Below are links to the main sources of information in technology.
Links take you to UEF Primo, through which you can easily log in to the material as a remote user.
Remote access is possible for all UEF students as well as staff.
UEF Primo is a library database, where you can find all the materials that the library has acquired: books, journals, databases and other resources; both printed and online materials.
In UEF Primo, it is also possible to search for scientific articles.
Articles, conference proceedings and standards in the field of technology:
Journals and articles, proceedings and videos of optics:
Multidisciplinary databases; references to articles and other scientific publications:
- ProQuest (several databases which can be used separately or together)
- Scopus
- Web of Science
Open access databases:
- EngrXiv (preprints of research papers, engineering)
- TechRxiv (preprints of research papers, technology)
- Base (multidisciplinary; broad range of document types: articles, posters, data etc.)
Multidisciplinary publisher journal databases with full-texts:
- Science journal
- ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
- SpringerLink
- Taylor & Francis Online
- Wiley Online Library
Multidisciplinary e-book collections:
SFS-standards (Finnish standards, part of them in English):
Information about standards (full text is not necessarily provided):
Information about patents (full text is not necessarily provided):
Research.fi - publications of Finnish universities and research organisations from 2011 onwards
Disctionary:
- MOT kielipalvelu - multi-language dictionaries, translator, proofing
Handbooks:
- Mechanical engineers' handbook : manufacturing and management
- Systems engineering handbook : a guide for system life cycle processes and activities
General reference books:
- Britannica academic (including Encyclopaedia Britannica)
- Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection (reference books and glossaries of different disciplines; search as whole or choose subject field)
General research methods guide:
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The open learning material Information skills and sources in science and forestry is freely available to everyone without logging in.
The course itself is intended for students in master degree programs, but bachelor and exchange students are also welcome. The course is arranged in autumn terms. Register for the course in Peppi.
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