11.3. – 12.4.2015

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Rock’s Backpages is a digital archive of popular music journalism, updated weekly and sourced from the early 1960s to the present day. It contains articles, interviews and reviews from music writers and critics.

The archive covers all genres of popular music and it is fully searchable by artist, genre, writer or keyword (allowing search by an album or single title, date etc).

The use 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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U.S. Intelligence on Europe, 1945-1995 – Trial till 08th April

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U.S. Intelligence on Europe 1945-1995 is a collection of over 4,000 formerly classified U.S. government documents provides a comprehensive survey of the U.S. intelligence community’s activities in Europe, including Eastern Europe, Turkey and Cyprus, covering the time period from the end of World War II to the fall of the Iron Curtain and beyond.

The use 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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Minerva’s collections move to Kaisa House in April

KirjamuuttolaatikkoThe behavioural sciences collections and the library customer service will move from Minerva to the Helsinki University Main Library in Kaisa House this spring. The last day the Minerva library will be open is 2 April 2015.

  • Journals were moved from Minerva in February and are available now in Kaisa: two most recent volumes are on the 7th floor, older volumes on the floor K4.
  • Books borrowed from Minerva on or after 2 March 2015 will not be due until 6 August 2015. Books can be returned to all campus libraries and, in April, also to the returns box at the Minerva library. You can also use the night-time returns box by the Kaisa House or by Kumpula Campus Library. The books will be marked as returned the next day the library opens.
  • Books will be moved from Minerva to Kaisa as of 7 April 2015 and will be available in Kaisa by 1 June.
  • Theses will be available in Kaisa House no later than 20 April 2015. To get access to printed theses in the Main Library, please submit a call slip in Helka from the “request” button.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused by the move.

More information about the move of the collections can be obtained from Ritva Hagelin, Development Manager, ritva.hagelin(at)helsinki.fi.

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Minerva’s books as long-term loan on or after March 2nd

As of Monday, March 2, you get long-term loans on material from the Minerva unit. Books borrowed or renewed from Minerva on or after 2 March 2015 will not be due until 6 August 2015. 

You have time to borrow even for a month, the last day the Minerva library will be open is 2 April 2015.

The books are moved from Minerva from April 7 and are available in Kaisa House by June.

More information on Minerva’s move

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Trial: ChinaLawInfo

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ChinaLawInfo contains Chinese legislation, case law, treaties and articles and table of contents of Chinese legal journals.

Material is mainly in Chinese. English tab provides search possibility in English, result headlines are usually in English. Some fulltext material is also available in English.

Database contains mainly subscribed material which can be used only from one designated computer in the Helsinki University Library, Fabianinkatu 30, 4th floor: location of the computer.

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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New eBooks from Palgrave on Trial (until April 7)

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TRIAL IS OVER!

The trial for Palgrave Connect provides  access to more than 3000 new eBooks in the fields of humanities and social and behavioral sciences. We have access to the following collections

  • History Collection 2013-2015
  • Language & Linguistics Collection 2013-2015
  • Literature Collection 2013-2015
  • Theatre & Performance Collection 2013-2015
  • Political & International Studies Collection 2013
  • Political Science Collection 2014-2015
  • nternational Relations & Development Collection 2014-2015
  • Religion & Philosophy Collection 2013-2015
  • Social Sciences Collection 2013-2015
  • Media & Culture Collection 2013-2015
  • Education Collection 2013-2015

Feedback as comment or by e-mail: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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Book History Online has been Acquired!

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Book History Online (BHO), which was in trial use on January-February, has been now acquired. BHO is the international bibliography in the field of book and library history. It provides a comprehensive survey of all scholarly publications written from a historical perspective. Included are monographs, articles and reviews dealing with the history of the printed book, its arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, its economic, social and cultural environment, as well as its production, distribution, preservation and description.

BHO is published in partnership with the University of St Andrews and the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP).

The use is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users in the National Library and Helsinki University Library.