New library user: E-books and other e-resources

E-resources include e-books, e-journals and databases, which offer various types of content in one service, such as statistics. Laurea Library provides a wide range of online resources and services for Laurea students and staff. This supports finding useful information. You can find for example:

• More than 200 000 e-books
• Thousands of scholarly journals
• Professional journals and newspapers
• Standards and statistics
• Online dictionaries and language tools

List of licensed databases you can access.

You don't need a library card when you use the library’s e-resources. Just use your Laurea credentials (Haka). First, log in to Laurea Finna or to the specific e-resource you want to use. After you are logged in, you can access the e-resources from anywhere, like at home.

If you don’t have Laurea credentials, you can use some e-resources in the campus libraries.  

Laurea Finna

You can find lots of e-books and e-journals on Laurea Finna. Search for:

• E-books in Laurea Finna basic search. Write in the search box, for example, the title, author, subject or ISBN-number
• E-books from online services, for example, Ebook Central or Taylor & Francis
• E-articles from Laurea Finna article search
• E-articles form online services, for example, EBSCOhost or Proquest Central.

LibGuides

Laurea LibGuides has information guides for different degree programmes (like business, nursing, social services). Some e-resources open with Laurea credentials, while others are open to everyone. LibGuides also has special guides, such as AI and information searching, Accessibility – tips for reading and Sustainability.

There is a list of all guides on LibGuides frontpage. You can access LibGuides also from Laurea Finna front page.