Databases A-Z
Databases
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- Academic Search Elite
- Sciences, humanities, general science, multicultural studies, education etc. Articles in full text
iPhone / iPad app for Academic Search Elite
Android app for Academic Search Elite - ACM Portal
- IT and programming. Full text, abstracts and bibliographical references from books, journals, proceedings and theses.
- ACS Publications
- Chemistry. Journal articles in full text.
- Agricola
- Agriculture, food and human nutrition, forestry and plant sciences. Mainly bibliographic citations.
- AIP (American Institute of Physics)
- Physics. Journal articles in full text.
- Amed
- Complementary medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy and Rehabilitation. Mainly bibliographic citations.
- American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 - 1955
- Dissertations in full text from American universities between 1933-1955.
iPhone / iPad app for American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 - 1955
Android app for American Doctoral Dissertations, 1933 - 1955 - APS (American Physical Society)
- Physics. Journals in full text
- Arbline
- The labour market and work environment. Mainly bibliographic citations. Swedish only.
- Artikelsök
- News Article Archive. Swedish only.
- Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
- Arts and Humanities. Citation indexing.
- bab.la Dictionary
- Dictionary with a several different languages
- MIMA - the Library Catalogue
- The Mid Sweden University Library catalogue
- MIMA MOBIL - the Library Catalogue
- The Mid Sweden University Library catalogue for mobiles
- Biological Sciences
- Biology and Medical Sciences. Mainly bibliographic citations.
- BMJ Journals
- Medicine and healthcare. Journal articles in full text.
iPhone / iPad app for BMJ Journals - Bothnica
- Bibliographic database covering emigration history of Northern Sweden. Swedish only.
- Branschnyckeltal från SCB
- Key figures for Swedish industries.
- Brill Online Books and Journals
- Full text from 140 journals
- BULB - Barn- och ungdomslitteraturbibliografin
- A bibliography of Swedish and foreign material, both books and articles about children's literature.
- Business Source Premier via EBSCO
- Country economic reports, company profiles and market research reports. Full text articles from scholarly publications and peer-reviewed journals.
iPhone / iPad app for Business Source Premier via EBSCO
Android app for Business Source Premier via EBSCO - Byggdoks kunskapsbank 1966-2006
- Bibliographic database covering building- and construction area. Swedish only.
- Cambridge Core
- E-books and academic journal articles in full text published by Cambridge University Press
- CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCO
- Nursing and allied health literature. Mainly bibliographic citations.
iPhone / iPad app for CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCO
Android app for CINAHL with Full Text via EBSCO - Cochrane Library
- Providing information and evidence to support decisions taken in health care and to inform those receiving care. Mainly full text articles.
- Collins Dictionaries
- Dictionaries in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
- Communication Source via EBSCO
- Features full text not found in other EBSCO academic databases.
iPhone / iPad app for Communication Source via EBSCO
Android app for Communication Source via EBSCO - Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI-Proceedings)
- Proceedings from various disciplines.
- Dawsonera
- E-books
- DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
- Provides search in major computer science journals and proceedings
- DiVA - Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet
- DiVA - theses and dissertations in full-text from Nordic universities.
- DiVA - Mittuniversitetets publikationer i Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet
- Mid Sweden University theses and dissertations in full-text from Nordic universities.
- DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journal
- Free access to full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
- E-nav SIS-standarder
- Standards in full text
- Ebrary
- E-books covering all subject areas
- EBSCOhost eBook collection (NetLibrary)
- A collection of e-books in a range of subjects via EBSCO
iPhone / iPad app for EBSCOhost eBook collection (NetLibrary)
Android app for EBSCOhost eBook collection (NetLibrary)/dd> - EconLit
- International economics literature. Bibliographic database with some links to full-text articles in economics journals.
iPhone / iPad app for EconLit
Android app for EconLit - Ediffah
- Search personal archives and manuscript collections in Swedish university libraries. Swedish only.
- ELSA
- The catalogue of the The Swedish Institute for Children's Books.
- Emerald
- Subjects covered include management, HRM, Marketing, Librarianship, Mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering. Full text database.
- Entrepreneurial Studies Source
- Entrepreneurship and small businesses. Journal articles in full text.
- Eric via EBSCO
- Education literature and resources. Full text and bibliographic citations.
iPhone / iPad app for Eric via EBSCO
Android app for Eric via EBSCO - Eric via ProQuest
- Education literature and resources. Full text and bibliographic citations.
- Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
- A resource that enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science.
- ETDEWEB World Energy Base
- Energy technology and all aspects of energy production. Mainly bibliographic citations but some full text.
- Ethnologue: languages of the world
- An encyclopaedic reference work cataloguing all 6.912 known living languages
- EU Bookshop
- Search and download all the publications of the European Union since 1952
- EurLex
- European Union law. Full text portal.
- European Views of the Americas: 1493 to 1750
- Bibliographic database covering European Works Relating to the Americas
- EUROSTAT
- Official statistics on EU and Member States and their partners from the Statistical Office of the European Communities
- Finna - research on the Swedish language in Finland
- Knowledge source about Swedish-speaking Finland, its history, traditions, literature, languages, everyday life and folk music.
