LibGuides: History and culture: Books

Collections | Pegasus Library

Call numbers - History collection
Pegasus - 2nd floor
Bibliographies
e.g. Suomen historiallinen bibliografia 1544-1990, Suomen aikakauslehdistön bibliografia 1782-1977, Suomen sanomalehdistön bibliografia 1771-1963, Turun akatemian väitöskirjat 1642-1828 - Turun akatemian väitöskirjat (Doria)
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Make the search in Oula-Finna.
Collections | Oulu University Library

Request from the National Repository Library (in Kuopio) and interlibrary loan service

You need this when

- all copies of the book you are looking for are already on loan from the Oulu University Library,
- you are looking for a book that is located in the Oulu University Library Legal Deposit Archive; it is only available for reading room use in the Pegasus Library but you would need a book for home loan,
- you are looking for a book that is, because of the age of the book or the low use, located in the National Repository Library.

Reguest a book from the National Repository Library (in Kuopio)
Free of charge requests. How to make an item request..
Order an interlibrary loan
Publications for loan from other libraries via fee-based
interlibrary loan service.

Library online catalogues

Oula-Finna Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
All the printed and electronic resources available at Oulu University Library. When you log into Oula with your University of Oulu user ID (Haka Login), you have access to the electronic resources also from outside the University of Oulu Network. More info | Quick guide

Finna.fi
The material of Finnish archives, libraries and museums with a single search. Finna.fi Youtube channel.

Outi libraries Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Find books simultaneously in public libraries in the city of Oulu and its surroundings.
Libraries.fi Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Public libraries, university and polytechnic libraries, other research libraries, the National Library of Finland etc.
The English version of kirjastot.fi is a professional library service and a web library that provides access to Finnish Library Net Services under one user interface.It serves mainly as an introduction to the Finnish Library Services.

Ebooks

E-books guide | Oulu University Library
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E.g. information about downloading e-books: You can download e-book titles licensed to the Library to your own computer and in some cases also to e-book readers or tablets so that they can be read even when you are not connected to the Internet. However, not all publishers allow downloading of their publications.

Search the full text of electronic books! The bibliographic description of electronic books (resources licensed to the University of Oulu; e.g. eBook Collection, Ellibs) are recorded in Oula, too.

eBook Collection (Ebsco) Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Multidisciplinary. E-books. Ebsco guide | E-books guide

Acquisition suggestion

Make an acquisition request
Can't find the book you are looking for in the Oulu University library? Select research literature in your own field and submit a suggestion for purchace.

How to identify a high-guality book?

JUFO portal Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
The Publication Forum system is based on quality classification of scientific publication channels - journals, publication series and book publishers. In the JUFO portal you can perform publication channel searches.
More information

Evaluating books
Finnish national guide to publication metrics: Books
How are books analysed?

Databases for finding book reviews:

Ebsco Databases Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Document Type: Book Review
ProQuest Databases Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
- Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Document type: Book Review, Subject: Book reviews
Web of Science Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
- Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Document Type: Book Review
Web of Science provides access to 6 citation databases: the Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science, Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities and Emerging Sources Citation Index. More information.

History and culture: Books