What is Finna?

Finna.fi

Finna.fi provides free access to material from Finnish museums, libraries and archives.

You can browse and read material available on the web.

You can also renew loans and request material from various libraries in one place.

Finna.fi is your one stop destination for searching the freely available material provided by the partner organisations.

Other Finna search services

Finna is a collection of search services that include several sites in addition to the nationwide finna.fi site. The content included in any organisation-specific site is usually limited to the material of the organisation in question.

Finna is continuously evolving, and it is gradually replacing the user interfaces of all Finnish libraries, archives and museums. At the moment, more than 300 organisations are involved in Finna, the following of which have opened their own Finna search functions:

Public libraries
Archives
Museums
University of applied sciences libraries
University libraries
Joint libraries
Special libraries
Regional views

Public libraries

Blanka libraries

blanka.finna.fi

South Ostrobothnia libraries

eepos.finna.fi

Heili Libraries

heili.finna.fi

Kirkes Libraries

kirkes.finna.fi

Kuopio City Library

kuopio.finna.fi

Kyyti Libraries

kyyti.finna.fi

Lapin kirjasto

lapinkirjasto.finna.fi

Lastu Libraries

lastu.finna.fi

Louna-kirjastot

louna.finna.fi

Lukki libraries

lukki.finna.fi

Lumme-kirjastot

lumme.finna.fi

OUTI-kirjastot

outi.finna.fi

Satakirjastot Libraries

satakirjastot.finna.fi

Somero City Library

somero.finna.fi

Sotkamo Public Library

sotkamo.finna.fi

Vaara-kirjastot

vaara.finna.fi

Vaski Libraries

vaski.finna.fi

Museums

Espoo City Museum

ekm.finna.fi

Helsinki City Museum

hkm.finna.fi

Helsinki City Museum

hkm.finna.fi/elanto

The Hotel and Restaurant Museum

hrm.finna.fi

Lappeenranta museums

lappeenrannanmuseot.finna.fi

Museums

museot.finna.fi

Sámi Museum Siida

siida.finna.fi

Satakunta Museum

satakunnanmuseo.finna.fi

Finnish Aviation Museum

ilmailumuseo.finna.fi

The Finnish Museum of Horology

kellomuseo.finna.fi

Finnish Toy Museum Hevosenkenkä

lelumuseohevosenkenka.finna.fi

The Finnish Railway Museum

rautatiemuseo.finna.fi

Sports Museum of Finland

urheilumuseo.finna.fi

Vantaa City Museum

vantaankaupunginmuseo.finna.fi

University of applied sciences libraries

Arcada library

arcada.finna.fi

Centria-kirjasto

centria.finna.fi

Diaconia UAS Library

diak.finna.fi

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

haagahelia.finna.fi

Humak University of Applied Sciences

humak.finna.fi

0/HAMK/

hamk.finna.fi

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

janet.finna.fi

South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences

kaakkuri.finna.fi

Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulu

kamk.finna.fi

Karelia University of Applied Sciences

karelia.finna.fi

Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu

masto.finna.fi

Lapland University of Applied Sciences

luc.finna.fi/lapinamk

Lappeenranta Academic Library

wilma.finna.fi/saimia

Laurea Library

laurea.finna.fi

Metropolia Library collections

metropolia.finna.fi

Oulun ammattikorkeakoulun kirjasto

oamk.finna.fi

Satakunta University of Applied Sciences

samk.finna.fi

Savonia University of Applied Sciences

savonia.finna.fi

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Library

seamk.finna.fi

TAMK

tamk.finna.fi

Tritonia Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu

tritonia.finna.fi/vamk

Tritonia Yrkeshögskolan Novia

tritonia.finna.fi/novia

Turun ammattikorkeakoulu

turkuamk.finna.fi

University libraries

Aalto University Learning Centre

aalto.finna.fi

Helka Libraries

helka.finna.fi

University of Eastern Finland

uef.finna.fi

University of Jyväskylä

jyu.finna.fi

The National Library

kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi

University of Lapland

luc.finna.fi/ulapland

Lappeenranta Academic Library

wilma.finna.fi/lut

National Defence University

mpkk.finna.fi

Oulun yliopisto

oula.finna.fi

Svenska handelshögskolan

hanken.finna.fi

University of the Arts Helsinki

uniarts.finna.fi

TAU Hervanta and Pori

tut.finna.fi

TAU Linna and Arvo

tamcat.finna.fi

Tampere University

