esports: Books

You can use KAMK Finna to locate library's printed collection and ebooks.

By logging in with your KamIT-account, you can renew your loans and make reservations. You will also gain access to licensed databases and ebook services via remote use.

Ebook Central 

An interdisciplinary database of ebooks. The collection is available on KAMK's network or via remote use. Ebook Central delivers ebooks from scholarly sources, including University Presses and other top publishers.

Ebook Central was selected by your library to provide authoritative ebooks in a range of subjects from the world's top publishers.

Use Ebook Central to quickly and easily find relevant ebooks and chapters; read online; search within the ebook; and highlight, take notes and bookmark pages in your online copy, stored on your bookshelf for you. You can also share your research with others, download ebooks and chapters to your laptop or mobile device, and more.

Ellibs 

Ellibs Library is an Internet-based service which allows you to borrow electronic books online. You can borrow ebooks from your library's Ellibs collection or make reservations. Most of the books in Ellibs are in Finnish.

At the end of the loan period, the electronic book file closes automatically, but you can always return the book early if you are already done with it to make it available for the next customer.

DOAB Directory of Open Access Books 

DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Reports 

GEM began in 1999 as a joint research project between Babson College (USA) and London Business School (UK). The consortium has become the richest source of reliable information on the state of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe, publishing not only the GEM Global Report annually, but also a range of national and special topic reports each year. GEM’s first annual study covered 10 countries; since then some 115 countries from every corner of the globe have participated in GEM research. 

OAPEN Online Library and Publication Platform

OAPEN promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication. We work with publishers to build a quality-controlled collection of open access books and provide services for publishers, libraries, and research funders in the areas of hosting, deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.

You can use the e-resources within KAMK's network and via remote access.

Students and staff can access the e-resources remotely by logging in with their KAMIT username.

• The library acquires ebooks from multiple services.
• Ebook readers and the copyright rules vary from service to service.
  • For instance some books can be read by a group of users and some can be only loaned by a person at a time.
  • Also only some books can be downloaded to be read offline.
• Not all books available for a commercial buyer are available for libraries.
• More info how to use ebooks you can find on LibGuide