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    The library provides access to e-resources, which are databases and e-services where you can read and listen to free e-books and magazines, watch films, learn new things, and enjoy music.

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    • e-resources of the Vaski Library
    • Library e-resources for use in the library network

    Some databases can only be accessed from library computers or from your own computer on the library's wireless network. Some e-resources can also be accessed from outside the library. To access many e-resources, you will need a library card and card number and password.

    e-resources of the Vaski Library

    The link below will take you to the e-resources shared by the Vaski libraries. You will find e-books, e- audiobooks, e-magazines, films, music and language courses.
     

    Discover e-resources in the Vaski online library

    e-resources of the Vaski online library

    Library e-resources for use in the library network

    The library has a selection of databases that can only be used on library premises. You can access the databases either on library equipment or on your own computer on the library's wireless network.

    National Biography of Finland

    In the Finnish National Biography, collections of mini biographies can be browsed, and online publications on personal history and biographies can be read. You can also access researched biographical information.

    Finnish National Biography

    Nationalencyklopedin

    Nationalencyklopedin is a Swedish online encyclopedia. Articles, dictionaries, and Världens Länder information packages from different countries are available for browsing on Nationalencyklopedin. 

    Nationalencyklopedin

    EEBO and ECCO

    On EEBO and ECCO, you can browse a large collection of digitised books published in England between the 1400s and 1700s.

    EEBO

    ECCO

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