- Folke Bernadottesamlingarna
- Documentation concerning Swedish peace efforts. Swedish only.
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Database of encyclopaedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research including psychology, health science and social studies.
- GENA (GENusAvhandlingar)
- Database of PhD theses in Women's Studies, Men's Studies and Gender Research in Sweden, from 1960 onwards.
- Gender Studies Database
- Citations and links to web sites covering Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Gender Studies.
- Geodata portal
- Digital maps
- GlobalGrant (Stora Fondboken)
- Scholarships, grants and charities.
- Google Scholar
- Google Scholar
- GreenFILE
- Reference database covering ecology and environmental issues.
- Historical Abstracts
- Reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present day. Bibliographic database.
- HUDOC - Europadomstolens databas
- The public information sources at the European Court of Human Rights.
- IEEE Books
- E-books from IEEE
- IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEL) via IEEE Xplore
- Technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics. Full text database.
- InformaWorld
- Comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. Full text journal articles.
- InfoTorg - Juridik
- Infotorg Juridik contains Swedish and European legal information.
- Ingenta
- Comprehensive collection of academic and professional publications. Bibliographic citations.
- INSPEC
- Scientific and technical literature in physics, electrical engineering, electronics, communications, control engineering, computers, computing, information technology, manufacturing, production and mechanical engineering. Mainly bibliographic citations with some full text.
- IOS Press
- Science, Technology and Medicine. Journal articles in full text.
- Journal Citation Reports, JCR
- Presents quantifiable statistical data that provides a systematic, objective way to evaluate the world's leading journals and their impact and influence in the global research community.
- Journal Citation Reports, JCR
- New version of JCR (in progress)
- Journals
- Journals subscribed to by the library.
- JP Studentnet social
- JSTOR
- Electronic access to back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. Full text articles.
- KVINNSAM
- Interdisciplinary database with gender perspective references in the Göteborg University Library collections.
- Geodata from Lantmäteriet
- Geodata for research, education and cultural activities
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer)
- E-book series covering computer science. Full text.
- Legislative Observatory
- The European Parliament Database for monitoring the EU decision making process
- Leisure Tourism
- Leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation information. Bibliographic references.
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Bibliographic database covering bibliometrics and information science.
- LIBRIS - National Library Systems
- LIBRIS contains almost 6 million titles from around 300 library units at Swedish university and research libraries, as well as about thirty public libraries. Here you can find books, periodicals, articles, maps, posters, printed music, electronic resources, etc.
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
- Citations and abstracts to literature on the nature, use, and teaching of language as well as linguistics, speech, communication, and related topics.
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Nursing and Health Professions Premier Collection
- Journal articles in fulltext.
- Literary Reference Center Plus
- Comprehensive literary reference resource and full-text database.
- MathSciNet
- Reviews of mathematical research literature. Bibliographic citations.
- Mediearkivet (Retriever Research)
- Current news media archives. Swedish only.
- Miljödataportalen
- Maps
- MIMA - the Library Catalogue
- The Mid Sweden University Library catalogue
- MLA International Bibliography via EBSCO
- Literature and modern languages, including biographies, bibliographies and periodical articles.
iPhone / iPad app for MLA International Bibliography via EBSCO
Android app for MLA International Bibliography via EBSCO
- NAD - Nationell arkivdatabas
- National Archives Database. Information about archives in Sweden, historical topographic divisions and contact information for Archival Institutions.
- National Criminology Justice (NCJRS)
- Contains summaries of the more than 210,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse publications.
- The National Encyclopedia
- National Encyclopedia online. Swedish only.
- Norart : norske tidskriftsartiklar
- Reference citations to articles from Norwegian and some Nordic periodicals and yearbooks - special coverage for theology and the health and social fields; Norway and Norwegian affairs (from some foreign periodicals).
- Nordic Base of Early Childhood Education and Care (NB-ECEC)
- Bibliographic database covering Scandinavian research in pedagogy and children in early childhood education and care.
- Nordicom
- Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research.
- Norsk Samisk bibliografi
- Norwegian Sami bibliography. Covers fiction and all subject areas, but particularly local history and biographical history.
- Open Access, longitudinella databaser
- Mainly longitudinal databases for research, published by Linköping University Electronic Press.
- Ord.se - Norstedts engelska ord
- English - Swedish and Swedish - English dictionary.
- OTseeker (Occupational Therapy)
- Evidence-based database covering occupational therapy
- Oxford English Dictionary
- OED online for definitions of words or phrases. English only.
- Oxford Journals
- Oxford Journals Online in full text. Electronic backfiles as bibliographic citations.
- Oxford Reference Online
- English dictionaries, thesauruses, English language references, subject references.
- Palgrave Connect
- E-books within pedagogy, communication and politics.
- Paperbase
- Database covering the pulp and paper industries. Bibliographic citations
- PEDro (the Physiotherapy Evidence Database)
- Bibliographic database covering Evidence-Based Physiotherapy
- Physical Education Index
- Citation information and abstracts to journal articles about physical education and related disciplines (sports, sports medicine, dance, coaching, fitness, motor learning, etc.)
