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How long bears sleep in winter season? 1048 The encyclopedia britannica says that most bears sleep in the winter time a long period. I found a finnish Intersite about bears which describes winter sleep as follows: The winter sleep durates about a half a year, bears enter their winter locations between september-november and awaken between march and may. These are the conditions in Finland and much depends off course in how could/warm the wheather is.
Do you hold a list of the publishing companies in Helsinki? Would like to know who the top 5 publishing companies are in Helsinki, Finland. 1047 The Finnish publishing companies can be found on the internet http://booknet.cultnet.fi/kustant/ It's a bit hard to rank them, but here is the ranking list The WSOY Group is Finland's largest publishing house and the market leader in general literature and educational materials: http://www.wsoy.fi/ The Edita Group: http://www1.edita.fi/ Gummerus Kustannus Oy http://www.gummerus.fi/kustannus/ Otava publishing company http://www.otava.fi/ and Weilin+Göös Oy http://www.wg.fi/ Kustannusosakeyhtiö Tammi http://www.tammi.net/ Some of the publishing companies homepages contain the information only in finnish. If you are looking for publishing companies which specialise on some area, e.g. medicine then then the ranking list would be would be…
I have recently read a danish book: Biblioteket i byudviklingen (library in city development) by Casper Hvenegaard Rasmussen. He has a picture from af library… 1045 Here's some pictures from Library 10: http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/kirjasto10/kuvia/ Maybe the same pictures? You can contact to Library 10 and ask more, here is contact information: http://www.lib.hel.fi/en-GB/kirjasto10/yhteystiedot/
What is Lake Wobegon Effect? 1042 Here is a defition from Word Spy, http://www.wordspy.com/2003/08/lake-wobegon-ef.html Lake Wobegon effect n. The tendency to treat all members of a group as above average, particularly with respect to numerical values such as test scores or executive salaries; in a survey, the tendency for most people to describe themselves or their abilities as above average. Also: Lake Woebegon effect, Lake Woebegone effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect contains refetences to literature Alicke, M. D., & Govorun, O. (2005). The better-than-average effect. In Alicke, M. D., D. A. Dunning & J. I. Krueger, The Self in Social Judgment New York: Psychology Press. (ISBN 978-1-84169-418-4) Kruger, J. (1999). Lake Wobegon be gone! The…
I have a document (in very bad condition) from my Great Grandmother.The date is 1895. Its a small booklet. About 4" X 6" in size< and looks very official. At… 1041 It seems that you have found your great grandmothers passport. The texts mean both passport, the first one in Swedish ( PASS FOR UTRIKES RESA.) and the second in Finnish(MATKAPASSI ULKOMAILLE). You will find information about genealogy and research in Finland in the Internetsite of the Genealogical Society of Finland, http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm . Maybe the site of the Institute of Migration would also be of some interest to you, http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.php .
How many works does Shakespeare write? 1039 There's no exact answer to your question. William Shakespeare probably wrote more plays than we know today, because some of his plays are lost. Shakespeare existing oeuvre consists of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 longer poems and some other poems. More information: http://www.shakespeare-online.com/ (all the plays and poems here) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare
Hallo, I've heard about the Senior Surf Day on October 8th. Do you have a short explenation about that event? And how many libraries took part in there? 1036 The Senior Surf Day has held in Finland for some years as a part of the senior citizens week. In that day the elderly people got to know the information technology (computers, smartphone, tablet computers and the services of internet) in many libraries and service centres all over the Finland. More than a hundred events was organized in 2013. In some places there was over a hundred participants and in some places just some. The event is organized by The Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged (Vanhustyön keskusliitto). You can see the libraries and and service centres from the website of the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged. Unfortunately the print is just in Finnish or Swedish: http://www.vtkl.fi/fin/seniorsurf/
I am undertaking research into printers and publishers of early Finnish picture postcards from 1900 to 1930. One particular publisher, S& K Kouvola, reproduced… 1034 Information of this kind was difficult to find, i tried to look in books about finnish postcards, but did'nt find your publisher on the publishers list (it contained only the most important publishers). Maby these addresses could be helpful, the first one is a club for stamp and postcard-collectors in Kouvola, Kouvolan Postimerkkikerho ry, http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.ravi/index4.html , the second one is the society for the finnish postcard collectors, Suomen Postikorttiyhdistys Apollo ry, http://www.postikorttiyhdistys.org . There is a Postmuseum in Finland, and they have a special library, Postimuseon kirjasto, address: Postimuseo, Kirjasto, PL 167, 00101 HELSINKI Telephone: 0204 51 4771, or 0204 51 5262 Telefax: 0204 51 5263 email:…
I have my library card. How do I reserve the book? 1033 1. You can reserve material through the Helmet portal. Find the book that you want to reserve by entering the search term in Search for Items, then click Request it. You are asked to log in by entering your library number and your PIN code. Once you have done that, you can choose the library where you want to pick up your book. You can make your choice from the drop-down menu presented. If you do not, the book will be sent to your default library. 2. Alternatively, you can phone any of the Helmet libraries and ask the staff to reserve the book for you. You will be asked for your library card number. You can find the library phone numbers under Libraries on the helmet.fi page. 3. If you want to…
