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Open Science springs to you! Open Access Pop Up 20.–23.3. on every Campus

Want to discuss Open Science themes, Open research data, ORCID or publishing Open Access? Share some researchers’ views? Come and meet Open Access experts at our stand on every Campus!

Meilahti Campus
Mon 20.3.2017 11–13 o’clock,  Biomedicum.
Viikki Campus
Tue 21.3.2017 12–14 o’clock, A-Building.
City Centre Campus
 Tue 21.3.2017 12–14 o’clock, Main Building, lobby.
Kumpula Campus
Wed 22.3.2017  12–14 Physicum, lobby..
City Centre Campus
Thu 23.3.2017 12–14 o’clock Porthania, lobby.

Answers to questions concerning Open Access or Research Data Management you´ll find on our Open Access and RDM -Guides.

You are warmly welcome!

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Trial: eBook Religion Collection until 30.4

EBook Religion Collection features more than 6,900 e-books from trusted publishers covering a broad range of religious subjects including philosophy, ethics, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, religious texts and more. This dynamic compilation of texts explores religious beliefs, faith, cultural systems and world views and provides a key resource to meet the needs of students and scholars in their research.

Titles are available from a variety of academic, university and religious publishers, Oxford University Press, University of California Press, Brill Academic Press, De Gruyter, InterVarsity Press, Harvard University Press, Society of Biblical Literature, State University of New York Press, Peter Lang and The Jewish Publication Society.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

 

 

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Trial: Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies until 30.4

Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies provides an index to journal and newspaper articles, books, research and scholarly discourse on the culture and politics of the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa.

A valuable resource for a variety of disciplines, Middle Eastern and Central Asian Studies (MECAS) combines sources from these databases: School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS) Library Catalogue (1900-present), Middle East Bibliography (1946-2001), Middle East Book Bibliographies, Theses & Dissertations and MECAS Citations Database.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Group study rooms in Terkko unavailable from May 15th, 2017

The Meilahti Campus Library Terkko is preparing for alteration work that will start in May 2017.

The three group study rooms and the auditorium in Terkko will still be available during week 19 (May 8th – 12th), but starting on Monday, May 15th, group study rooms and the auditorium can no longer be reserved.

The Meilahti Campus Library Terkko will be closed for renovations from Monday, May 22nd 2017, and the new premises will open in autumn 2017.

Further information about the renovations will become available in March-April.

 

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Trial: Everyday life and women in America until 27.3

The Everyday Life collection features texts of rare books, periodicals, pamphlets and broadsides. These documents cover a variety of themes including popular culture, social history, family life, education, race, class, and employment. There is also an emphasis on advice literature, and on both women and men’s issues. The primary sources are supported by thematic areas, an interactive chronology, and four essays written by leading academics in the field.

All the family gather while Papa reads from The Bible Date: 1879

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Trial: China: Trade, Politics & Culture until 27.3.

Featuring a range of English-language primary sources relating to China and the West, 1793-1980, China: Trade, Politics & Culture is designed to give insight into the changes wrought upon China during this period.

With manuscripts encompassing events from the earliest English embassy to the birth and early years of the People’s Republic, key documents relating to the Chinese Maritime Customs service and original reports of the Amherst and Macartney embassies. Correspondence relating to the first Opium War, survivors’ descriptions of the Boxer War and diaries and personal photographs of the Bowra family offer glimpses of real life in China. There are also significant sources describing the lives and work of missionaries in China from 1869-1970, including extensive and fully searchable runs of missionary periodicals.

Feedback: e-library@Helsinki.fi