- PILOTS
- Bibliographic database covering post-traumatic stress
- PreLex
- The European Commission database on inter-institutional procedures
- Primo
- Search digital and printed media to which the library has access
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I
- Bibliographic database with citations and abstracts from dissertations and theses
- ProQuest Psychology
- Common entrance to CSA:s databases in psychology; PsycArticles and PsycInfo.
- ProQuest Social Sciences
- Common entrance to CSA:s databases in social science and behavioural science; Eric, PsycInfo, Social services abstracts and Sociological abstracts.
- PsycArticles
- Full text journal articles from authoritative journals in the psychological sciences.
- PsycInfo
- Psychology, medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business and law. Mainly bibliographic citations.
- Pubmed (Medline)
- Medicine, healthcare and odontology. Mainly bibliographic citations.
Mobile version of Pubmed (Medline)
iPhone / iPad app for Pubmed (Medline)
Android app for Pubmed (Medline)
- RAPID
- Press releases from all the institutions of the European Union
- Reaxys
- Information on essential, relevant and actionable chemical data
- Retriever Research/Mediearkivet
- Current news media archives. Swedish only.
- Riksdagen Dokument
- Succeeding Rixlex. The Swedish Government's full text database.
- Rikstermbanken/ Sweden's National Term Bank
- Terms and definitions from a vast collection of subjects.
- Safari Books Online
- E-books within computer science
- SAGE Knowledge
- Social science eBook platform, where you will find an expansive range of SAGE eBook and eReference content.
- SAGE Premier
- Full text, multidisciplinary.
- SCB - Statistical database
- Statistics Sweden.
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- Bibliographic references and citation index in natural science, medicine and technology
- ScienceDirect
- Scientific, technical and medical peer-reviewed journals in full text.
- Scifinder Scholar with Chemical Abstracts
- Chemical and related scientific information. Bibliographic citations.
- SCOPUS
- Bibliographic references and citations, multidisciplinary.
- SIS-standarder (E-nav)
- Standards in full text
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
- Social science disciplines.
- Social Services Abstracts
- Bibliographic coverage on social work and related areas.
- Sociological Abstracts
- Bibliographic references in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioural sciences
- Sondera
- Search simultaneously in LIBRIS, NAD and Swedish media database.
- SPIE Digital Library
- Optics and photonics applied research.
- SportDiscus via EBSCO
- Sports, sports medicine, exercise physiology and biomechanics.
iPhone / iPad app for SportDiscus via EBSCO
Android app for SportDiscus via EBSCO - SpringerLink
- Full text data base in engineering, technology and medicine.
iPhone / iPad app for SpringerLink
Android app for SpringerLink - Språkbanken
- Språkbanken contains linguistic and statistical data about a diverse range of Swedish text since the 1970s.
- Statens offentliga utredningar (SOU) 1922-2016
- Free text search in Government Official Reports (SOU). Scanned documents from the Swedish Royal Library (1922-1996) and open data from the Swedish Parliament (1997-2016:30).
- SVAR digitala forskarsalen
- Swedish Archive Information. A Department of the National Archives.
- SVEA
- Swedish Judicial Decisions in Cases Regarding Sami Law (in Swedish only).
- SveMed+
- References in the subjects of Medicine, Health Sciences and Nursing.
- Svensk etnologisk bibliografi
- Svensk folkbildningsbibliografi
- Swedish Bibliography of General Education (1850-1950).
- Svensk historisk bibliografi
- Swedish Historical Bibliography 1771-2010.
- Svensk medicinalhistorisk bibliografi (Medorg)
- Contains about 50 000 refrences to articles and official publications concerning the health organisation in Sweden 1663-1967.
- Swedish MeSH
- A controlled vocabulary used searching biomedical journals.
- Svensk samisk bibliografi
- Swedish Sami bibliography. Covers all the literature published in Sweden on the Sami and their culture.
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- Biographical dictionary.
- Svenskt pressregister (SVEP)
- Bibliographic references to Swedish press archives 1904-1906. Swedish only.
- SwePub
- Scientific publishing at Swedish universities, articles, conference papers and dissertations etc.
- Taylor & Francis Online Journals
- Full text database.
- Teacher Reference Center
- Bibliographic database covering Education Science
- TED
- Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) Information on current European public procurements.
- The Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies
- Collection of bibliographies of scientific literature in computer science
- tyda.se
- English - Swedish and Swedish - English dictionary.
- UlrichsWeb.com
- Authoritative knowledgebase of publishing information of journals.
- Uppsök
- Student theses and papers in full text.
- UR access
- Utbildningsradions archive of radio and television programs.
- US Patent Full-Text and Full-Page Image Databases
- Patent database with full text
- Vitalis
- Library catalogue of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.
- Web of Science
- Common entrance to databases: Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded.
- Wikipedia
- A free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
- Wiley Online Library
- Full text access to journals in science, medicine and humanities.
- Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
- Bibliographic database covering political science.
- Zeteo
- Legal basic information