Databases
The Helsinki University Libraries
HELKA is the joint database of the Helsinki University Libraries and
the
National Library of Finland. HELKA contains information about acquired
books,
periodicals and serials. You can search for materials in the HELKA
online
catalog. Loans from the HELKA libraries can be renewed online via the
the
self-service system (on the "patron information" screen).
The National Bibliography of Finland
FENNICA (the Finnish National Bibliography ) contains information about
monographs, serials, maps, audiovisual materials and electronic
publications
printed or produced in Finland. FENNICA also includes materials
published
outside of Finland that relate to Finland or are written by a Finnish
author.
The National Discography of Finland
VIOLA is the Finnish national discography and national bibliography of
sheet
music. It also contains references to foreign materials in 13 Finnish
music
library collections.
VIOLA contains references to Finnish sheet music since 1977 and to
sound
recordings since 1901. Cataloguing covers both the whole
recording/publication
and the individual compositions contained in it. Searches can be made
with, e.g.,
the name of the composer or the performer as well as the title or the
first line
of a song.
Reference Database Of Finnish Articles
The ARTO database is an index of articles from approx. 600 Finnish
journals,
1990-.
ARTO contains journal article references and (occasionally) references
to
articles in monographs. If an article is available in digital form, it
is linked
to the bibliographic record. However, some of these full text versions,
such as
Elektra articles, require a separate user license.
Digital collections of Finnish universities and universities of applied
sciences
Union Catalogue of Finnish Libraries. MELINDA contains
references on monographs, serials, cartographic materials, audiovisual
materials, electronic resources, multimedia and archives, with the
loan status of the material. ME MELINDA does not cover sheet music,
recordings or articles.
The Nelli portal is a national information retieval portal which can be
used to
direct a search to several different databases. Nelli is the joint
information
retrieval system of the National Library of Finland and of the finnish
libraries.
eResources Terms of Use
The
Finnish Web Archive
Index for The Finnish Web Archive which contains Finnish websites
