Databases
Helmet Libraries offer their customers the following databases. Some of them can only be used in the libraries of a specific city. Check the access details below. See also useful links to other websites.
Article databases
Ebsco Masterfile Elite
Full text articles and article summaries from newspapers and magazines in English.
Remote access: Articles tab in the Helmet search
Access: library computers – Ebsco in Espoo, Ebsco in Helsinki, Ebsco in Kauniainen, Ebsco in Vantaa
Elektra
Articles from Finnish scientific journals.
Access: Elektra on library computers in Helsinki
HS Aikakone
Digitized versions of Helsingin Sanomat newspapers from 1889 to 1997. More information about Aikakone and instructions for logging in (in Finnish).
Access: library computers in Espoo, Helsinki and Vantaa – HS Aikakone
Building
RT Building Information Files
The RT and LVI building information files.
Access: RT on library computers in Vantaa
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
National Biography of Finland
Biographical articles of over 100 Finns. The Finnish version has c. 6,500 articles.
Access: library computers – National Biography of Finland
Nationalencyklopedin
An encyclopedia in Swedish.
Remote access: remote access to NE using this link
Access: library computers - Nationalencyklopedin
NetMOT dictionaries
High-quality dictionaries in several languages (e.g. English, Finnish, Swedish, German, French, Spanish and Estonian).
Access: library computers – MOT in Espoo, MOT in Helsinki, MOT in Kauniainen
Literature
Contemporary Authors
Information about c. 150,000 international and American writers and journalists.
Remote access: Articles tab in the Helmet search
Access: library computers – CA in Espoo, CA in Helsinki, CA in Kauniainen, CA in Vantaa
ECCO - Eighteenth Century Collection Online
Digitized literature in English from the 18th century.
Access: library computers – ECCO in Espoo, ECCO in Helsinki, ECCO in Kauniainen, ECCO in Vantaa
EEBO - Early English Books Online
Digitized literature in English from 1473 to 1700.
Access: library computers – EEBO
Music
Oxford Music Online
An English-language encyclopedia of music.
Access: library computers – Oxford Music Online
Naxos Music Library
A web service and databank of classical music.
Remote access: log in using your library card number on Naxos' home page, using Naxos on an app
Access: library computers
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