Current journals of the core collection are situated in Terkko s scientific living room on the first floor. Loans All the books, periodicals and journals are available for loan except the reference books and the journals published this year or last year. In order to borrow material from Terkko, you must have a Helka loan card, which you get from our service desk. This card is valid in all the Helsinki University libraries. The staff at the service desk gives loans, but there are also automatic loan machines.
Loan periods vary according to the material.
Normally books are lent for a period of 28 days and older periodicals for 7 days, but some students course books are lent only for 2 days, some course books for the whole term. The library staff gives exact information on loan periods. Borrowed material must be returned on the due date, otherwise the library sends a reminder and collects an overdue fee. The loans can be renewed in the library or by telephone unless someone else has reserved the material. Reservations can be made in the library or by telephone.