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Electronic information resources


Electronic journals, e-books and other electronic information resources can be used at the library. The ELKI database contains links to electronic information sources that can be used freely and without charge in the library's specialist fields. 
Access on Library
These materials can be browsed on all the library's customer computers or on certain marked computers.
 
ARTO Bibliographic database for Finnish articles. Materials are most comprehensive from the early 1990s, but there are also plenty of references to older articles.

EBSCO Journal database that contains articles in full text and as references from thousands of journals in English and other languages in different fields.

EDILEX Up-to-date information on Finnish legislation, treaties, EU legislation and case law. It also includes Government bills, committee reports, Parliament's Week, Government's Week and a lot of other official information as well as electronic journals and books, articles by experts, an event calendar, links and a news service. Some paid services can be used in the library on customer computers.

ELLIBS Library Lending system for e-books. E-books can be borrowed from the SELMA database for reading on the library's customer computers. They can be read using Adobe Reader 7.0, which is installed on customer computers. E-books can be borrowed by the hour or day (12 h).

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA online Extensive encyclopedia.

EUROSTAT ELECTRIC LIBRARY CD-ROM Contains monthly statistical information that supplements Eurostat's online services.

FINLANDS LAG Finnish statute book in Swedish. Can be used in the library on two customer computers.

NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Collection of brief biographies of important figures in Finnish history.

LINDA Joint catalogue of Finnish university libraries.

MANDA Joint catalogue of Finnish provincial libraries.

MEDIEARKIVET Swedish newspaper and magazine database that contains full-text articles.

MOT dictionaries Includes dictionaries in different languages and the dictionary of the Finnish Language Office.

OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY Extensive dictionary that contains information on the meaning, history and pronunciation of English words.

PAIS international (CSA) Extensive database with references to literature.

Source OECD OECD publications in full text. Also includes periodicals and statistical databases.

SUOMENLAKI.COM Statutes of Finland I and II (with key EU legislation incorporated), Finlands Lag (in Swedish), tax laws, Government bills, rulings by the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court, tax treaties. Can be used in the library on two customer computers.

UNCDB Over 300 statistical series from over 30 sources around the world as well as the UN's own sources. Time series are available since the 1970s and 1980s.

Web FAKTA Finnish web encyclopedia.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA) Database with citations, abstracts and indexing of literature in political science and public administration.

WSOYpro Juridiikkaonline Constantly updated service containing legal e-books, reviews and cases.

WSOYpro Yritysonline Constantly updated service containing e-books and reviews concerning taxation, financial administration and business.

Access limited to Information Service
The library has databases that can be requested from the library's Information Service.
 
Aleksi References to articles in about 240 Finnish magazines (1982-) and 15 newspapers (1996-).

ArtikelSök References to articles in over 500 Swedish magazines (1979-) and about 30 newspapers.

EISnet Database containing EU articles. Print-outs subject to a charge.

Eutori Information system for preparing, receiving, registering and handling of national EU documents.

GUIDE TO EUROPEAN VAT DIRECTIVES Information on VAT in European countries, legal cases and news.

INTEGRUM Russian-language database containing magazines, newspapers, news and legislation.

JURIS German legal database. Current German legislation together with case law since 1976. Also contains references to legal literature since 1976.

LEXIS/NEXIS Databank containing information on legislation, case law and legal literature mainly in the USA and Britain but also to some extent in other countries.

LOVDATA Norwegian legislation, treaties, parliamentary documents, legal cases (1945-) and literature since the 1980s and 1990s. It also contains EU legal materials including EEA legislation.

RÄTTSBANKEN Swedish legislation and case law. It includes Swedish statutes, information on committee reports, international treaties, case law, parliamentary documents, official decisions and literature in the fields of administration and law.

UNITED NATIONS TREATY COLLECTION Contains treaty texts and ratification information. For example the United Nations Treaty Series.

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