Kirjaston oppaat: Mathematics, physics and astronomy: Books, journals and articles

Journals by subject

You can browse e-journals by subject in Oula-Finna, for example:

The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that lists journals by subject. Journal lists are developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database.

Mathematics 1200 journals in several categories.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a comprehensive and unique resource that allows the evaluation and comparison of journals using citation data drawn from over 10000 scholarly and technical journals included in the Web of Science -database. Journals are divided into over 200 categories by subject.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) | UniOulu Journal Impact Factors (IF) for journals included in the Web of Science database are published in Journal Citation Reports. More information about JCR | More information about Impact Factor | JCR Support & Training

Full text databases

Annual Reviews | UniOulu
A nonprofit journal publisher of review series in several discipliness.
arXiv e-print archive
e-Print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. arXiv quick guide
Information on citing articles available. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution.

DOAJ-Directory of Open Access Journals EN
Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals
Lisätietoa | More info Pienennä | Less info
Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. The aim of the Directory is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.

Science | UniOulu
Science is a weekly magazine providing news of recent international developments and research in all fields of science.
Science is a weekly magazine providing news of recent international developments and research in all fields of science. Publishes original research results, reviews and short features.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary ejournals since 1995. Guide
Scitation
Scitation is the online publishing platform of the AIP (American Institute of Physics) for science and technology content.
Springer Nature Link | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary online information service. Guide

More full text databases in Oula-Finna

Newspapers

PressReader | UniOulu
PressReader offers thousands of newspapers and magazines, from over 100 countries, in many languages. Time coverage varies by journal, can be years. No restrictions on the number of concurrent users. | Help Center | Mobile App

Electronic books databases

You can do full text searches in e-book databases to find any brief reference to your topic. In Oula-Finna, topical searches are limited to the title, the subject headings and possibly the table of contents.

Instructions for using e-books (printing, downloading etc) can be found in E-Books Guide

Ebook Central (ProQuest) | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary. E-books. Guide
eBook Collection (Ebsco) | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary. E-books. Guide
Elsevier Books on ScienceDirect | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary. E-books. | E-books guide
InTech
Over 2400 open access books and 6 open access journals from the fields of science, technology and medical science.
Google Books
Information about the book and/or possibility to preview selected pages and/or full-text.

Browse for more e-book databases in Oula-Finna

Accessing books

Useful tools for accessing books:

Oula-Finna library catalogue
Seach by book title, author or ISBN number.
Universal borrowing
Through Universal Borrowing the staff and students of the University of Oulu can request journal articles free of charge from the National Repository Library, which is located in Kuopio. Instructions
Interlibrary loan service
The interlibrary loan service orders publications for loan and photocopies of publications that are not available at Oulu University Library. The service is fee-based.

Reference books

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics
Note: 2 simultaneuos users
CRC Handbook of Nanophysics
Handbook of Nanophysics is the first comprehensive reference to cover both fundamental and applied aspects of physics at the nanoscale.
Breakthroughs in nanotechnology require a firm grounding in the principles of nanophysics. Providing the framework to achieve these advances, Handbook of Nanophysics is the first comprehensive reference to cover both fundamental and applied aspects of physics at the nanoscale. Pioneering scientists from preeminent academic institutions, R&D companies, and research laboratories pave the way for new innovations in nanotechnology.
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data | UniOulu
Contains an enormous amount of critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Featuring physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties, it is a major reference source used by those involved in chemistry, physics, and engineering.
This classic and well-known reference was originally published from 1926 - 1930 for the National Research Council in 7 volumes. It contains an enormous amount of critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. Featuring physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties, it is a major reference source used by those involved in chemistry, physics, and engineering.