tuni.finna.fi

Tritonia svenska handelshögskolan

tritonia.finna.fi/hanken

Tritonia Vaasan yliopisto

tritonia.finna.fi/uva

Tritonia Åbo Akademi

tritonia.finna.fi/abo

University of Turku

utu.finna.fi

Åbo Akademis bibliotek

abo.finna.fi

Joint libraries

Lapin korkeakoulukirjasto

luc.finna.fi

Lappeenranta Academic Library

wilma.finna.fi

Tritonia

tritonia.finna.fi

Special libraries

Library of Parliament

eduskunnankirjasto.finna.fi

Finnish Literature Society

finlit.finna.fi

Statistics Finland

tilastokeskus.finna.fi

National Repository Library

vaari.finna.fi

Regional views

Jyväskylän kirjastot

jyvaskyla.finna.fi

At the moment, some Finnish libraries, archives and museums are yet to join Finna, but new ones keep enlisting. Our goal is that most national memory organisations, including all public libraries, will adopt Finna by 2020. If your library, archive or museum is not yet a Finna organisation, please contact their customer service.

Digital resources

International, scientific e-materials

The university of applied sciences and university library Finna sites contain international, scientific and electronic library material compiled and provided by an outsourced party for a fee. Most of this material is limited to students and staff of the institutions of higher education in question. Access the digital resources by logging in to your library's Finna website using the username provided by your institution of higher education.

Finna replaced Nelli

The Nelli portal, used by libraries to offer digital resources, particularly magazines, was one of the services replaced by Finna. Nelli was phased out from all Finnish libraries by the end of 2016. Nowadays, these digital resources are available from your library’s local Finna website or other service provided by your library for this purpose. Contact your library’s customer services team for more information.

Finna is much more than a search service

Through Finna, you can not only search for material, but also gain access to it. Currently, the following libraries provide functions for reserving material, renewing loans and other activities in Finna:

After logging in to Finna these functions are available to you with a library card for the library in question.

An application for browsing archive material, that requires permission to use, can be made through links found in Finna content data.

In the future, digital museum services will also be available in Finna.

About Finna

User rights

Finna’s catalogue data are freely available, but statutory or contractual restrictions may apply to the digital images and back cover texts displayed in Finna, as well as to the digital content and metadata linked to in Finna. Read more about user rights.

The Finna API

The open interface of the finna.fi service at api.finna.fi brings the metadata produced by participating libraries, archives and museums to the public. This interface also includes links to images and other material that is provided through the finna.fi service, but may be under use restrictions.

Development of Finna

Finna will be developed gradually as new organisations join the service. The beta version of the service was launched in December 2012 and the first official version in October 2013. If you cannot find the information that you are searching for in Finna, check back later to see if it has been added.

Organisations responsible for Finna

The National Library of Finland bears the main responsibility for developing and maintaining Finna, but the actual development work is carried out together with Finna partners. The archives, libraries and museums involved in Finna are responsible for its content. Finna was created as a part of the National Digital Library project (2008-2017) of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Finna software

Finna has been constructed using VuFind and other open-source software, and its source code is freely available to all.

Search

What is Finna?

Finna.fi

Other Finna search services

Digital resources

International, scientific e-materials

Finna replaced Nelli

Finna is much more than a search service

About Finna

User rights

The Finna API

Development of Finna

Organisations responsible for Finna

Finna software