Databases
With databases you can access articles and scientific publication, as well as search for subject and content type.
When using the databases, you can typically refine and specialize your searches with advanced search techniques. This way, you can retrieve material that is relevant to the subject area you are investigating.
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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Fredsarkivet
Fredsarkivet (The Peace Archive) collects, digitizes and makes available documentation about Swedish participation in international peace efforts throughout the ages. (in Swedish)
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JSTOR
Older volumes of full text journals in various disciplines. A small number of e-books are also available in full text.
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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
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database with comprehensive coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature.
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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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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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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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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 multiple databases containing information gathered from thousands of scholarly journals, books, book series, reports, and more.