Databases
With databases you can access among other things articles and scientific publication, as well as search for subject and specific type of material. You can also search a whole subject by refining and specialize the searches with advance search techniques.
Databases within History
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Alvin
Alvin is a national platform for the long-term preservation and accessibility of digitised collections and digital cultural heritage from Swedish cultural heritage institutions. It is also a catalogue of material that has not yet been digitised.
The older collections from Örebro University Library are catalogued in Alvin.
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Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
This biographical dictionary was first published in 1917 and is still in progress. It is a general list, based on first-hand sources, of significant people and their achievements at various stages in the development of Swedish society. (In Swedish)
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Europeana
Explore the digital resources of Europe's galleries, museums, libraries, archives and audiovisual collections.
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JSTOR
Access to some 55 000 e-books within humanities and social sciences, and to older volumes of full text journals in economics, the humanities, social sciences, mathematics and ecology.
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Kvinnsam
Literature with women's, men's and gender studies, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
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Medicinhistoriska databasen
Documents about the medical and social conditions in Sweden during the last 250 years (in Swedish).
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Nationell arkivdatabas (NAD)
NAD publishes information about archives and archival holdings at the Swedish National Archives, municipal and regional archives, archives of popular movements and associations, and archives of museums and libraries etc.
In Swedish.
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Scopus
Abstract and citation database.
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SVAR, Digital Research Room
SVAR contains Swedish archive information from the department of the National Archives. (In Swedish).
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Swedish Bibliography of General Education
A retrospective database (1850-1950) containing references to monographs and articles in periodicals, annuals and collections.
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Swedish Historical Bibliography
Swedish Historical Bibliography (in Swedish).
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Svensk Medicinalhistorisk Bibliografi (Medorg)
References to articles, studies, reports, etc. 1663-1967 (in Swedish).
Read more about Svensk Medicinalhistorisk Bibliografi (Medorg)
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The Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women (SKBL)
The dictionary contains biographies of women who, across several centuries and in many different ways, have contributed to society’s development, both within Sweden and beyond.
Read more about The Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women (SKBL)
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The Demographic Data Base
Historical statistics mainly based on Swedish church records from the 1700's and 1800's. (in Swedish)
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Web of Science
Web of Science consists of a number of databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, and more.