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New e-books
Now you may borrow English and Finnish eBooks from the library.
The service is provided by the finnish company Ellibs. The eBooks are in pdf or EPubformat, and may be downloaded to your own computer.
The ebook collection
Today the collection consists of more than 150 mainly nonfiction eBooks in English and in Finnish.
Examples:
Baig, Edward C.: IPad for dummies Williams, Stephen: Tourism Geography Mabry, Sharon: Exploring Twentieth-Century Vocal Music
Borrowing conditions
Access to E-books requires authentication with your Library Card and a PIN code. You can obtain a PIN by visiting the Library Circulation Desk. Be prepared to show your id. The loan period is 7 or 28 days (choose one alternative) The library has acquired one copy of each book. On the ebook's information page you can see if the book is available (1/1) or borrowed (0/1)
How does it work?
An e-book may be downloaded to your computer, but cannot be printed. On the Ellibs company website you find more information about the service.
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- How can I apply for a library card? - Do you have wireless Internet Access at the library? - Do you have an English-Swedish dictionary at the library? - Do you have any Finnish movies?
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Library Press Display
Library Press Display provides you with today's newspapers from 92 countries and in 48 different languages.
The service offers instant translation as well as sound integration - you may listen to an audio version of an article through Windows Media Player. The resource may be accessed from any Library computer
- Go straight to Library PressDisplay
Wireless Internet Access
The Library offers free wireless Internet Access
The library personnel will provide you with a username and a password.
How to use the library WLAN:
- You need to have a WI-FI enabled laptop.
- Select the "EDUWLAN"-network an click Connect
- Open your web browser.
- Type in your username and password
The library E-media
The Library electronic media collection is available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
Access requires a valid library card and a PIN.
We offer E-Books mainly in Swedish and Finnish but also in English
- E-Books and Streaming Audio Books (Elib)
- E-Books (Ellibs)
- Naxos Music Library - Streaming Music Files, mainly Classical Music
Ask a librarian
The Ask a Librarian service searches for reference material for customers.
Our answers contain references to literature and Internet-pages or a guidance to other sources, where it the information needed could be obtained.
The service is maintained by all public libraries in Finland. For more information, see Libraries.fi