Books & audiobooks
OverDrive
Books mainly in English, but also a smaller collection of fiction in Swedish and Finnish.
A specially good English collection of youth and young
adult fiction.
Naxos Spoken Word Library
Listen to audiobooks online in English or German.
Ellibs
Fiction in Finnish and Swedish for all ages. A small collection in English.
Streaming services
Cineast
Watch up to four films per month.
Newspapers
Remotely accessible newspapers
Remotely accessible newspapers can be read whenever, wherever! All you need is your library card and your pincode.
ePress magazines (remote)
A selection of over 40 Finnish magazines - read anytime and anywhere!
PressReader
More than 6000 newspapers and magazines in e-versions from
approximately 100 different countries and in 60 languages.
Suomen Turku
Travel back in time with Suomen Turku, a regional magazine covering Turku-related issues,
volumes 1959-1979 are digitized. In Finnish and Swedish.
Newspapers you can read in the library
The newspapers below are only accessible in any Vaski library you visit, not remotely. You don't need a library card to use these services.
ePress newspapers
Turun Sanomat and dozens of other national newspapers in Finnish and Swedish
in digital form. Only available in the library.
PressReader
More than 6000 newspapers and magazines in e-versions from
approximately 100 different countries and in 60 languages.
Music
Naxos Music Library
Naxos Music Library is a service specialized in art music.
Naxos Music Library Jazz
Enter a treasury of jazz music.
Naxos Music Library World
A wide range of World music, from legendary historical musical performances to contemporary world music.
Naxos Video Library
Listen to and watch performances of art music. Concerts, operas, ballets and documentaries.
Picks from E-resources
Find inspirational material from Vaski libraries' e-resources!
News
Need help?
E-books are easy to carry with and you can borrow an audio book even when travelling by bus. The library is now with you wherever you go.
As a customer of a Vaski-library you can easily read e-books and e-magazines, or listen to music. All you need is a library card and a PIN code. Most e-books you can read in the browser - you don't need any reader application or an Adobe ID account.
The loan period for e-books is max 2 weeks and the loans get returned automatically in the end of the loan period. You can not get any overdue charges.
Frequently asked questions
Free e-resources online
You can find a lot of materials free of charge online. Here you can find links to books and other materials, mostly classic and older literature. Please note that the content of this box varies depending on which language you are using the web library in. These materials are not included in the Vaski libraries’ collection, so you do not need your library card to access them.
Don't forget to check out our longer list of free e-resources! The list is written in Finnish, but includes material in English and other languages, as well.
Project Gutenberg
Classical literature in several languages.
Digital Book Index
A wide range of books in English. Both fiction and non-fiction.
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
American and English literature as well as Western philosophy.
Directory of Open Access Books
Academic peer-reviewed books and texts ranging from art and economics to technology.
Internet Archive
Links to millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
Europeana
Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks and more.
International Children’s Digital Library
This site strives to provide children from all over the world with books in their first language.
