Information seeking in History
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Databases
Finnish databases
JYKDOK is the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥'s portal to various types of data. In JYKDOK you can find the most relevant basic information on publications, i.e. availability information (location and availability/reservation information), all books, journals, JY theses. JYKDOK also gives you access to materials stored in JYX. For history students the JYKDOK is not complete, some older material is missing from the JYKDOK. Ask for help at the library's helpdesk.
- Remember to also use the services and collections of the Jyväskylä City Library.
- FINNA is a search service of Finnish libraries, archives and museums. Check availability at the JYKDOK for example by copying the title of the book.
- Finnish articles (former ARTO) : use the JYKDOK Finnish articles tab.
International databases
- - EEBO: English digitised books from 1475-1700 in full text
- (Gale): Books digitized in Great Britain and America from the 18th century in full text.
- (Ebsco): References with summaries from the fields of historical sciences from the beginning of the new era (from 1450) to today.
- (ProQuest): Documents of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1688 to 2005.
- : forced migration and World War II: Including documents relating to refugees and correspondence from 1935 to 1950.
Multidisciplinary databases
- : multidisciplinary reference and abstract database.
- (WOS): a multidisciplinary reference and abstract database; includes, among others, the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (a sub-database, but does not necessarily have to be selected separately).
- : is an archive database of journals, with full-text articles available from the first issues of journals (up to the end of the 19th century). The latest available number is at least one year (often 3 - 5 years) old.
The library's special and legal deposit collections
JYU Library is one of the legal deposit libraries, and thus it receives its own copy of works published in Finland from publishers. The library also has its own special collection, including the personal collections of Tahko Pihkala and Niilo Mäki.
Newspapers
The Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ Library offers access to the historical archives of newspapers in several ways:
- Microfilm (original newspapers will not be made available for patron use if microfilm is available). The use of microfilm for research purposes makes sense because you can store the material directly on the U drive.
- Historical Newspaper Archive (digitised newspapers from 1771 onwards; note the difference between material freely available online and newspapers accessible via the library's digital archive). Read more about
Electronic databases of newspapers:
- International newspaper archives: from the JYKDOK main page, select Search and under Search, browse databases and in the search window type in newspapers: e.g. ProQuest Historical Newspapers series. The collection descriptions indicate the type of material available and the time period for which it is available.
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