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Nordic databases
SCUP (Scandinavian University Press)
Scandinavian University Press’s digital publishing platform for academic journals and open access research books.
Newspaper articles:
Atekst, Retriever
Media archive with full text from a large number of Norwegian newspapers. Note! If the page asks for Retriever Login, reload the page (F5 or Ctrl+r).
International databases
Academic Search Elite
Interdisciplinary full text database with access to approximately 2000 journals, both scholarly and general.
Cinahl
International article base for health sciences with main emphasis on nursing. Cinahl is particularly good for qualitative research and research on patient experiences.
ERIC
International database of pedagogical literature. Includes literature on pedagogy and education for most subjects, topics and education levels.
MEDLINE
References to journal articles in medicine, nursing and other health subjects.
PTSDpubs
Bibliographic database providing access to the worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of traumatic events.
PubMed
References to journal articles in medicine, nursing and other health subjects.
About same content as Medline, but with other search interfaces.
PubPsych
Free information retrieval system for psychological resources.
Systematic reviews databases
Campbell Systematic Reviews
Systematic reviews and controlled studies of the impact of measures within the social field, psychology, criminology and education.
Cochrane Library
Covers key questions about the effectiveness of measures. The best source for systematic reviews and controlled studies in health science. Full Text. International coverage.
Epistemonikos
Epistemonikos is a collaborative, multilingual database of systematic reviews relevant for health-decision making. The database is maintained by systematically searching electronic databases and other sources for relevant systematic reviews and overviews of reviews.
IN SUM (Tiltakshåndboka)
Systematic reviews on effects of child and adolescent mental health and welfare interventions.
PEDro
Systematic reviews on effects of child and adolescent mental health and welfare interventions.
Citation databases
Google Scholar
Search for books, journal articles, reports and other academic publications. Cited reference search.
Web of Science
Provides references to over 10,000 different journals on social sciences, humanities, technology, etc. Contains information about how many times an article have been cited. Links to full text if the library has access.
Search tips
How to find effective search terms, use different search techniques, and work with literature search worksheets.
The different types of academic literature
How to identify academic articles, understand peer review, and more.
Websites
Helsebiblioteket (The Norwegian Electronic Health Library)
Resource for health sciences databases and journals.
Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)
Collects publications and other research results, and makes them openly available in a common national solution. This makes results from Norwegian research available in a single service.
Sources of government information (Laws, statistics and other)
Barne-, ungdoms- og familiedirektoratet (Bufdir)
The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs.
Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet
Ministry of Health and Care Services.
Helsedirektoratet
The Norwegian Directorate of Health.
Lovdata (Norwegian legislation)
Updated laws as well as central and local regulations in full text.
Lovdata Pro
Subscription version of Lovdata. Includes laws, regulations, preparatory work, court orders, statements, resolutions, circulars and legal literature. Also provides access to EEA/EU legal sources and other international legal sources, as well as summaries (in Norwegian) of judgments issued by the Human Rights Court.
Rettsdata
Norwegian law database including resources on laws, regulations, court orders, preparatory work, international law, professional literature, etc.
Feide-login on and outside campus for students and employees.
Reference sources and vocabulary tools
BMJ Best Practice
Medical and health-related reference source for primary and specialist health services.
Humord
Thesaurus for the humanities and social sciences. Can help you find relevant search terms/subject headings for database searches. Developed by the University of Oslo Library.
ICD-10
ICD is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, published by WHO (World Health Organization).
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
The Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus is a controlled and hierarchically-organized vocabulary produced by the National Library of Medicine.