In 2003, Knovel undertook the conversion of this publication into full-text searchable electronic format that makes data easily accessible. 7 most important tables were made interactive for increased searchability and user-friendliness.
Knovel Critical Tables | UniOulu
This important, interactive Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties.
This important, interactive Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties. The physical property tables alone include over 21,000 inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances. The solvent property tables have data for 385 common solvents, and the thermodynamic property tables have data for over 15,000 compounds. Additionally, several tables make use of the interactive Equation Plotter to plot thermodynamic properties as a function of temperature.
Each table is fully interactive and searchable by keyword and numeric property value. The thermodynamic tables feature an Equation Plotter that graphically represents the temperature correlation relationships and allows for easy calculation and plotting of the properties.
Smithsonian Physical Tables (9th Revised Edition) EN
Smithsonian Physical Tables comprises 901 tables of common physical and chemical data.
Originally published by Smithsonian Institution Press in 1954, this classic reference source comprises 901 tables of common physical and chemical data. The information provided is broad in scope. It is of general interest to scientists and engineers, and of particular interest to those involved with physics in its larger sense. In 2003, Knovel undertook the conversion of this publication into full-text searchable electronic format that makes data easily accessible.
SAGE Research Methods | UniOulu
A research methods tool. Contains books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, a selection of journal articles, videos, and podcasts. | Guide

Dictionaries

MOT Kielipalvelu | UniOulu
MOT Kielipalvelu contains dictionaries, translator, and proofing. | Guide
Merriam-Webster Online
The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is based on the print version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, Eleventh Edition. The online dictionary includes the main A-Z listing of the Collegiate Dictionary, as well as the Abbreviations, Foreign Words and Phrases, Biographical Names, and Geographical Names sections of that book. It also includes 1,000 illustrations and 25 tables.

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Help in selection

Evaluating books

Evaluation based on scientific publishing: Evaluating books
The Publication Forum
In the Publication Forum you can search for journals, publication series and book publishers that have a Publication Forum classification. The rating has three levels: 1 = basic; 2 = leading; 3 = top.

Accessing a journal article

Try searching for journal articles with the following useful tools:

Oula-Finna library catalogue
Search by Article title.

Google Scholar | UniOulu Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Search by article title. Use also Google. Quick guide | More information
National Repository Library Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
The National Repository Library (in Kuopio) stores material received from other libraries. | Free of charge book and article requests
BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
A search engine for freely accessible scholarly literature.
More information about the database

Interlibrary loan service

Alternative access to articles
How to access a scholarly article when the organisation does not have a valid licence agreement for the journal? Useful tips from the FinELib.

Accessing a journal

Useful tools for finding journals:

Oula-Finna Library Catalogue
Search by journal title.
For remote access to the licensed electronic sources you need to log in using your Oulu University user name and password (Haka login)

Google Scholar | UniOulu Linkki avautuu uuteen ikkunaan
Search by article title. Use also Google.

Universal borrowing
Through Universal Borrowing the staff and students of the University of Oulu can request journal articles free of charge from the National Repository Library, which is located in Kuopio. Instructions
Interlibrary loan service
Alternative access to articles
How to access a scholarly article when the organisation does not have a valid licence agreement for the journal? Useful tips from the FinELib.

Open Access (OA) -publishing

A scientific publication is openly accessible when both the scholarly community and the general public have free and unrestricted access to it on the Internet.

Guide for open access-publishing.

Evaluating journals

Features of a reliable scientific journal include:

Referee, peer review.
Indexed in databases containing only high-quality peer-reviewed journals (Scopus, Web of Science). In some databases, it is possible to limit the search result to articles published in peer-reviewed journals.
Articles published in the journal are cited a lot

More information about publication metrics:

Journal lists

You can browse all the journal titles available in Oula-Finna on page e-journals by subject.

There are several tools and services that aim to list, rank or evaluate journals.

JUFO portal
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.
Ulrichsweb - Global serials directory | UniOulu
Ulrichsweb is a source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals.
Journal Citation Reports (JCR) | UniOulu
Journal Impact Factors (IF) for journals included in the Web of Science database are published in Journal Citation Reports. More information about JCR | More information about Impact Factor | JCR Support & Training
SJR - SCImago Journal & Country Rank
The SCImago Journal & Country Rank is a portal that includes the journals and country-specific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus® database (Elsevier B.V.). More information about SCImago Journal & Country Rank. More information about SJR indicator.
More information
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
An online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals.
More information about the database