With Turku UAS Finna you can explore international articles related to your topic before choosing databases to search.
1. Go to Turku UAS Finna. When using Finna outside the Turku UAS network, remember to sign in with your Turku UAS user ID. When signed in you can access all the e-resources acquired for Turku UAS students and staff.
2. Choose option Switch to search international articles:
3. Enter the search terms and refine your search with relevant options. Use advanced search if needed.
4. You can filter the search results for example by content type or topic.
5. After the exploratory search you can move on to a more detailed search of your topic in the article databases available for Turku UAS. More information at the tab Search international articles in databases.
Use databases' own interfaces if you want to get more accurate or wider search results. All the databases acquired for Turku UAS students and staff can be found in Finna > Browse databases. You can also search for databases in Turku UAS Finna:
1. Go to Turku UAS Finna and type the name of the database you are searching for in the search field, for example Academic Search Elite.
2. Click the link Database interface. Sign in with your Turku UAS user ID if necessary.
3. Use the database search and the choices to refine the search results. In most databases you can:
NOTE: Use the Full text option with caution, because it excludes articles that are not available in full text in the database you are using. However, full texts of articles can be available in other databases available for Turku UAS users. To check the full text availability, click the Find It link . More information on the Article availability page.
Print newspapers, journals and professional periodicals are available in all Turku UAS campus libraries. It is a good idea to browse through them as all articles might not be included in online databases. You can find information on print journals at Turku UAS library in the Turku UAS Finna search service. You can search by the journal's name or browse the collections by clicking Journals and e-journals on the Finna homepage.
You can limit the search to journals, serials or newspapers, or you can choose which campus library's journals you wish to see.
You can also borrow print journals (excluding newspapers), read more about borrowing. Note that the most current issues are only available for overnight loan.
Turku UAS students and staff have a right to use electronic resources acquired by Turku UAS in studying, teaching, and research. Students and staff have a responsibility to follow the user rights. User rights define the terms and conditions for printing, saving, presenting, and distributing e-resources. User rights for an individual resource can be found under the § button in the User rights of individual e-resources list below.
In this guide you can find information about how to search and use Finnish and international articles acquired by Turku UAS library.
The guide to Accessibility of e-resources provides information on e-accessibility features, e.g. listening to e-books and e-articles.
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