LibGuides: Maritime Management: Key Digital Resources

Using E-resources

You can use the licensed e-resources within Novia's network and via remote access. Students and staff access the e-resources remotely via Finna or LibGuides by logging in with the Novia-username.

Important links

Regs4ships
Regs4ships is a searchable, maritime regulation database that combines Flag State compliance documentation with IMO, ILO & EU legislation to provide an overall regulatory solution. Logg in with Novia username and Novia password.
Reeds marine engineering
Logg in with Novia username and Novia password
Maritime economics, Martin Stopford, 3 edition Logg in with Novia username and Novia password
Model Course, IMO e-books/e-readers.

Staff only: Ask for username and password (siv.osterman@abo.fi)
Witherby Connect, Model Course. Staff only: Ask for username and password (siv.osterman@abo.fi)

Key databases

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest)
Articles and abstracts within the fields business and economic, marketing, human resources, computers, and more. Contains full text articles from about 1,200 periodicals.
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO)
Full text for more than 2,000 serials. Abstracts and indexing are provided for about 3,500 serials. The database covers nearly every area of academic study.
Emerald Insight
Full text articles in the spectrum of management disciplines including strategy, leadership, marketing, human resource management, health and social care, engineering, applied science and technology.
Springer Nature Link
Over 3,000 journals within the fields: Biological Sciences, Business and Management, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics and Technology and Engineering.
Statista
Statista provides quick and reliable access to over 1 million statistics on 80,000 topics from 18,000 sources.
Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)
An online index that covers journal articles published in the physical and life sciences, health sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

E-book databases

In the Novia eBooks guide, you will find more information about e-books. You can go directly into the eBook services below or search eBooks in Finna.

Ebook Central
A collection of over 240.000 full-text books in multiple academic and general interest subject areas.
EBSCO eBook Collection

You can read e-books in your web browser directly or download them to your computer or mobile device.

E-books from Ebook Central and EBSCO can be accessed with your Novia usernamne and password.

Selected, free publications

DOAB - Directory of Open Access Books
Directory of Open access Books contains 3084 Academic peer-reviewed books from 107 publishers.
InTech - Open science
InTech is the publisher of one of the largest multidisciplinary open access collection of books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. Since 2004, InTech has collaborated with 87879 authors and published 2458 books and 6 journals with the aim of providing free online access to research.
NCBI - Bookshelf
Bookshelf provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
OAPEN - freely accessible academic books
The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. (Medicine, health, psychology, sociology, social services & welfare...)

All databases

Browse licensed and open access databases in Finna:

Turku and Raseborg: Alma (Novia) > Browse databases

Vaasa and Jakobstad: Tritonia Finna | Novia > Browse databases

Please note that a search in Finna don't fully cover all the articles and materials. All comprehensive searches should be done in the interfaces of the databases. Links to the databases in Finna and LibGuides.

Newspapers online

PressReader - International Newspapers and Magazines

Over 7000 newspapers and magazines from at least 100 countries and in 60 different languages. Available in the Novia network and with login for remote access.

ePress newspapers: Vasabladet, Ilpo, Hesari

ePress - Finnish Newspapers

Contains about 220 domestic newspapers, among others Helsingin sanomat, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, Vasabladet ja HBL. Availabe in the Novia network (no remote access). 3 simultaneous users.