Kirjaston oppaat: Technology: Books, journals and articles

Books, journals and articles

Database references are usually accompanied by a full text link. You can also use the following to find the full text of an article or book:

Oula-Finna | UniOulu
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
Google Scholar | UniOulu
A web search engine for scientific information. When you log in with your University of Oulu user ID, you have access to the licensed electronic resources also from outside the University of Oulu Network. Google Scholar guide
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.

Install LibKey Nomad
Choose your browser below and install. Select your organisation University of Oulu or Oulu University of Applied Sciences (OAMK).
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.
Request a copy of a journal article from the National Repository Library (in Kuopio)
Students and staff of the University of Oulu can request, free of charge, article copies. The article will be sent to you by email.

Browsing journals

Journals subscribed to by the University of Oulu can be found in Oula-Finna by searching for the journal title. You can also browse journal titles by subject area on the Oula-Finna: Browse for journals page

Full text databases

In the publishers’ own databases, you can browse publications from the respective publisher. In many cases, it is also possible to search by topic and limit your search to the full text of articles. Please note that access is not available for all journals from all publishers, and not all journals are subscribed to directly from the publisher.

ACS Publications | UniOulu
Over 30 peer-reviewed journals and magazines in chemistry and related disciplines are published by ACS Publications. FinELib’s collaboration with ACS ends. Based on previous ACS agreements, Oulu University staff and students still have access to many paywalled articles published between 1996–2023. Open access articles are freely accessible to everyone.

The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society strives to provide its members and the worldwide scientific community a comprehensive collection, in any medium, of high quality information products and services that advance the practice of the chemical and related sciences.
Annual Reviews | UniOulu
A nonprofit journal publisher of review series in several discipliness.
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
IEEE Xplore - IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) | UniOulu
Full-text access to IEEE transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 plus select content back to 1950, and all current IEEE standards. IEEE quick guide | Rights to Use | Browser support

The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library provides a single source to almost a third of the world's current electrical engineering and computer science literature, granting unparalleled access to publications from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). Available online through the IEEE XploreTM interface.
JSTOR | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary, full text journals. Coverage begins at the first volume and issue of the journal ever published. JSTOR guide
Nature | UniOulu
Publishes original scientific research reports, review articles surveying recent developments in specific disciplines, short contributions, letters, and commentary. Includes advertising, abstracts, bibliographies, charts, illustrations, trade literature, book reviews.
ScienceDirect (Elsevier) | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary ejournals since 1995. Guide
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.
Springer Nature Link | UniOulu
Multidisciplinary online information service. Guide
Wiley Online Library | UniOulu
E-journals and e-books in multiple subject areas. | Guide

E-book databases

In e-book databases, you can often search within the content of books. Books can also be found by their titles in the Oula-Finna database.

E-books guide | Oulu University Library
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. Downloaded books cannot normally be printed out. However, not all publishers allow downloading of their publications.

Examples of e-book databases

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
Google Books
Information about the book and/or possibility to preview selected pages and/or full-text.
SAGE Research Methods | UniOulu
A research methods tool. Contains books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, a selection of journal articles, videos, and podcasts. | Guide

Call numbers

In Oula-Finna Advanced search you can browse printed books by their call number. For example call number P 001.81 includes guides to research, scientific writing and research methods:

Handbooks and dictionaries

CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics | UniOulu
International Critical Tables of Numerical Data | UniOulu
Contains critical data on inorganic and organic compounds, and pure substances, featuring physical, thermodynamic, mechanical, and other key properties.
Knovel Critical Tables | UniOulu
Interactive Knovel reference contains tables of physical, solvent, and thermodynamic properties.
Merck Index Online | UniOulu
Encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals with monographs on single substances or groups of related compounds.
MOT Kielipalvelu | UniOulu
MOT Kielipalvelu contains dictionaries, translator, and proofing. | Guide
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (2003)| UniOulu
Subject areas include: Inorganic and organic chemicals, advanced materials, pharmaceuticals, polymers and plastics, metals and alloys, biotechnology and biotechnological products, food chemistry, process engineering and unit operations, analytical methods, environmental protection, etc. Use option "This reference work" in search box.

