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.
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.
Starting January 2016 the Main Library in theKaisa House and The Viikki Campus Library will launch self-service for picking up reserved books.
Reservedbooks can bepicked up fromthe customer serviceareas inthe librariesafter thecustomer has received anotice of arrival. Reserved items are inthe open shelves alphabetized by the customer’sname.The customer cancheck out the reserved books on the self-service check-out stations like any other books.
Textbooks are subject toa reservation fee(1 euro / book). Please note that thefee will be addedto customer’s dataas soon as thebook is ready for pick up. Other than textbookscan 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.
The reserved books are to be found on open shelves at the self-service area
Ifyou do not wishyour name visible on open shelves, please contactthe library.You can agree topick up your reservations at the service deskas before.
The elevators to the Kaisa-library from Kaisaniemenkatu and metrostation are out of order.
Repairs will start on December 17th at 12 p.m., and are expected to be finished during the afternoon. During the reparation will also elevators inside the Kaisa-library be out of order.
You can only enter the library from Fabianinkatu and through the café on Vuorikatu.
For equal access options, please contact the library in advance:
Main Library
Fabianinkatu 30
tel. 02941 23920
email: library-citycentre@helsinki.fi
Service for the University of Helsinki and HUCH researchers
A click on the logo guides you to the order form!
HUPS is a Helsinki University Library’s service for researchers, using which the Helsinki University and HUCH staff can order books and copies of journal articles free of charge from the Helsinki University Library’s collections.
The material is delivered directly to researcher and the researcher therefore does not have to retrieve it from the library personally.
Some researchers have already become regular users of the service.
Literature arrives in the mailbox
Trial of the HUPS service started in May 2015. In half a year, over 300 orders have been made from all over the University. Requests have mostly been for article copies, little more than a third of the orders have been books. As a rule, orders have been delivered within a few days.
Next year the funding of the Helsinki University Library is cut more than 2 million euros compared to the year 2015. Due to the large savings more than twenty databases and ten reference works are unsubscribed for the year 2016. However, there are still a few weeks left to use those resources. Lists of unsubscribed databases in research areas of City Centre Campus and Kumpula, Meilahti and Viikki.
Because of the funding cuts the Library is forced to unsubscribe also hundreds of journals. Find a list of unsubscribed journals Here.
Your feedback is welcome: e-library[at]helsinki.fi
Thomson Reuters has changed the platform of Westlaw International. Westlaw International was renamed as International Materials and it can be accessed in Westlaw UK platform. The classic Westlaw International interface will be remowed 18.12.2015.
You can access Westlaw UK in the Helsinki University Network from here: go to Westlaw UK database, choose Services –> International Materials. All WestlawNext resources can be seen if you select WestlawNext-text beside the search box.
Choose Academic Library link for a selection of academic resources.
Additional information: Leena Huovinen and Arja Niskala
Your feedback is important: e-library@helsinki.fi
WestlawNext – International Materials, access from WestlawUK
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