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You can download the new Write-N-Cite program (4.2.1141) to your personal computer from your RefWorks account (Tools -> Write-N-Cite).
Trial: Historical Newspapers from around the United States (–>30.9.)
Newspapers.com is the online home of 48+ million pages of historical newspapers from 1700 newspapers from around the United States and beyond.
Trial period: 26.08.-30.09.2013
When you use Newspapers.com at University of Helsinki you have access all the papers on the site. You can register for free to clip articles or other interesting things you find.
Feedback: kk-tietopalvelu@helsinki.fi
Changes in the Viikki Campus Library’s services starting 2.9.2013
• THE LIBRARY OPENS AT 9.00 ON WEEKDAYS (MON-FRI) BEGINNING 2.9.2013
When the library is closed the loans can be returned to a return box next to the main doors of the Info Centre.
Info Centre computer labs are open Mon to Fri at 7.30.
• JOURNALS ARE NOT LENDED OUT ANY LONGER
Starting September 2013, Viikki Campus Library does not lend out journals. In the library there are many multifunction printers for copying and scanning articles.
• THE LOAN PERIOD FOR COURSE BOOKS IS 14 DAYS
The loan period for textbooks in the Viikki Campus Library will be 14 days, starting from September the 2nd, 2013. The change in loan period will speed up the circulation of the books so that more students are able to get the required textbook in time.
HELDA ranks 54th on the international list of digital repositories
HELDA, the digital repository of the University of Helsinki, ranks 54th on the global list of publication archives.
Main reasons for the good placement on the list are visibility and high-quality contents. Visibility on this ranking list is determined simply by the quantity of links leading to HELDA. As to contents, the most important factor is the number of scientific articles in the repository. The articles are counted with the help of Google Scholar –service.
HELDA is an open digital repository, maintained by the Helsinki University Library’s web-services. University members can save to the archive publications such as parts of research material and theses that are openly and publicly accessible. The object of HELDA is to enhance the visibility, use and impact of the university’s research publications.
The” Ranking Web of World repositories” is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.
Stories highlighting remarkable inventions and advancements in science
How the first papers about DNA were received at the time in the 1950s? What kind of a shock was the discovery of the ozone hole in the mid-1980s?
The Nature Nature PastCast is a podcast series telling the stories behind some of the biggest papers in Nature’s archive. Each month for a year, the PastCast will explore Nature‘s back catalogue, setting in context key moments in the history of science – and rooting out some of the quirkier reports from the journal.
On the same site as the links to the audio shows are the links to the contents of archives of Nature and Scientific American.
New Portal: Balkan Insight
New portal for the news of Balkan and Southeast Europe Balkan Insight is available for the University of Helsinki.
Textbooks to circulate faster
The loan period for textbooks in the Main Library (Kaisa House) will be 14 days, starting from August the 19th, 2013. The change in loan period will speed up the circulation of the books so that more students are able to get the required textbook in time.
If you currently have textbooks from Main Library checked out, you can proceed to renew the loans normally. If there are no reservations for the books, the loans will renewed with 14 day loan period.
The loan periods for library material may vary depending on the library location and the collection.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics – 94th edition now available
The 94th edition of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics has been published.
From the Preface:
The 94th Edition of the Handbook includes new tables as well as major updates and expansions. A new series highlighting the achievements of some of the leading figures in chemistry and physics has also been initiated. This edition and succeeding editions will provide biographical information, a list of major achievements, and notable quotations attributed to each of the renowned chemists and physicists.
The following new tables have been added to the 94th edition:
Section 7: Biochemistry
Properties of Fatty Acid Methyl and Ethyl Esters Related to Biofuels
Section 8: Analytical Chemistry
Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices
Detectors for Liquid Chromatography
Organic Analytical Reagents for the Determination of Inorganic Ions
Section 12: Properties of Solids
Properties of Selected Materials at Cryogenic Temperatures
Service interruptions in Nelli
There have been several service interruptions in Nelli portal on Monday 8th June. The Nelli Office at the National Library is working to solve the problem.
Please use the search box at the University web page to access e-books, e-journals and databases: http://www.helsinki.fi/library.
Change in textbook loan period on the city centre campus
Starting in August, the textbook collection in Kaisa House will have a loan period of two weeks (14 days). The collection has previously contained both 28 day and 14 day loans. The change is intended to make books circulate faster so that as many students as possible can get the books they need.
If you have textbook loans from Kaisa House in August, you will be able to renew them as usual, but the loan period will be 14 days. The short-term loans will continue to have a loan period of 2 days.