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The Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥ Faculty of Mathematics and Science has four disciplines: Biological and Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and Statistics. In these disciplines the data creation is theoretical, hierarchical and cumulative, and the target of research is to find general regularities. The publication culture is based on scientific articles published in scholarly journals. The JYU Library offers a large amount of journals, databases and other tools for information retrieval in the branches of sciences. Printed works are housed in , electronic resources can be accessed via the  collection database. To learn how to use the information resources efficiently, attend the hands-on, or consult the Library Tutorial.

JYKDOK collection database

The  database consists of several indexes. The two most important are:

• Books, journals, databases, the default index, contains information on books, journals and theses etc. in the collections of Jyväskylä University Library. Search types are the Basic Search and the Advanced Search. The call number of a result record shows the name of the collection and the headword according to which the book or journal is on the shelf. The headword may be the name of the author or the title of the book. In the JYKDOK database you can 1) check the availability of the material, 2) check your own loans and reservations or requests, 3) renew your loans, 4) place a reservation on a book which is out on loan, or 5) request a book or journal from the closed stacks. .
• Via International articles search you have access to a variety of information resources from different publishers and data vendors. Search types are the Basic Search and the Advanced Search. When available, the full text of an article etc. is linked in the search result record.

Electronic resources

Electronic collections available at Jyväskylä University can be accessed via the JYKDOK collection database. For remote access to the e-material you have to have university's user account. 

Books

Consult -catalogue to find books. JYKDOK contains both info on printed books and access to available e-books.

Printed books

At the beginning of studies, emphasis in the use of literature will be on the  mentioned in degree requirements. They are housed in the ³¢Ã¤³ó»å±ð-±ô¾±²ú°ù²¹°ù²â. Course books in all subjects are in one alphabetically arranged collection. Short loan copies may be checked out as overnight or weekend loans.

Other than course books there are subject collections in Mathematics and Natural sciences at the ³¢Ã¤³ó»å±ð-±ô¾±²ú°ù²¹°ù²â.

Electronic books

 available at Jyväskylä University can be accessed via JYKDOK. For remote access to the e-materials you have to have an university user account.

Graduate theses

Printed theses are archived at closed stacks and can be requested for reading room use. Since 2005 most theses are published online, and can be found via JYKDOK and also via the .

Journals

Electronic journals

Electronic journals available at Jyväskylä University can be accessed either via  Basic search > Journals. Most journals can be accessed without a password only from computers in the University network. For remote access to the e-material you have to have university's user account.

Printed journals

Some printed journals can still be found in the ³¢Ã¤³ó»å±ð-±ô¾±²ú°ù²¹°ù²â. Check JYKDOK to see the location and availability of a printed journal.

Databases

At Jyväskylä University, students and staff have access to multiple databases in various fields on natural sciences. The databases can be accessed via  Search for a database either individually or browse by subject category; Search Functions -> Browse for databases.

Most of the available databases are reference databases, and the full text can be accessed via a SFX-link in the database.

Multidisciplinary Databases and Search tools

Biological and Environmental Sciences  - Subject Specific Databases

• ProQuest - includes several databases on biology & environmental sciences: ,, 

Chemistry - Subject Specific Databases

Mathematics and Statistics - Subject Specific Databases

•  - physics, mathematics, computational biology

Physics - Subject Specific Databases

•  - physics, mathematics, computational biology

Dictionaries, reference works

The multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary , the , , and  among others, can be accessed via . Some reference works in natural sciences are also available in printed form in the library.

Managing references

 is a free reference manager application. It allows users to create their own personal database by uploading pdf-files or importing references from text files or online databases. The references can be used in writing papers and automatically formatting the bibliography for manuscripts.

• Reference management software / Zotero-guide (Koppa)

Education and Information services

Open Science Education services provide user education and guidance in information retrieval. Contact person: Matti Rajahonka