Publications of research institutes

Finna - Finnish archives, libraries and museums

GTK Hakku – geological data products
Produced by the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), the service includes Finnish spatial data, documents and metadata. Site information

Julkari
Julkari is an open publications archive common for the administrative branch of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Collections: Kansanterveyslaitos KTL , Lääkealan turvallisuus- ja kehittämiskeskus Fimea, Sosiaali- ja terveysalan tutkimus- ja kehittämiskeskus Stakes, Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö STM, Säteilyturvakeskus STUK, Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos THL ja Työterveyslaitos TTL.
Luke's publications (Jukuri)
Open repository of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Jukuri contains information on publications of the Luke's staff. Growing number of publications are available to download.

Information on publications of the research institutes which merged into Luke is available already and the coverage will improve over time. Different types of publications are organized in different collections. Searches can be made from a selected collection or from the whole Jukuri.

Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
The Finnish Environment Institute is a governmental research institute.

Newspapers and magazines

Not all newspaper titles are in Oula-Finna.

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
ePress | UniOulu
Suomalaisia paikallis- ja maakuntalehtiä digitaalisina näköisversioina heti niiden ilmestyttyä. Lehdet ovat luettavissa jopa 2 vuoden ajalta. Lehtiä voi lukea Oulun yliopiston verkossa. 3 yhtäaikaista käyttäjää. | Finnish local newspapers. No off-campus access.

Accessibility in the library

Accessibility guide aims to provide information about the accessibility services in the library. Accessibility in the library means equal opportunity to use the library services, materials and premises regardless of disability-related barriers. If you have a print-disability and need accessible media, you can contact Oulu University Library to register for Celia’s services.

Websites and learning environments

ChemSpider
ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 25 million structures, properties and associated information.

ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 25 million structures, properties and associated information. By integrating and linking compounds from more than 400 data sources, ChemSpider enables researchers to discover the most comprehensive view of freely available chemical data from a single online search. It is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
ChemSpider builds on the collected sources by adding additional properties, related information and links back to original data sources. ChemSpider offers text and structure searching to find compounds of interest and provides unique services to improve this data by curation and annotation and to integrate it with users’ applications.
ForestBioFacts - digital learning environment
Käyttöoikeus on vain Oulun yliopiston opiskelijoilla ja henkilökunnalla. Selainversio vaatii jokaisen käyttäjän henkilökohtaisen rekisteröitymisen. Rekisteröitymisohjeet saa sähköpostitse osoitteesta elele@oulu.fi. | Only the students and staff of University of Oulu are entitled to use this database. All users need to create a personal account. You will get instructions for registration from elele@oulu.fi.

ForestBioFacts on puuteollisuuden digitaalinen oppimisympäristö. Sisältää myös Papermaking Science and Technology -kirjasarjan.

Se kattaa kaiken puupohjaisista tuotteista ja teknologioista kestävään metsänhoitoon. Myös biopohjaiset nanomateriaalit, puupohjaiset tekstiilit ympäristöjohtaminen ja investointisuunnittelu ovat esillä. ForestBioFacts sisältää myös kaikille avoimen johdantoteeman, joka antaa hyvän yleiskuvan metsäbiotalouden mahdollisuuksista ja merkityksestä globaalien haasteiden ratkaisemisessa.

ForestBioFacts is suitable whether you are a student or new-comer in the forest-based industries or an experienced R&D professional in the field. The free introduction theme gives you an overview from the sustainable forestry to the versatile fibre-based products in the circular bioeconomy. You can also have a glimpse of all the other 15 themes. When you want to go deeper, you can easily select the themes and the subscription time that you want. Includes also Sisältää myös Papermaking Science and Technology -book series.
KnowPap | UniOulu
Please note! No off-campus access! KnowPap is a multimedia learning environment covering papermaking and process control. KnowPap can be used for self-studying or as supplementary material for teaching.
KnowPulp | UniOulu
Please note! No off-campus access! KnowPulp is a multimedia learning environment covering chemical pulping and process control. KnowPulp can be used for self-studying or as supplementary material for teaching.
Minerals Information
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.

SIRCh/Chemical Information sources
SIRCh provides links to factual sources on the Internet where answers can be found to chemical questions.

Evaluating publications

Features of a reliable scientific publication

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

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.

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