Where to look for information? Explore Laurea's information search interfaces. These consist of proprietary services, purchased services and general search interfaces that can be used to search the content of licensed article databases paid for by Laurea. Once you understand something of how they work and what they are designed to do, you will be better able to find material relevant to your topic.

Laurea's information retrieval interfaces are as follows:

Laurea Finna information search service laurea.finna.fi
Laurea Finna is an information search service where you can search for electronic and printed material, books and articles in the same interface. The service works as a traditional library database, but also as a metasearch service for several article databases paid for by Laurea.
LibGuides information search guides libguides.laurea.fi
Each field of study has its own information search guide which contains the main sources on the subject and links to databases purchased by Laurea for students of the field. The service can be accessed from the library's website, from the student intranet and from the top bar of Laurea Finna.
Google Scholar scholar.google.com
Google's academic search engine that also allows you to search databases purchased by Laurea for student use.

Laurea's search interfaces work for different needs.

Finna search works for book search and for a "quick and dirty" article search - you can get started quickly. With LibGuides, you can go deeper into information retrieval using the databases' own search interfaces. Google Scholar works like Finna's article search as a single search across multiple databases. It is often worth using more than one search interface.

In this module (Module 2) you will learn about the logic behind the Laurea search interfaces.

What about the Tuudo library service?

Laurea students can create an electronic library card in the Tuudo mobile app. Through Tuudo, you can receive due date reminders on your mobile phone and view your loans and reservations. There is a 24-hour delay for notification of incoming reservations. However, Tuudo is not an actual library search interface, so it is not a good idea to try to do an actual search in Tuudo for a thesis or other serious project.