Below are links to the main sources of of information in the sociology, social work, social psychology and social policy.
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.
- Finna : among other things, collections/materials from Finnish libraries and articles in Finnish
- Arto : information on Finnish journals articles (included in Finna)
- Research.fi (Tiedejatutkimus.fi): publications of Finnish universities, universities of applied sciences, research institutes and university hospitals. (previously Juuli)
- Julkari : the shared open repository for the publications of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health's administrative branch organisations
- SocINDEX, sociology, social work and social sciences (Ebsco)
- Academic Search Premier, social sciences, humanities, behavioural sciences and business studies (Ebsco)
- Child Development & Adolescent Studies , behavioural sciences (Ebsco)
- Social science premium collection, social sciences broadly (ProQuest)
- Sociological Abstracts , sociology (ProQuest)
- PsycINFO psychology and behavioural sciences (Ebsco)
- Scopus /multidisciplinary
- Web of Science / multidisciplinary; incl. SSCI = social science citation index
Open repositories:
- SocArXiv / publication archive of the social sciences
- SSRN / social science research networks e-library
FinELib's website contains various services and tools for tracking open scientific articles: Alternative Access
- MOT dictionaries and proofing
- TEPA Term Bank / Finnish terminology Centre TSK: collection of special dictionaries
- Edilex ja Finlex (open access) / legislation
- Publication Forum / JUFO, the scientific level of journals and publishers
Study information searching
The open learning material Information skills and sources in social sciences is freely available to everyone without logging in.
An information retrieval course for undergraduate students is recommended in connection with the bachelor's thesis at the latest. Register for an information retrieval course in Peppi. The course 8020060 for undergraduate students is available throughout the academic year (Kuopio campus). The Joensuu course will be held in the spring.
The course 8022020 for postgraduate students is available throughout the academic year. Register for the course in Peppi.
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