Helsingin yliopiston kirjasto – Helsingfors universitets bibliotek – Helsinki University Library
From Monday August 18th onwards, library follows normal opening hours. Welcome all new and old customers!
Please note that Kumpula Campus Library is closed until August 31st for renovation.
Do you belong to those passionate scholars who want to read research monographs, not only thrillers or light novels, even at summer time? There are thousands of quite new eBooks for instance from Cambridge University Press to choose for summer reading.
The eBooks acquired by the Helsinki University Library are accessible to you if you have a valid user account for the University information systems. Among our eBooks (for instance in Ebrary eBooks) there are numerous such ones which you can download on your mobile device to read them off-line if you are travelling in palaces without internet access.
P.S. In eBook services there are control systems which may alarm if you load numerous books on your device under the same session. If so, your access to the books of the service may be blocked. As a rule, it is important to remember certain terms of use related to eBooks.
Have a nice summer and rewarding reading experiences!
The Library’s website www.helsinki.fi/library was updated to the new version on Thursday July the 3rd, 2014.
The new site, inspired by the university’s new light visual identity, is responsive and scalable to various devices such as tablets and smartphones. The separate mobile site will be discontinued.
What is new?
There will be some new functionalities along with the new content on the website:
Give us feedback!
Library will appreciate your feedback on the new site and other digital library services. You can give feedback through our feedback form.
Helsinki University Library wishes all customers a very happy summer!
Helsinki University Library’s Communications and Digital Services
There are more than 600 new eBooks from Cambridge University Press accessible to the students and staff of the University in the Cambridge Books Online interface. The books are published 2013-2014 and they are on the fields of all campuses.
The books now accessible are the base collection. New titles will be added monthly. All these books are accessible until the end of March 2015. The most popular of them will be acquired permanently. (Further information on the acquisition model –>)
The title list of the base collection by subject fields —>
The books are catalogued in HELKA.
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
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
Library has abbreviated opening hours June 2 – August 17.
Opening hours
Kumpula Campus Library is closed 29.5.–31.8.2014 for renovation. Electronic materials are available as before and a pop-up library at Physicum building’s foyer will be available 30.5.–29.8. Mon.–Fri 10 am.–2 pm. with information desk, and for updating of patron data in HELKA, fetching of reservations, returns of loans. Read more
The shared IT facilities of the University of Helsinki will be closed between 1.00 and 7.00 from 1 June 2014 until further notice due to limited use. Noticifation in Flamma
The board of the IT Center has decided that the current students’ printing practice will continue until the end of 2015.
Black and white printing will continue for free with separately designated printers at general information technology premises. These printers can only print in black and white; they cannot be used to copy or scan. Printing is only permitted for documents related to studying.
Unigrafia multi-function printers intended for colour printing, scanning and copying are no longer free of charge, since 15 April. Material unrelated to studying can also be printed with these devices.
The university continues the development of its digital learning environment so that in future, for example, written work that relates to studying can be returned electronically and the need for printing related to studying would be as minimal as possible.
Further information:
https://flamma.helsinki.fi/fi/HY315409
list of free printers: www.helsinki.fi/helpdesk/3255
The numbers for landline phones at the Helsinki University Library will change on Thursday 24 April 2014 as part of the change of the phone system at the University of Helsinki. The mobile numbers and short extension numbers currently in use will remain unchanged.
However, phone numbers which currently begin with the digits 09 191 will begin with 02941 after the changeover. The new numbers will be updated to the appropriate channels during Thursday, 24 April. Any calls to the old numbers will be directed to a recording with information on the change.
Until 23 April, the University of Helsinki phone exchange will answer at 09 1911. From Thursday 24 April, however, the number will be 0294 1911. If calling from abroad, the number is +358 294 1911.
City Centre Campus – Main Library +358-2941 23920
City Centre Campus – Minerva +358-2941 20600
Kumpula Campus Library +358-2941 50881
Meilahti Campus Library Terkko +358-2941 26643
Dental Library +358-2941 27327
Viikki Campus Library +358-2941 58040
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