Scandinavian Library Catalogs and Databases

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Contents 1 Denmark 2 Finland 3 Iceland 4 Norway 5 Sweden 6 Multiple Countries 7 Scandinavian Collections at North American Research Libraries

Denmark

• Det Kongelige Bibliotek/The Danish Royal Library - Online catalog, online databases and reference works; many pages are in Danish only. Subject searching in REX is primarily applicable to foreign books (subject searching in English is possible for English works). To search Danish titles effectively, search by subject code. See the Danish help documentation for details.

• Nationalbibliografi - National bibliography with a number of bibliographic indexes (and links to descriptions). Dania Polyglotta, a bibliography of literature on Denmark in languages other than Danish, ceased print publication with volume 29 (1997).

• University Library of Southern Denmark - Online catalog combining resources of Esbjerg, Kolding, Odense, Sønderborg and Flensborg. Library information and selected Internet resources in Danish with instructions in English.

• Roskilde University Library - Online catalog and databases, including DANDOK, a database of research in progress and published at Danish institutions, in English with a link to the Danish interface.

• Dansk Biblioteks Center- The Dansk Biblioteks Center provides information service to Danish libraries. With a link to English interface.

• Den Danske artikelbase - From Københavns Kommunes Biblioteker (Copenhagen public libraries), an index with some brief abstracts of articles in 750 Danish periodicals and 8 Danish national newspapers. Interface in Danish only.

• Bogens Verden: Tidsskrift for Dansk Biblioteksvæsen - From Danmarks Biblioteksforening (Danish Library Association). Articles from 1994 onwards.

Finland

• The National Library of Finland - Online catalog (HELKA) and databases, including Fennica, the National Bibliography of Finland. Also includes a list of archival collections in the library.

• Gateway to Finnish Research Libraries - A list of links to university libraries in Finland.

• Libraries.fi - Linking to other libraries in Finland.

• Eduskunnan kirjasto/Riksdagsbiblioteket/Library of Parliament - Mostly in Finnish. Some descriptions of specific collections in English.

• Arto - Database of approximately 10,000 Finnish journal articles (1995- ) with fee-based searching.

Iceland

• National and University Library of Iceland

• Reykjavík City Library

Norway

• Biblioteknett Norge - Official gateway to library resources in Norway, in Norwegian with some English descriptions.

• Nasjonalbiblioteket /National Library of Norway - Online catalog and information about the library and its projects, in English, with a link to the Norwegian.

• Bergen University Library - Links lead to Norwegian-language resources.

• Universitetsbibliotek i Oslo - University of Oslo Library, in English with a link to pages in Norwegian.

• Biblioteksentralen - Norwegian county, city, and research libraries with links to searchable catalogues. Norwegian interface only.

• BIBSYS - Searchable database for all national and university libraries in Norway, in Norwegian, with a link to an English information page.

Sweden

• Libris - Union catalog that allows searching of more than three million titles in nearly 160 Swedish libraries.

• Libris: Artikeldatabasen - Contains approximately 50,000 references to Swedish articles in the humanities and social sciences, primarily to journal articles and reviews, but also to essays, chapters, and the like from yearbooks, monographs, and comprehensive works. Most articles have appeared since 1990, with inclusion of some older titles.

• The Swedish Royal Library

• Stockholm University Library

• GUNDA, Göteborgs Universitetsbibliotek - University Library of Gothenburg, also available in English.

Multiple Countries

• Nordic Libraries Information Servers.

Scandinavian Collections at North American Research Libraries

• Brigham Young University
          Research Guide: Scandinavian History & Politics
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Languages & Literatures

• Columbia University Libraries
          Research Guide: Foreign Countries

• Cornell University Library
          Fiske Icelandic Collection
          Subject Bibliographies: Icelandic Studies
          Selected Web Sites: Other Resources on Iceland

• Harvard University Library
          Research Guide: Finding Nordic/Baltic Periodicals

• Library of Congress
          Research Guide: European Collections

• New York Public Library - Humanities & Social Science Libraries
          Research Guide: Modern European History

• University of California at Berkeley
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Resources

• University of California, Los Angeles
          Research Guide: European Studies

• University of Chicago Library
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Literatures

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
          Research Guide: History & Philosophy Library
          Research Guide: Modern Languages & Linguistics Library

• University of Minnesota Libraries
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Studies
          Research Guide: Danish Language & Literature
          Research Guide: Finnish Language & Literature

• University of Texas at Austin
          Research Guide: Germanic Language and Literature Resources

• University of Washington
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Studies

• University of Wisconsin-Madison
          Research Guide: European History

• Yale University Library
          Research Guide: Scandinavian Studies
          Research Guide: European History

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