Get a library card and borrow
You can borrow materials from all campus libraries with the free SAMK Library card.
- As a SAMK student, you can use your digital library card in Tuudo mobile app. You can get a plastic library card free of charge from the library, if you wish.
- As a visitor, please fill in a form to get a library card. Go to samk.finna.fi > Login > E-mail (visitors) > Sign up for a SAMK library card.
You should have an official ID card with you. The library card is your personal property and you are responsible for items borrowed with the card. You should return or renew the borrowed items by the due date to avoid overdue fines. Renew online in Finna or in the library. Return your loans to any campus library. Notify the library if your contact details change or you lose your card. The library will send overdue and other notices by e-mail to your e-mail address.
Log in to Finna discovery service when you have got your library card. You can renew, place holds and save favourites.
- As a SAMK student: Log in to Finna with your SAMK ID. Select Haka Login.
- As a visitor: Log in to Finna with your e-mail.
Library rules
As a library customer you accept our borrowing policies, loan periods, overdue fines, charges and code of conduct.
Find information
Find information for your studies. SAMK students have access to international databases and online resources.
In Finna Discovery Service you will find books, e-books, journals, theses and links to essential online resources and databases. Go to Finna and see E-resources menu for lists of databases and online resources.
Help and guidance
Our library staff will help you with printed and online collections. If you need quick guidance in information searching, please, contact our staff.
Learn information retrieaval skills and citing on Library Moodle.
Our book a librarian service, INFOtelakka is for SAMK students who need for example information for their theses. INFOtelakka offers personal assistance through appointments.
E-books
SAMK Library has purchased thousands of e-books from various publishers for students. There are links in Finna for course e-books and other online publications and theses. Use Finna to find a certain e-book or browse the collections. You can find freely available e-publications with Google or another search engine.
Online theses by SAMK students and other Universities of Applied Sciences are freely available at Theseus.fi.
E-books are available in several formats. You can often read a book directly on a web page or download it to your computer as a PDF file.
Commercial publishers' e-books are often protected and the free Adobe Digital Editions software is needed. Note that this is a different software than Adobe Reader.
Course books in accessible format for students with print disabilities
Students with print disabilities often need course books in accessible format. There are different options available.
Sometimes e-books in the university library’s collection are accessible with an assistive device or app. If not, Celia can provide accessible course books for studies in Finnish universities. Depending on the situation, Celia can either produce the course book for it’s own collection or provide access to an audio book in partner organization’s collection.
SAMK students should contact Pasi Lehto. See the staff search page.
Stay up-to-date with newspapers and magazines
SAMK students have access to thousands of online magazines, journals and newspapers from various publishers. There are also printed professional magazines in campus libraries for you to read and borrow.
Professional magazines
Check out the printed magazines and journals we subscribe to our campus libraries. You can find online magazines in Finna. Search for the magazine or journal title or use the international e-materials search in Finna to find online articles.
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