Databases

Library databases and book catalogues

Databases available free on the Internet

Name

Content

Ratamo

The joint database of Hausjärvi, Hyvinkää, Loppi, Nurmijärvi and Riihimäki libraries.

Fennica

The Finnish National Bibliography.

Melinda

The union catalogue of Finnish University Libraries, including also the National Repository Library, the Library of Parliament and the Library of Statistics. Also some public libraries have joined Melinda.

Finna

A search database from which you can search different Finnish library databases at the same time.

Helka

The database of the Helsinki University libraries.

HelMet

The joint catalogue database of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa City Libraries.

Article databases

Databases for library users

Name

Content

eMagz

Magazines in Finnish. You can use eMagz on library computers.

Pressreader

Newspapers and magazines in over 70 languages. You need library card and pin-code to sign in.

Databases available free on the Internet

Name

Content

Arto

The ARTO database is an index of articles from approx. 700 Finnish journals, 1990-. A list of the journals indexed is available in Finnish.

The Finnish Historical Newspaper Library 1771-1890

Further information

 

General knowledge and dictionaries

Databases available free on the Internet

Name

Content

Wikipedia

A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

www.thefreedictionary.com

Online Dictionaries, Thesauri and Encyclopaedias in English.

 Bab.la -internet dictionary

 Free internet dictionary. Helps also to learn languages.

 

Literature

Name

Content

EEBO (Early English Books Online)

Digitized classics from 1473-1700 in English. Further information in english

ECCO (Eighteen Century Collection Online)

Digitized books from the 18Th Century in English.

Databases available free on the Internet

Name

Content

Finna

The joint database of digitized national material from libraries, archives, and museums.

Kirjasampo

Database about Finnish authors and books. Only in Finnish and Swedish.

 Project Gutenberg

Free ebooks. Older literature at several languages. Contains books with expired copyrights.

SKS Database for Translations

Database of Finnish books translated into other languages.

Other

Name

Content

Databases available free on the Internet

Finlex

Electronic Statutes of Finland. Further information on

Statistics Finland

Finland in figures.

Suomi.fi

Single access point to public services in Finland.

Päivitetty 10.3.2021