Authored book (monograph): written by an individual or a group of individuals.
Edited book: chapters (sections, articles) usually written by different authors; expressed with Toimitettu (toim.), Edited (ed.), Herausgegeben (hrsg.), Redigerad (red.).
Book may also appear as a part of a publication series, e.g. Kalevalaseuran vuosikirja, Puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture.
You should begin looking for books in Oula-Finna. The Holdings display will give you the basic information on the publication, with its location and status. Call Number link shows the location of a call number on a library map. Books that are out on loan (charged) can be put on hold for you. For items that are not on loan you can place requests.
E-Book links provide access to electronic books. You can find more information about e-books in the E-books guide.
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Oulu University Library customers themselves can request books from the National Repository Library, which is located in Kuopio. Book loans are free of charge.
You may also try the nationwide Finna.fi. The content included in any organisation-specific site is usually limited to the material of the organisation in question. The interlibrary loan service searches and orders publications for loan and photocopies of publications.
Books can also be borrowed from public libraries e.g. Outi Libraries.
You can ask the library to acquire books by placing a request using the University Library's electronic acquisition form.
Books can be evaluated by author background information and the level of prestigiousness of the publisher. Generally books published by university presses are considered more prestigious than those published by commercial presses. Other ways of evaluating books are through book reviews.
The Finnish Publication Forum is based on quality classification of scientific publications. The rating takes place in field specific expert panels. The rating of the domestic and international scientific publications has three levels: 1 = basic; 2 = leading; 3 = highest level. The classification of the book publisher is used to rate books in cases where the publication does not come out in a series of publication,s e.g. Kalevalaseuran vuosikirja, Puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture, or such series has not been classified.
Book reviews give insight into what other scientists think of the book. They may be brief summaries or long scholarly evaluations and are often published in journals of the same field as the book being reviewed. In databases book reviews can be searched by the book title and refining the search with Book Review or Review as the document type.
Chapter in an edited book (Kirja-artikkeli) An edited book consists of book articles written by different people. The book has an entry Toimitettu (toim.), Edited (ed.), Herausgegeben (hrsg.), Redigerad (red.).
DOI (Digital Object Indentifier) Unique and permanent identifier of electronic publications, articles, books and book articles, as well as data, i.e. research data. With DOI the publication can be retrieved online, so it is worth leaving it or adding it to the list of sources (APA7 help). The DOI can be found on the publisher's, book's or magazine's website or, for example, here: Crossref Metadata Search. Long DOI can be shortened in shortDOI service. ShortDOI is not usually found in databases, but with it the publication can be found online.
DRM (Digital rights management) Restricts e.g. storage and copying. With Adobe DRM use Adobe Digital Editions. With LCP DRM use Thorium Reader.
E-book, ebook (E-kirja, elektroninen kirja) A book that can be read online; an online book, an electronic book, a full-text book..
EPUB The file format of e-books, which may contain links to e.g. the book's bibliography and even the web, does not always include page numbers. Referencing electronic resources.
FinELib (Finnish National Electronic Library) FinELib is a consortium in Finland, which centrally acquires electronic materials for its member organisations and negotiates for the open access benefits with publishers.
Full-text (Kokoteksti) The content of a book or journal article in its entirety; most often a PDF or EPUB file.
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) Identifies books for public use. A separate ISBN is assigned to each book, each publication format, and each edition containing changes.
JUFO-portal (Julkaisufoorumi) A service you can use to help determine if a journal is scientific (peer-reviewed) or a book publisher is reliable.
Licensed material (Lisensoitu aineisto) Material for which access is available on the basis of a contract, e.g. e-journals, e-books and databases ordered to a Oulu university or Oamk. The material is usually licensed for a specific contract period, e.g. a year or two.
Off-campus access (Etäkäyttö) The use of e-resources remotely, e.g. from home, requires a VPN connection or login with a university/Oamk username (Haka Login).
Open access, OA (Avoin julkaiseminen) Free access to information and unrestricted use of electronic resources for everyone. More information on open publishing. | Open access books.
Peer review, referee (Vertaisarviointi) Way of evaluating and assuring the quality of research before it is published. It involves critical evaluation by independent experts (peers) usually anonymously.
Proxy (Proxy server) For remote access to e-resources requiring university/Oamk login; displayed at the beginning of e.g. database addresses (UniOulu: https://pc124152.oulu.fi:9443/login?url=; Oamk: https://ezp.oamk.fi:2047/login?url=).
Series (Julkaisusarja) Books published as a sequence having usually some similarity of subject, e.g. Kalevalaseuran vuosikirja, Puheen ja kielen tutkimuksen yhdistyksen julkaisuja, Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture.
