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TRIAL PERIOD IS OVER! Over 40 000 Springer eBooks on Trial (until Aug 5)

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

Terms of use of trial –>

 

 

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Scholarly eBooks for the Entire World – the Library participates in the International OA Acquisition Initiative

Helsinki University Library has, together with about 300 other libraries from different countries,  acquired 28 e-books accessible to the whole world. The collection  acquired consists of international university publishers’ books, mostly in the field of humanities and social sciences.

This kind of acquisition of e-resources is quite unusual. Traditionally university libraries have acquired e-books to be used only with their own universities’ network.This joint OA acquisition is a pilot that is part of the international Knowledge Unlatched –project. Its goal is to enhance open accessibility of scientific literature.The books can be found in the OAPEN online library and publication platform.

One of the goals of the Knowledge Unlatched –project is to lobby the model of open access to the scientific community, research funders, libraries and publishers. The project aims to find answers to “whether it is possible to develop such communication ecosystem that benefits all.”

Please find more information about the project and its benefits for libraries, end users, publishers and writers on the project’s web page

 

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Our eBook Collections Enriched with 110 000!

Ebrary Academic Complete package just acquired multiplies our eBook collections. It offers authoritative eBooks in a wide range of subject areas.

The books are available any time – online and offline  and on multiple devices including the iPad, iPhone, Kobo, Nook, and Sony Reader, too.

The Ebrary platform provides multiple options for searching, browsing and and navigating. (Read more !)

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.

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New eBooks from Elsevier

The library provides access to 474 new eBooks on various scientific fields published in 2013-14 by Elsevier. The eBooks most used during the year will be acquired permanently in the end of the year. The eBooks can be found in ScienceDirect; but you can also browse titles by subjects through HELKA:

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Veterinary Medicine eBooks on trial ~31.3.2014

Elsevier Health Sciences offers Veterinary Medicine ebooks on trial for Helsinki University staff and students.

Trial period: 3.2.-31.3.2014

Titles available for trial are:
Anesthesia and Analgesia for Veterinary Technicians
Cardiology of the Horse,  2nd ed.
Clinical Anatomy and Physiology for Veterinary Technicians
Color Atlas of Veterinary Anatomy, Volume 1, The Ruminants
Equine Internal Medicine,  3rd ed.
Essentials of Domestic Animal Embryology –
Handbook of Small Animal Radiology,  2nd ed.
Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, 2nd ed.
Laboratory Procedures for Veterinary Technicians
Large Animal Internal Medicine, 4th ed.
McCurnin’s Clinical Textbook  for Veterinary Technicians, 7th ed.
Pathologic Basis of Veterinary Disease
Radiography in Veterinary Technology
Small Animal Internal Medicine
Small Animal Surgery
Small Animal Surgical Nursing
Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy
The Complete Textbook of Animal Health & Welfare

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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Trial: Morgan & Claypool eBooks ~ 31.3. 2014

Morgan & Claypool Publishers – Synthesis and Colloquium ebook collections are on trial for Helsinki University staff and students.

Trial period: 14.1.-31.3.2014

Subjects covered include Biomedical Engineering, Computer & Information Science, Digital Circuits & Systems, Electromagnetics & Antennas, Sustainable Energy, General Engineering, Technology & Mathematics, Signal Processing & Communications, Cell Biology of Medicine, The Developing Brain, Developmental Biology, Integrated Systems Physiology and Biotechnology.

Feedback: e-library@helsinki.fi

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New Resource: Early European Books online

Early European Books Online provides scholars with new ways of accessing and exploring the printed records of early modern Europe, drawing together a diverse array of printed sources from the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries.

Collection 2 contains early printed volumes from the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze (National Central Library of Florence). The selection of works focuses on four collections of particular historic and bibliographic importance within the library’s holdings from this period:

1. Nencini Aldine
2. Marginalia
3. Incunabula, mm. Danten Petrarcan ja Boccaccion teoksia. 100 Girolamo Savonarolan teosta (1452-1498)
4. Sacre rappresentazioni

The usage of EEB coll. 2. is restricted to the students, faculty and staff of the Helsinki University and to local users in the National Library and in Helsinki University library.