Thank you for your concern! According to the acquisitions and cataloguing department of Helsinki City Library, the purchasing of books in Pashto is quite complicated. However, we have managed to get some material. The books are available after they have been processed for circulation (transliterating etc.).
Unfortunately I couldn't find any of those lists you required, but here are some useful websites for you:
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/
http://www.interpals.net/
http://www.sinkut.net/
Tampere City Library has limited resources to acquire medical literature in English, so we have only general books on aids in our collection.
Tampere University Library - http://www.uta.fi/laitokset/kirjasto/lib/ -has better book and journal collections in both medical and sociological fields.
Here are some book names You can ask from the Tampere University Library :
Author : Odiwuor, Wycliffe Humphrey
Title: HIV/AIDS and primary education in Kenya : effects and strategies
Stockholm : Stockholm University, 2000
and
Author Odiwuor, Wycliffe Humphrey
Title: The impact of HIV/AIDS on primary education : a case on selected districts of Kenya
Stockholm : Stockholm University, 2000
They also have several different databases You can use at that...
You are right - it isn't easy to find material in English on handicapped/disabled people in Finland. Something, however, can be found on the Internet, though most sites are only in Finnish and Swedish. You don't specify what sort of information you need or for what purpose, but I will try to give you some links:
http://www.invalidiliitto.fi/in_english.html, http://193.209.217.5/in/internet/english.nsf/NET/081101144154EH?openDoc…, http://www.stm.fi/Resource.phx/eng/subjt/socwe/disab/index.htx, http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/index_en.html
(for statistics). There is also an association of disabled people called Kynnys (Threshold). Their website, at http://www.kynnys.fi/, is unfortunately only in Finnish, but you can surely contact them directly...
Hello,
The web address of Yellow Pages in Finland (Keltaiset Sivut) is as follows:
http://www.keltaisetsivut.fi/gSks/.
The service is in Finnish language.
Names and addresses of enterprises and establishments by NACE code is
available from Statistics Finland, Register of Enterprises. The service is
available for payment. For further inquiries: yrek.stat.@stat.fi
In the following link is a good article about the librarian´s role. I hope the article will answer your question partially, at least.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/icsu/rowlandppr.htm
We have both audiotapes and cd- and cd-roms to lend.
Here are some names of those items. Our best collection is in the main library Metso (address : Pirkankatu 2). Please, ask the librarians to help You.
Please take this list with You.
1.LAURANTO, Yrjö : Kiva nähdä : puhutun kielen harjoituksia
2. BERG, Maarit : Kato hei : puhekielen alkeet
3.HEIKKILÄ, Satu : Hyvin menee : suomea aikuisille
4. HÄMÄLÄINEN, EILA :Suomen harjoituksia
5. KARANKO, MArjatta : Tottakai
6. LATOMAA, Sirkka : Mitä kuuluu? : suomen kielen kuuntelu- ja ääntämisharjoituksia
7. LENEY, Terttu : Finn talk :neljä, viisi, kuusi...
8. SILFVERBERG, Leena : Supisuomea
9. AALTIO, Maija-Hellikki : Finnish for foreigners 1-2 : oral drills
and many others basic and intermediate...
You will find good information
about the climate in Finland from the Finnish Meteorological Institute:
http://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/en/index.html
about the agriculture from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry: http://www.mmm.fi/english/
about the trade from the Ministry of Trade and Industry: http://www.ktm.fi/index.phtml?menu_id=1&lang=3
and accurate statistical information from numerous subjects from the website of Statistics Finland: http://www.tilastokeskus.fi/index_en.html
More information about Finland You will find for example from http://www.finland.fi/
There is collection of information available in English on Finland's public sector organizations and public services. Most of the information is from the online services...
Scottsdale public library has listed some books for 6th-graders: http://library.ci.scottsdale.az.us/kids/grade6.htm .
Some schools have made their own lists of recommended literature, for example http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/northbethesdams/lmp_reading.htm .
Some book pulblishers have also listed their suggestions: http://www.hedgehogbooks.com/cgi-local/cart/grade.cgi?grade=6 .
It’s not difficult to find more in the Internet using any search engine by using such search terms as ‘book lists’ and ‘6th grade’.
