The Cultural Research Collection

More than half of the collection is placed on the open access shelves – D-H and D-H.ak (books) and Di (newspapers). You can pick up the material from the ground floor of the library.

Foreign books published before 1970 (D-H.v and D-H.au) and foreign journals published before 2000 (Di.v) are placed in the closed stacks. The material must be ordered for use in advance. Read more: Reservations and retrieval requests from closed stacks.

You can check title- and item-specific location information at SKS Finna or Helka.

For the most part, information on the material belonging to the collection can be found in SKS Finna. Its default search targets the library’s collection catalogue in the Helka database and SKS’s digital library in the Doria service.

However, some materials, including much of the small print, are not listed in the database. If you are looking for cultural research material published before 1990 and you cannot find it in SKS Finna, ask the library staff about availability.

Most of the material can be borrowed.

However, the following materials are available for use on the library premises only:

You can check title- and item-specific availability in SKS Finna or Helka.

The e-collection includes Finnish and international

You can search and browse our e-material in SKS Finna.