Scandinavian 大象传媒
Literature and information resources for Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic and Old Norse
Main content
The university library provides access to a wide selection of books, theses, articles and other types of material, in printed or electronic form. These can be found by using our search engine Oria (see search box further up). If you can't find the book you need, you may suggest it for purchase.
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Start at the University of Bergen Library homepage.
as usual. If you experience problems with access, you have to connect to the UiB-network using . Still problems? Send an email, and we will help you.听
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Where to find the books at the Library of Humanities
Nordisk linguistics 听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听 439.5 to 439.8听听听听听听听听听 2. floor (book tower)
Nordisk literary science听听听听听听听听听 839.5 to 839.82 听 听 听听 1. floor (book tower)
Fiction
Norwegian听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 听 听听 S 1 to S 4听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 5. floor (book tower)
Danish, Faroese, Icelandic 听听听 S 5 to 8听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 5. floor (book tower)
Swedish听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听 S 9 to S 10听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 5. floor (book tower)
Old Norse
- language听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 听 听 439.6听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 2. floor (book tower)
- literature听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听 听听听听听听 839.6 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 1. floor (book tower)
Journals听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听Must be ordered from the catalogue
See also Older texts 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 H听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听4. floor (book tower)
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General
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Articles
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听- Journal database - more than听1000 journals
听- Dissertations and master's theses
- Education Resources Information Center
- Research journals, monographs, and edited volumes for a Nordic and international audience
Subject search
Selected databases
:听A database听containing references to听research on literature published primary in Norway, including听books, theses, and articles from books and journals. Operated by the National Library of Norway.听
: A database containing Norwegian and Nordic writing research from and including the 1980s to more recently.
:听A database听of books and articles听within the fields听of Swedish literary science and history of Swedish literature developed by Uppsala University Library and now听a sub-database of the national catalog LIBRIS.听听En database med referanser til b酶ker og artikler innen svensk litteraturvitenskap og litteraturhistorie. Utviklet av Uppsala universitetsbibliotek, inng氓r n氓听i den nasjonale katalogen LIBRIS.
:听The main bibliography in the fields of Danish literary science and history of Danish literature. Operated by the Royal Library in Denmark.
:听A classified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Operated by the Modern Language Association of America.
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Selected journals
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Dictionaries and other reference literature
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Text archives
Tutorials
If you find yourself stuck on a library related question, you may request an appointment for guidance ('). We are happy to visit research groups or other groups in need of an update on our services. Please find the contact address at the bottom of this page. We (in cooperation with other specialists at the university library) will be able to answer questions regarding:
- An overview of relevant databases and platforms with their respective strengths and weaknesses
- Use of thesauri and controlled vocabularies in the databases
- The use of search builders/command searchinng
- How to document your searches
- Exhaustive and precise searching
- Finding and using e-books
- Citing correctly
- EndNote
- Copyrights and publishing
- Publication fees and funding
- Analysing scientific literature using bibliometric methods
- Measuring citations - methods and use for evaluation purposes
- The national system for registering, evaluating and reporting of research and research documentation (CRIstin)
S酶k og skriv
(Search and Write) is a guide to information gathering and academic writing, developed for students.
PhD on Track
is a guide to information searching, literature use for research purposes, and publishing research, developed for scientists in their early careers.
Reference Tools
The library offers tips, courses and support for users of referencing tools such EndNote (access software and guide here), Zotero, BiBTeX and others
