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Information retrieval
Are you looking for information for an essay or a thesis? On this page you will find some tips and links to different kinds of information resources.
You can use most of the library e-resources at home, too. See the instructions for remote access
(for KyUAS students and staff)
If you wish to have personal guidance for information retrieval check the contact information of the information specialist of your department library (free of charge for KyUAS students and staff)
Do you know a good e-resource? Suggest a link for us!
Where and how to search if you need...
1. Articles or e-journals in English
6. Information on entrepreunership
7. Reference books and dictionaries
10. Scientific information via Google
1. Articles or e-journals in English
1.1 Full text Articles
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
Newspapers
PressDisplay - Newspapers in various languages
Scientific articles & magazines
Nelli portal > Quick search > E-journals. Performs a simultanious search in Abi, Ebsco, Emerald, and Journals@OvidFullText
Abi Inform ProQuest Direct - business, computer science
Ebsco Academic Search Elite - multidisciplinary
Elsevier Science Direct - multidisciplinary
Emerald Library - business (management)
Ovid: Journals@OvidFullText - nursing and medicine
Wilson: Art Full Text - design and media
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals - multidisciplinary, free
1.2 Article records*
*Information on published articles, occasionally also links to full texts
Compendex - technology
Medline/PubMed - nursing and medicine
Ovid CINAHL - nursing and medicine
1.3 E-journals in English
1) Go to KyUAS Nelli portal (and log in if you are not in the school's network)
2) Then click "Find e-journal"
3) Type the name, or the part of the name of the journal you are looking for, on the search box/ If you don't know the name of the journal, find journal by subject (category)
4) Then click GO
Tips:
If you can't access the full text, write down the record information of the article (publication, number of the issue etc.) and check, if you can find the magazine or the book where the article was published in KyUAS library (Kymi database) or Kymenlaakso public libraries (Kyyti database)If you can't find the particular book or the magazine, and you still insist on having the article, please contact KyUAS library.
2. Literature
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
Kymi - Books in KyUAS Library. Books in all UAS libraries: Search > Databases > Universities of Applied Sciences > Connect
Kyyti - Books in Public Libraries in Kymenlaakso region
Linda - Books in University Libraries in Finland
Ebrary - E-books in English
Ellibs - E-books in Finnish and English
ePubl - Electronic publications portal of School of Economics in Finland
Helecon MIX - Books in Helsinki School of Economics
Helecon THES - Theses in Helsinki School of Economics
Medic - Books on social and health care
Tenttu - Databases of the University of Technology Helsinki
eViikki - Books on forestry
3. Theses or dissertations
3.1 E-theses
Theseus - Theses and publications of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
ePubl - Electronic publications portal of School of Economics in Finland
WorldCat Advanced search - Theses and Dissertations from all over the World. In Advanced search select from Content menu the option Thesis/Dissertation, and from Format menu the option Internet resource. When you have found an interesting thesis, click the name of it, and the link under the title Find a copy online.
3.2 Nelli portal theses search
Nelli portal > Log in (to KyUAS Nelli, with KyUAS username & password) > Find Database (OR MetaSearch, in case you wish to search multiple databases simultaneously) > Theses
3.3 KyUAS theses by year
3.3 How to search theses by topic in Kymi and Linda
KyUAS Electronic Library > Library databases
How to search UAS theses by topic:
Kymi > Search > Databases > Universities of Applied Sciences > Connect > Builder Search
Finds all the theses which have the words international and business in their record information.
Linda - searching for master's theses and dissertations
Linda > Search > Advanced Search. The example search finds either dissertations or theses which cover international business.
4. Statistics and standards
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
SFS Standards
Bulletin of Statistics
Eurostat
Producers and publishers of statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
5. Jurisprudence
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
Finlex - Legislation, case-law, secondary legislation, international treaties and government bills
Edilex - Legal information service
Suomen Laki - Finnish Law, In Finnish only
6. Information on entrepreunership
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
Edilex - Legal information service
Helecon MIX - Database of the materials in Helsinki School of Economics
Suomen Laki - Finnish Law, In Finnish only
7. Reference books and dictionaries
NOTE! Go to KyUAS Electronic Library for database links
MOT-Dictionaries - several dictionaries in different languages
Oxford English Dictionary
Britannica Online
8. Images
8.1 Online tutorial
TASI: Internet for Image Searching online tutorial
8.2 Ebsco image search
KyUAS Electronic Library > E-journals > Ebsco Academic Search Elite > Images
8.3 GroveArt images
KyUAS Electronic Library > Reference books and dictionaries > Grove Art > Images
8.4 Free photo online collections (partly chargeable materials)
Stock.XCHNG
MorgueFile
FreeFoto.com
FreePhotosBank
Dreamstime
StockVault
ImagePark
creativecommons.org
8.5 Search engines for finding free photos:
9. Field specific e-resources
Nelli portal > Log in (to KyUAS Nelli, with KyUAS username & password) > Find database > Category > Pick the one that is related to your field (Business Administration etc.) > Pick the language (either English or Suomeksi or ALL) > Go
10. Scientific information via Google
Instead of using just the regular Google, start your search in Google Scholar which provides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
Modified: 24.9.2010 11:27
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