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Changes to the learning environment in Minerva – collections and customer service to move to Kaisa

Changes are coming to the library services in the Minerva building on Siltavuorenpenger. The collections and customer service will be moved to the Kaisa House in spring 2015.

This releases the library facilities for the use of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences. The remaining library space in the Minerva building will be converted into a learning environment with many types of work areas for students.

Students are invited to participate in designing the space: submit your ideas to the suggestion box placed in the Minerva building, or send them via email to opiskelijatoim-kirjasto (a) helsinki.fi.

During the autumn, the student committee of the Helsinki University Library will organise a discussion and brainstorming event for students to gather ideas for the space.

The Minerva library will be open for the last time in the current premises on 2 April 2015. The new learning environment will open to students in autumn 2015.

Further information: Service director Kirsi Luukkanen, Helsinki University Library, kirsi.luukkanen@helsinki.fi

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There is no lack of eBooks this autumn!

The staff and students of the University of Helsinki have now access to about 140 000 “extra” eBooks owing to the trials for a few large eBook packages.

The trial for EBSCOhost eBook Collection provides over 130 000 eBooks (til October 31) . There are books in the fields of all campus but the focus is in the fields of the city centre campus.

The Trial for CRCnetBASE   (til October 15) provides over 13 000 eBooks from Taylor & Francis Group. The books available are mostly in the fields of science, technology and medicine but there are a few titles in the fields of social sciences and law, too.

Browse books! Make finds! Give feedback: e-library[at]helsinki.fi !

Pic: The guardian

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eBooks for Classisists – Loeb Classical Library – Trial (-18.11)

TRIAL IS  OVER – The resource acqured!

Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or Latin text on each left-hand page, and a fairly literal translation on the facing page.

Feedback: e-library[at]helsinki.fi

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SciFinder info at Kumpula Campus on Monday, September 22, Chemicum B143, at 12-14

All SciFinder users are welcome!

Chemical Abstracts Service:

“New Content Additions and Features in CAS SciFinder”

  • Non-Java Structure Editor Updates
  • New Substance Answer Set Display and Commercial Sources
  • Full-Text PDFs and Enhanced Account Management
  • SciPlanner Tutorials
  • Analyze Reactions

Coffee will be served.

Monday, September 22
Address: Chemicum B143,
Time: 12-14

Further information from 18th to 20th September:

Kaija Sipilä
Chief Information Specialist, PhD
kaija.sipila[at]helsinki.fi
02941 50889
+358  50 4485676

Helsinki University Library – Kumpula Campus Library
Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2 (P.O. Box 64)
00014 University of Helsinki

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Basics in Information Seeking at the library Friday 26.9 at 12-14

The course is an introduction to information sources and seeking information in the University of Helsinki. It is suitable for anybody writing an essay and also for those who are taking the ICT Driving Licence (particularly part 4, Information Seeking).

You will learn

  • How to search effectively
  • How to find good search terms
  • How to search and find books, articles, theseses
  • How to find Finnish and international databases in your own subject

The teacher is Information Specialist Kristina Weimer. Please, register at WebOodi.

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A Stolen Password in the News

The Helsingin Sanomat daily announced today that it had acquired the username and password of a University of Helsinki network user from a Chinese online store (link in Finnish). The article discusses an isolated username, and the IT Centre is aware of the case. The password associated with the username has been changed and the owner contacted.

Phishing scams to gather passwords happen constantly, and are aimed at all service providers. Unfortunately, usernames and passwords often wind up in the wrong hands and are used for criminal purposes. The IT Centre constantly monitors inappropriate use of usernames, and intervenes in any suspicious activity.

We would like to remind everyone that usernames and passwords should never be given to others, and usernames acquired from third parties should never be used, even to test them.

If you suspect that your username has wound up in the wrong hands, change your password and contact the Helpdesk.

Instructions for changing your password

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On Trial Euromonitor International Passport (~30.9)

Euromonitor International Passport is a market research database which features millions of statistics and in-depth reports on 27 industries with demographic, macro and socioeconomic data and analysis on consumers and economies in 210 countries worldwide. Passport supports teaching and research across a range of disciplines: international business & marketing, economics, social studies, humanities, geography, food marketing and international relations.

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