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JAMK University of Applied Sciences is an international higher education institution with expertise in 8 different fields of study.

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At JAMK quality management is seen as an essential tool for developing all its operations. Quality management is also a shared issue: it is jointly implemented by the staff, students, customers and partners. Moreover, it is considered important that the quality of JAMK's activities and achievements are visible both to the academic community itself and its external stakeholders.

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Become international with us! Make use of our extensive international partnership network and expertise to enhance your competitiveness

Job Opportunities

JAMK is a multidisciplinary, internationally oriented employer. We operate at the heart of a dynamic economic area and employ over 700 people.

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Main campus: Rajakatu
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Welcome to the Information Technology subject guide!

This guide helps students and teachers to find information on subject areas in Information and Communication Technology.
Janet -  Online catalogue of JAMK University of Applied Sciences Library resources

Dictionaries and Thesauri

A good way to begin your search is to use a dictionary or a specialized lexicon of terms (thesaurus) to identify suitable search terms or synonyms and broaden your search. Many databases include this feature, also called "Subject Terms", "Subject Headings", or "Descriptors".

Finto Vocabularies and ontologies (Finnish, English, Swedish)
MOT Dictionaries Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password 
LCHS Library of Congress subject headings
MeSH Medical subject headings
ERIC Education-related terms
Finmesh  English-Finnish medical and health terms
Grove Music Online Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password
AFO Agriculture and Forestry Ontology
EnDic environmental dictionary

bab.la - Online dictionary for 28 languages
Kielitoimiston sanakirja - Dictionary of standard Finnish
RedFox Dictionary Basic - Free Dictionary includes 41 languages
TEPA Term Bank - Special language terms and their definitions, displayded as multilingual terminological entries
Your Dictionary - English words and grammar
Valter Government Termbank - Multilingual termbank, contains e.g. budget, EMU, education, taxation and court terms

Reporting and Theses

Reporting and reference management

JAMK Project reporting instructions|Ethical principles for JAMK|Finnish Copyright Act 404/1961 in English

RefWorks bibliography and database manager Toimii JAMKin verkossa tai JAMK-tunnuksilla |Help

Theses

Finna.fi provides access to the theses of most of the Finnish universities. You can find theses in the universities' library databases and digital archives, too.

Theseus - online access to theses and publications from Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
Aaltodoc - Aalto University publication archive
JYX - Jyväskylä University Digital Archive

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations NDLTD
OATD - Open Access Thesis and Dissertations
PQDT Open - ProQuest Open Access Dissertations and Theses 
Repository66 - Repository Maps
CORE - world's open access research papers (e.g. theses and dissertations)

 

Articles and Databases

IEEE Xplore Digital Library Toimii JAMKin verkossa tai JAMK-tunnuksilla, IEEE/IET Electronic Library complete (IEL). IEEE Xplore provides full-text access to IEEE and IET transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings published since 1988 and all current IEEE Standards.

ABI/INFORM Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, international full-text article database (business, engineering, etc.)
EBSCO Engineering Source Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, full-text articles. Mobile version.
EBSCO Academic Search Elite Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, full-text articles. Mobile version.
EBSCO Business Source Elite Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, full-text articles in English. Mobile version.
Emerald Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, full-text articles on management, information science, and engineering.

E-books

Books24x7 ITPro Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password, e-books on technology topics covering databases, operating systems, programming languages, software engineering, and telecommunications
Dawsonera Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help|
eBook Collection (Ebsco) Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password
Ebook Central   Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help|
Knovel Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password. Thousands of e-books and reference books from several subject areas in engineering and technology.
Google Books

More literature

arXiv.org, ArXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology
Google Scholar, a freely accessible search engine for scholarly literature. Google Scholar quick guide
CiteSeerX, an evolving scientific literature digital library and search engine that focuses primarily on literature in computer and information science.

Remote Access

You can use most of JAMK Library’s e-books and databases via Janet at home or on the road. Log into Janet using your JAMK ID.

EtäkäyttöIn the information source guides the pink key symbol next to a database title signals that logging in with a JAMK ID is required.

Standards and Patents

 SFS Online Toimii JAMKin verkossa tai JAMK-tunnuksilla, electronic standards of the Finnish Standards Association SFS. Incl. ISO-27000 Series 1-5   

IEEE/IEE Standards  Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password 
ISO |Help|
PSK standards Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password

Patents

Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH)
Espacenet
Patent databases
EPO (European Patent Office) e-learning centre
PATENTSCOPE Publications (WIPO Guide to Using Patent Information; Finding Technology Using Patents)

Statistics

Eurostat  Stastical office of the European Union
Research.fi Statistics on Finnish science and innovation activities
Statistics Finland
Statistics by The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries
Statistics by the Finnish Forest Industries

Company and market information

ABI/INFORM Collection (ProQuest) Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help|
Business Source Elite (Ebsco) Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help|
Passport (Euromonitor) Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help| |Blog|
Fonecta Targeting Engine  Kohdistamiskone B2B Accessible in the JAMK network or off-campus with a JAMK user name and password |Help|
Finnish Business Information System (YTJ)

Pohjolainen Pirjo

Informaatikko, Information Specialist
Kirjasto, Library
Hallinto, Administration
+358408233805

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