In Helsinki City Library librarians have listed book tips for each grade: http://www.lib.hel.fi/lastensivut/listat.htm#ya They are in Finnish, but there are some originally English books on the list for 5th and 6th grade pupils:...
How about for example free tree?
Hink pinks are riddles. The answers to the riddles are words that rhyme with each other and contain the same amount of syllables.
The sentence could be: "A Christmas decoration that has been donated to you is a free tree."
More information about hink pinks:
http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/wordplay/hinkpink.html
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/hink_
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=59…
Hello!
Unfortunately it`s very difficult to to get a job in a library in Finland if you don`t know finnish, even if you have education as an librarian. If you are e.g native english speaker, there are of course some possibilities to work in certain organizations or communities without knowing finnish. You could ask more at your nearest employment office.
http://www.mol.fi/english/employment/index.html
Hink pinks are riddles. The answers to the riddles are words that rhyme with each other and contain the same amount of syllables. Hink pinks have 1 syllable answers. A hinky pinky has 2 syllable answers. A hinkity pinkty has 3 syllable answers.
From these links you can find more information about hink pinks. http://www.uen.org/utahlink/activities/view_activity.cgi?activity_id=59…
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4455/hinks.html
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
Douglas Adams is a well known writer to us here. The Hitch-hiker's Guide is called "Linnunradan käsikirja liftareille" in finnish. The translator's name is Pekka Markkula.
The names of the translations of all Adams' works can be found in the National Bibliography of Finland at
http://fennica.linneanet.fi
Click on the title of a book to find the name of the original work and the name of the translator.
The next addresses may be of help to you in your work:
http://www.locusmag.com/Links/Portal.html
http://dir.lycos.com/Arts/Literature/Genres/Science_Fiction
http://www.umich.edu/~umfandsf/m_links.html#fsfresearch
http://sf.www.lysator.liu.se/sf_archive/sf_main.html
http://contento.best.vwh.net/0start.html
Good luck with your work!
You can find an inclusive list of Finnish schools at http://www.edu.fi/english/frontpage.asp?path=500 which is an educational portal published by the National Board of Education. The site provides a lot of information about the Finnish educational system and a directory of schools' home pages.
Jaakko Sarvela´s book Jaakko Ilkan suku printed in Ilmajoki by the Ilmajoki seura in 1979, 2.nd ed.in 1987 (ISBN: 951-99207-2-2) can be found in several libraries in Finland. I suggest you contact your local library and ask them to help you through the interlibrary lending system.
You can try to find information about your ancestors via the webpages of the Genealogical Society of Finland, http://www.genealogia.fi/indexe.htm .
The National Board of Antiquities Library is specializing in local history, http://www.nba.fi/LIBRARY/Infoeng.htm .
Institute of Migration (http://www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/index_e.htm .) has a service for genealogists and the descendants of Finnish Emigrants which is called The Emigrant Register. Sources include...
University of Helsinki Undergraduate library would be an expert to answer your question. http://www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/ugl/index.htm Ask A Librarian - The Online Reference Enquiry Service of Finnish Libraries is produced mostly by Finnish public libraries. Unfortunally Undergraduate library doesn't take part to this ask a librarian service.
In the undergraduate library web page there is an library tutorial also in english, so library is teaching information retrieval skills for students very well. http://www.opiskelijakirjasto.lib.helsinki.fi/ugl/index.htm The tutorial is a part of the Academic Information Skills Project at the City Campus
In order to get more information please contact the Undergraduate library. Contact...
This site has excellent information on hell bank notes in general:
http://www.luckymojo.com/hellmoney.html : “The word Hell was introduced to China … by Christian missionaries who claimed that non-converted Chinese folks were all "going to Hell" when they died -- and the Chinese, thinking "Hell" was the proper English term for the afterlife, adopted the word. Thus, Hell Bank Notes are simply Afterlife Monetary Offerings or Spirit Money. …when people die, their spirits or ghosts go to an afterlife where they continue to live on, doing the same sort of things why did while alive, eating, drinking, wearing clothes, playing with their children, and so forth. In order to ensure that they have lots of good things in the afterlife, their...
