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New Resource: Science, Technology and Medicine 1780-1925 -Archive Collection

Science, Technology and Medicine 1780-1925 is an archive of documents covers one of the most vibrant and creative periods in scientific research and discovery, the long nineteenth century. The content is sourced from the world’s preeminent libraries and archives.

The modern researcher can exploit the more than 3.5 million pages of journals, books, reports, and personal documents to explore the rapid acceleration of scientific, technical, and medical knowledge, tracing the changes from the Newtonian world to that of Einstein, from the horse to the automobile, from medical treatments based on humors and bloodletting to antiseptics and epidemiology.

The subcollections included:

  • Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: Minutes and Correspondence
  • American Medical Periodicals
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Civil Engineering
  • Color Theory and Practice
  • Electricity and Electromagnetism
  • Evolution and the Origin of Species
  • Mathematics
  • Reports of Explorations Printed in the Documents of the United States Government
  • Scientific and Technical Periodicals from the Royal Society of London’s Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900

 

 

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Collections of K3-floor move at the Kaisa Library

Main Library’s collections of K3-floor are currently being moved. The Art Studies and Fiction collections move in December, Philosophy and Law collections are being moved in the next stage. These works will continue into Spring 2015.

Map application of the Helka database is quickly updated when the move is made. If the correct shelf is still lost, ask for advice on the 3rd floor customer service.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Art History collection is being moved in the Kaisa House K3 floor.
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Documents on Religion, Spirituality and Society in 19th Century

Religion, Spirituality,Society and Reform (NCCO) archive collection provides essential documentary materials that explore religious and philosophical movements in reaction to dramatic changes in culture and society wrought by the industrial revolution and modernity. Faith and skepticism shaped many aspects of nineteenth century life, including politics, law, economics, and social and reform movements.

Collections within this archive include: Literature of Theology and Church History in the United States and Canada; Literature of Theology and Church History: British Theology; the Charles Bradlaugh Pamphlets; Christliches Kunstblatt, 1859 – 1905; the Papers of George Ripley, 1802 – 18880; the Caroline Wells Healey Dall Papers, 1811 – 1917; the Theodore Parker Papers, 1826 – 1865; and the Corban Society Records, 1811 – 1850.

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Ancient Commentators on Aristotle on Trial (til December 24)

Ancient Commentators on Aristotle  is  a prestigious scholarly project, which translates into English the principal works of the Neoplatonist commentators on Aristotle. Each of the 100 volumes includes a translated text accompanied by an introduction, comprehensive commentary notes, a bibliography, a glossary of translated terms and a subject index.

The trial is restricted to Helsinki University students, faculty, staff and the local users of the National Library and  the units of the Helsinki University Library.

Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu[at]helsinki.fi

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New French Dictionaries in MOT!

New acquisitions in MOT Dictionaries:

  • MOT WSOY  Finnish-French-Finnish Dictionary
  • MOT WSOY Finnish-French Technology and Commerce
  • MOT Oxford Hachette French Dictionary
    A comprehensive English-French-English dictionary. In addition to general domains, the dictionary covers a wide range of specialist terminology.

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More room for the Master’s Thesis writers in Aleksandria!

In the Learning Centre Aleksandria three rooms are now reserved for students who work with their Master’s thesis. These rooms have space for altogether 12 people and they are situated on the second floor. The room numbers are 229, 230 and 231. The doors are kept unlocked during office hours.

For night access, hours 20.00 – 1.00 you need a magnetic key. The rooms cannot be reserved in advance.

Another novelty is that the group work rooms in Aleksandria are available for the University students also at night (20.00 -1.00) with a magnetic key. Only exceptions are rooms 329 and 333.

WebTimmi reservation system

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InCites – Research Evaluation Tool Acquired!

InCites –  a customized, web-based research evaluation tool from Thomson Reuters has been acquired. It lets academic and government administrators benchmark an organization’s output against peers worldwide.

The research evaluation data concerning our university is still under the process of completing. It is, however, possible for the University of Helsinki users to test  InCites already. You can  create a user ID or use ResearcherID created in WoS to login InCites.

Two other resources connected to research evaluation, Journal Citation Reports – JCR  and Essential Science Indicators ESI are now available in the InCites interface.

Further information on InCites–>