Tritonia Finna received excellent feedback from users

Tritonia Finna is a search service that brings together the diverse electronic resources of the institutions of higher education and the printed materials of Tritonia in one place. In 2024, more than 1.09 million searches were made through Tritonia Finna. The search service was evaluated in 2025 as part of the Finna user survey organized by the National Library of Finland.

Tritonia Finna has strengthened its position as a reliable partner for students and researchers – a useful, functional, and widely used service that supports learning and research. The service is regarded as a key tool for studying and research. Usage at is very active, as 69 % of users use the service at least weekly, and 92 % at least monthly. Only a small proportion of users (7 %) use the service less frequently than once a month.

The service is considered useful and easy to use

The usability of the search service receives praise. 95 % of respondents agree that the service is useful, and 90 % find it easy to use. Time savings are also emphasized: more than 85 % of respondents feel that the service speeds up information retrieval.

The overall rating of the service increased compared to previous years: users gave a score of 8.4, and a large proportion would recommend the service to others. The recommendation index NPS (Net Promoter Score) is 42, which is a good result. More than 97 % of respondents reported that they usually find the material they are looking for in Tritonia Finna.

Open comments highlight ease of use, clarity, and comprehensiveness: “The search service is great and makes life easier!” and “It works and runs smoothly.” The service is praised for being fast and user-friendly.

We thank all respondents for participating in the survey! Tritonia Finna is part of the Finna service developed and maintained by the National Library of Finland. We will continue to develop the search service in cooperation with the National Library and other service providers and are happy to receive feedback and suggestions for improvement.

Staff and students at the institutions of higher education can influence the collections of Tritonia by making acquisition requests and can get support for using Tritonia Finna and its resources by utilizing the Library Guides (for example, Tritonia Finna video guides) or by contacting the library.

Library services at the turn of the year

The library is closed 22 December 2025 – 4 January 2026.

Customer service is available on weekdays at loans@uwasa.fi even when the library is closed.

The information service will also be open on December 22–23 from 9–12.

Interlibrary loans service is closed 17 Dec – 4 Jan.

Research support, Osuva, SoleCris, Acquisitions and Publishing services are closed 22 December – 6 January.

Access to the library with an access card every day from 6–24, including Christmas holidays.

Exceptional opening hours in December and January

The library will be open as follows in late 2025 and early 2026:

Fri 5 Dec at 8–16 (customer service at 11–16)

Mon 22 Dec 2025 – Sun 4 January 2026 closed

Mon 5 Jan at 8–16 (customer service at 11–16)

Tues 6 Jan closed (Epiphany)

Tritonia Allegro is closed Mon 22 Dec 2025 – Tues 6 Jan 2026.

The library premises are in use with an access key everyday from 6–24.

Loans will not fall due during 22 Dec 2025 – 8 Jan 2026.

Return to normal opening hours on 7 January.

Happy Holidays!

Keenious Plus AI tool now available for University of Vaasa

University of Vaasa has acquired the AI tool Keenious Plus. Keenious is an AI-based information retrieval tool for searching articles. You can feed Keenious with text, questions or give it a PDF article to analyse. Keenious does not store or copy the analysed text. 

The analysis provides you with recommendations for relevant articles. You can narrow down your search results by selecting topics, entering your own keywords, or applying filters. Keenious uses data from OpenAlex, a large international and multidisciplinary database of scientific publications.

As of the coming update (August 25, 2025), Keenious functions as an interactive conversational tool that users can engage with to refine searches and explore related topics. It does not summarize or generate text on behalf of the user.

When a publication recommended by Keenius is openly available, an open access icon and a link to the article will appear in the search results. Use the Check UWASA Access link to check if the article is included in the university's subscriptions:

Keenius can be used either in a web browser or in a word processor. To start using the tool, sign up at https://keenious.com/auth/sign-up?institution=uwasa. Enter your University of Vaasa email address in the format username@uwasa.fi. Once you have registered for an account, you can access the tool at https://keenious.com/ via the link in Tritonia-Finna. 

The Keenious add-in is available for both Microsoft Word and Google Docs. It enables you to search for relevant articles while working on your text. Click here for more information on installing the add-in.

Keenious offers monthly webinars that are open to all users. Click here to view the upcoming webinar schedule and register. A dedicated session for University of Vaasa users will be organized during the autumn. More details will be shared later.

More information:

• Instructions are available at https://keenious.com/ and in the Help Center
• Keenious Short Intro - a demo of the tool after the August update (Youtube video, duration: 6 min 28 sec)
• Please read through the Privacy Policy and Terms of use 

Please send your questions and feedback on the tool to: infoservice@uwasa.fi

PressReader available at VAMK - Read newspapers and magazines from all over the world

VAMK University of Applied Sciences will have access to PressReader for the remainder of 2025. PressReader contains over 7,000 newspapers and magazines from all over the world, including The Guardian, Newsweek, etc. In addition to newspapers, there are trade journals
and magazines in several categories. Newspapers and magazines are available on the day of publication and up to 90 days back.

PressReader is available through VAMK Finna and LibGuides both on campus and remotely. 

PressReader can be accessed in a browser and via a mobile app.

More information is available in the Help Center.


For questions and feedback, please contact infoservice@uwasa.fi