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No History – Nor Criticism? New guides on History, Literary & Gender Studies

Library Guides are especially designed to fulfill researchers’ information needs. You will find the most relevant sources of information, core databases, journals, articles and news feeds from our guides.

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Literary Studies (Literary Criticism and Finnish Literature Research)
Gender Studies

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ResearchGuides – Library’s information sources from various research fields, expert librarians and help guides

The ResearchGuides lists a selection of major information resources in various research fields provided by the Library. ResearchGuides collects library’s information sources and services  from the viewpoint of each research field. It is made  especially for researchers and advanced students.

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Researcher in Aesthetics or Theater: information resources for you!

We have designed two more guides on Art studies :

Library guides are especially designed to fulfill researchers’ information needs. You will find the most relevant sources of information, core databases, journals, articles and news feeds from our guides.

More practical library guides relevant to Art Studies:

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What is it all about?

ResearchGuides – Library’s information sources from various research fields, expert librarians and help guides

The ResearchGuides lists a selection of major information resources in various research fields provided by the Library. ResearchGuides collects library’s information sources and services  from the viewpoint of each research field. It is targeted especially for researchers and advanced students.

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Science AAAS evolution is here – check out redesigned website

Science´s (AAAS) redesigned website makes it easier to access, read, and share articles using a responsive web design that provides an optimal viewing and interaction experience across a wide range of devices from desktop to mobile phones. The new, streamlined design has more accessible article content, one-click article references, sharing tools, and much more.

Furthermore, Science Express is now called “First Release”. First Release provides electronic publication of selected Science papers in advance of print.

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Read more: Access to Science journals in 2016

Do you have any other questions, feedback, or comments? Contact us: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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Proquest service alert 17.6. 5.00-

On January 17, 2016, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability. The maintenance window is scheduled to begin at 5.00 AM and will last for 8 hours.

More information from Proquest page.

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Helsinki University Library opens its data for the general public

Helsinki University Library’s open data web service api.hulib.helsinki.fi offers the vast majority of the library’s data in easy-to-use JSON format. In addition to library catalog data, the service contains data of University of Helsinki disciplines and library opening hours. The APIs are documented in Swagger specifications.

Citizens and businesses can retrieve library’s data from the service for personal or commercial purposes. For example, we hope to see new mobile services based on our data. The service will be expanded and developed further in the future. We are planning to open data of Helda, as well as University’s research groups‘ publication data through the service.

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The service was implemented by the Helsinki University Library’s application development group. Helsinki University Library has long been a pioneer in the application of information technology, but the current closed library system prevents the library catalog data from appearing in search engines such as Google. The current library system does not provide any tools for opening the data. The upcoming new library system should have built-in support for open APIs.

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The access to Science journals in 2016

In order to access the Science journals the University of Helsinki staff and students need to log in also to Helsinki university network. Remote access works as before.

Remember to update also your bookmarks to: http://www.sciencemag.org.libproxy.helsinki.fi/journals

Due to changes in the pricing policies of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the staff and students of the Open University can use Science journals only in the premises of the Helsinki University Library on the library terminals.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

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Kaisa-house opens already at 8:00 am on weekdays during spring semester

After Epiphany the Main Library in the Kaisa House extends its opening hours on weekdays. The Kaisa House opens at 8:00 am from Monday to Friday.

The library’s customer service is available from 9:00 am, but other facilities can be used from an hour earlier.

Please note that in the mornings between 8 and 9 am the library is being cleaned, so complete silence cannot be guaranteed.

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Self-service pick-up for reservations at the Main Library and in Viikki

Starting January 2016 the Main Library in the Kaisa House and The Viikki Campus Library will launch self-service for picking up reserved books. 

Reserved books can be picked up from the customer service areas in the libraries after the customer has received a notice of arrival. Reserved items are in the open shelves alphabetized by the customer’s name. The customer can check out the reserved books on the self-service check-out stations like any other books.

Textbooks are subject to a reservation fee (1 euro / book). Please note that the fee will be added to customer’s data as soon as the book is ready for pick up. Other than textbooks can still be reserved free of charge. The fee for all requests that have not been picked up is €2/book if the request has not been cancelled before the notice of arrival.

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The reserved books are to be found on open shelves at the self-service area

If you do not wish your name visible on open shelves, please contact the library. You can agree to pick up your reservations at the service desk as before.

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Upgrade your Mendeley account: Mendeley Premium valid until the end of 2016!

Helsinki University Library has acquired one thousand upgraded licenses (valid until the end of 2016).

A Mendeley Premium account includes the following benefits:

  • Increase in personal library size for each user, from 2 GB to 5 GB
  • Increase in group storage, from 100 MB to 20 GB
  • Increase in private group size, from 3 to 25 members
  • Increase in number of private groups, from one to unlimited.

You can get an upgraded account by filling in this Helsinki University form: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/60432/lomake.html