Can I return the books from one library to another? Thank you. 1031 You can return the material to any Helmet library during its opening hours. http://www.helmet.fi/Preview/en-US/Info/Using_the_library/HelMet_librar… http://www.helmet.fi/Preview/en-US
I am searching for a complete list of which finnish authors (novels) who have been translated into danish! Can you please help me???? 1029 Thank you for your enquiry. The complete list of Danish translations of Finnish novels and poems is listed on Finnish Literature Society's webpage. The database is maintained by FILI (Finnish Literature Exchange). The address is following: http://dbgw.finlit.fi/fili/kaan.php You should just choose "Tanska" (=Danish) from the "Käännöksen kieli" (=the language of translation) menu. Then you have to click grey button "Hae" (=search) below. As a result you will have all the Danish translations of Finnish literature from year 1845 to 2006. FILI has also new unfinished database that lists all the published translations from the year 2007. There is also English version of that new database: http://dbgw.finlit.fi/kaannokset/index.php?lang=ENG In…
What is the iso vihan aika? I have seen it mentioned many times in Finnish histories but it has never been explained. 1027 "Isoviha" is the certain period in Sweden-Finland's history between 1700-1721. You can read more about Finland's history in http://www.finland.fi/finfo/english/
I am an Egyptian student , I am doing my master in Library and Information science, My theses is about (Egyptian public libraries web sites on Internet). In my… 1026 I assume that your question concerns the Libraries.fi(Kirjastot.fi)-web site (http://www.kirjastot.fi , http://www.biblioteken.fi , http://www.libraries.fi ). This website was originally the website of Finnish Public Libraries. Presently there are also other Libraries in the service, that is why it now is the Website of Finnish Libraries. It was published for the first time june 1995. The first problem that you face is the fact that our english website is only a very much shortened version of the finnish and the swedish websites. So if you want to compare your Egyptian website with the Finnish one, you would have to explore the finnish version of the site. Some information about Kirjastot.fi can be read in the infopage, http://www.…
Which countries have the biggest number of Nobel Prize winners in literature fields. 1026 The Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to 105 persons between 1901-2008. The countries who have most Nobel Prize in Literature laureates are: 1. France (13) 2. United States (12) 3. United Kingdom (9) 4. Germany (8) 5. Italy (6) Sweden (6) 7. Poland (5) Spain (5) 9. Ireland (4) 10.Denmark (3) 10.Norway (3) 12.Japan (2) Greece (2) Chile (2) South Africa (2) Switzerland (2) 21 countries have one Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. More detailed information: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lan_nob_pri_in_lit_mos_awa_cou_lau-li… http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/
I'd like to ask whether the newspaper "European Voice" is available at any library in Helsinki metropolitan area, either in paper format or through web access… 1026 The newspaper European Voice is not part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries (Helmet) collections. We have in use PressDisplay, which offers over 2,000 newspapers online, unfortunately European Voice is not included in the service.
Definition of Chat Reference Service? 1025 Chat service is online service. You can discuss in real time. And if we talk for example about library chat, you'll get the answer immediately without waiting as by email. One chat definition : "Chat service refers to online, interactive, remote transactions with patrons" (see : http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~matthewm/survey.html ) Information of chat services and products you can find here: http://www.247ref.org
I am looking for a library in Myyrmäki preferably, because Ii have a document I would like to download from my email, then print and fax. Is it possible to do… 1024 Hello, yes, it is possible. Access to internet is free, prints 0,40 € /page and fax 3 € (first page, then 2 € /page). Please note that we cannot send faxes internationally. The nearest place from which an international fax can be sent is from Citizen Service (Yhteispalvelupiste).
How can I get solved problems in numerical analysis in the topics 1 nonlinear systems 2 partial defriential equations 3 partial differential equation 1023 I suggest you study books on mathematics. For example the next ones deal with the subjects you mentioned. Stoer, Josef: Introduction to numerical analysis, New York : Springer-Verlag, 1980 Advances in numerical analysis Volume 1 : Nonlinear partial differential equations and dynamical systems / edited by Will Light Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1991 Pap, Endre: Partial differential equations through examples and exercises, Dordrecht : Boston : Kluwer Academic , cop. 1997 Gustafson, Karl E.: Introduction to partial differential equations and Hilbert space methods, Mineola : Dover, 1999 DiBenedetto, Emmanuele: Partial differential equations You can also search these terms in the Internet. Wikipedia e.g. gives these results: http://en.…
I have references to books available in the "Kirjasto" library in Finland. Which library in Finland might this refer to ? Is the Kirjasto library catalog on… 1022 "Kirjasto" is library in finnish. Is there any other information about the library in your reference list? The Finnish Library Services on the web: http://www.libraries.fi/default.asp?_item_id=249&_lang_id=EN
Dear Reader, I am from Taiwan, R.O.C. I am researching your library right now. Could you provide any information to help me study your library? Questions are:… 1021 The answers to most of your questions concerning the librariers in Finland can be found on the websites of the public libraries and the scientific libraries. The public libraries: http://www.libraries.fi/default.asp?_item_id=249&_lang_id=EN Under the titles Library Branch and Libraries on http://www.libraries.fi/page.asp?_item_id=255 Please note the link to the Ministry of Education in particular. The research libraries: http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/tilke/indexeng.html