Guidebooks and instructions

Tampere University Library provides guidance to patrons in the use of the library. For this end, several online guides have been made available on this page. In addtition, the staff gladly assists anyone in the use of the library and in other related matters.

Electronic resources: databases ; e-books ; Nelli-portal | Information search guides | Guides for thesis writers | Refworks | Solecris |

Electronic resources

• Electronic resources 2013

• Databases

• Cinahl Help guide
• EbscoHost Guides
• Emerald User Guide
• JSTOR
• Medline (Ovid) Guide in English (pdf)
• Medline (Ovid) - worked example of a search strategy (pdf)
• OvidSP - Understanding Basic Search
• OvidSP User Guide 
• ProQuest Quick Start Reference Overview
• PsycInfo Quick Reference Guide
• PubMed tutorials
• Scopus Quick Guide
• Web of Science Guide
• Wiley Online Library Quick Guide
• Wiley Online Library User Guide 

• E-books

  Summary of instructions on e-books available for downloading

• Ebrary / Ebrary Quick Guide
• Dawsonera
• Downloading Dawsonera e-books
• Downloading eBooks on EBSCOhost Help Sheet
• Downloading Ebrary e-books
• Downloading Ebrary eBooks using an iPad
• Thieme e-booklibrary :  download iOffline reader on your personal laptop

• Nelli-portal

• Nelli - Quick user guide (pdf)
• Remote Access - A guide for accessing the electronic resources of Tampere University Library remotely

Information search guides

• Information Search Process in Education Sciences
• Information Search Process in Health Sciences
• Information Search Process in Humanities

Instructions for thesis writer

• Converting a thesis into pdf
• Guidelines for submitting your thesis

 Refworks

• RefWorks

Solecris

• Open Access Self Archiving
• SoleCRIS system instructions (pdf)