The list will be updated, last update 2nd of June, 2020.
As a rule, the access to these additional publications is only available during the pandemic emergency. As the timing of access may vary from publisher to publisher, Helsinki University Library does not list these temporarily open publications in the Helka database. To access these resources you need to use OpenVPN hy-log in (not hy-tun).
List of publishers granting additional access:
now offers expanded access to all their . Check the list on the publisher's website to see if you can find literature for your research or study. - Duke University Press offers access to the e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection and the e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection. These collections are available on
. is a collection of 30 journals in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. offers access to journals and primary sources continues until the end of 2020. A set of e-books is also available until 30th June. . offers broader access to their materials. -
The following Bloomsbury Digital Resources are now available until the end of June 2020:
, , and : Classical Studies, Education, Law, Philosophy. -
SAGE offers access to these online resources:
(more than 1,300 hours of streaming video across the social and health sciences), (films on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research, including a full course’s worth of lessons on introductory statistics), (more than 5,500 SAGE eBook and eReference content), -
offers all Education -videos content to the researchers, students and teachers until 15.6. New eresources are Coronavirus resources, JoVe Core Biology, Social Psychology and Lab Manual. -
The MIT Press is offering complimentary access to its catalog of
until the end of June 2020. -
has upgraded University of Helsinki journal access to one that includes all World Scientific journal content published from 2001. The access is available until July 31, 2020. -
book publishers have extended access to all of their ebooks through June 30, 2020 -
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics):
, focused on disease modeling, pandemics, and vaccines, is available for one year. And continues to be available this year during its introductory launch period. -
More than 500 key
, from all disciplines available at . -
available until 30.6. 2020. Included are peer-reviewed journals from different subject areas among others , , , -databases. -
Access to following Adam Matthews e-resources:
, , , , , , , , -
Access to IEEE Xplore´s
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available -
with 2 500 ebooks available
Restrictions on the usage have also been removed from some of the ebooks previously purchased by the library. For example:
and have temporary unrestricted access (unlimited number of licenses). You can find these books .
Publishers' browsing services may experience slowness due to the increased number of users, so please try again soon if you are unable to access the material immediately.
Many international publishers have also compiled and offering open access to many corona virus related articles and books.
Literature for degree requirements in Helka database
As usual, the electronic and printed literature included in the degree requirements of the University of Helsinki can be found
You do not need a VPN connection to use e-resources in Helka.
More information
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