Literature search
Search the library's collections
(books, films, music, periodicals)
Norwegian and Nordic library databasees |
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| Bibliotek.dk |
Merged catalogue for Danish libraries | |
| Bibliotek.se | Merged catalogue for Swedish libraries | |
| BIBSYS | Merged catalogue for Norwegian college and university libraries | |
| Deichmanske bibliotek | Oslo public library catalogue | |
| Diktregister | Diktbasen på Deichmanske bibliotek | |
| Forskdok | Research and documentation catalogue for Norwegian universities and colleges | |
| HOV | Norwegian graduate theses 1906-1989 | |
| Norsk samkatalog for bøker | Merged catalogue for Norwegian libraries | |
| Norsk samkatalog for notetrykk |
Merged catalogue for musical scores in Norwegian libraries | |
| Samkatalog for norske teaterforestillinger |
Norwegian theatre performances database (1876-2000) | |
| Sang- og viseregister |
Songs published in Norway - database | |
| KHiO = Only available through KHiO's IP addresses! | ||
Bibliographical and fulltext databases
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| Arkdok/Konkdok | Database covering articles on Norwegian architecture, plus Norwegian arcitectural competitions | KHiO |
| Art and Architecture Complete (EBSCO) | Fulltext articles and bibliographical references from hundreds of art and architectureal journals, plus e-books | KHiO |
| ARTbibliographies Modern | 400 000 references to books, articles, exhibition catalogues and dissertations on modern and contemporary art | KHiO |
| Atekst | More than five million Norwegian newspaper and magazine articles in fulltext. From the 1960s until yesterday | KHiO |
| Design and Applied Arts Index | References to articles in 500 design and craft journals | KHiO |
| Google Scholar | Akademic literature and research. E.g. JSTOR og Emerald, and open access archives | |
| International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text | 60,000 journal articles, books, book chapters and dissertation abstracts. 170 full-text journals. 360 full-text books and monographs | KHiO |
| ISI - Web of Science: Art & Humanities | References to articles in 1130 art and humanities journals | KHiO |
| KunstBib | Norwegian art historical bibliography | |
| NorArt | References in 375 Norwegian journals | |
Sound and Image
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| Arkifoto |
Norwegian architecture - picture database | |
| Art and Architecture (EBSCO) | More than one million pictures - art, applied art, crafts, design, architecture, etc. | KHiO |
| Art History | Art historical web resources | |
| Artnet | "The art world online" | |
| ARTstor | More than one million pictures - art, applied art, crafts, design, architecture, etc. | KHiO |
| Dance in Video |
500 hours of dance productions and documentaries by the most influential performers and companies of the 20th century. Selections cover ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, experimental, and improvisational dance, as well as forerunners of the forms and the pioneers of modern concert dance. |
KHiO |
| Google Patent Search | Access to 7 million patents with text and images (American) from the 1790s to the present | |
| Internet movie database | The world's largest film database | |
| The Life photo archive | Pictures from Life magazine's archive | |
| NYPL Digital Library | More than 700 000 digitized images from New York Public Library's archives | |
| Opera in Video |
500 hours of the most important opera performances, captured on video through staged productions, interviews, and documentaries. Selections represent the world’s best performers, conductors, and opera houses and are based on a work’s importance to the operatic canon. |
KHiO |
| Theatre in Video |
More than 250 definitive performances of the world's leading plays, together with more than 100 film documentaries, online in streaming video - more than 500 hours in all, representing hundreds of leading playwrights, actors and directors. |
KHiO |
| UbuWeb | Avantgarde documentation on the net. Visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanded to include film and sound art mp3 archives. | |
| Web Gallery of Art | European art from 1100-1850 (More than 22 600 works of art) | |
Material databases |
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| Material ConneXion | The world's largest material database | KHiO |
| Raw // Råvara | Material library focusing on design and architecture | |
| Stylepark | Material database for architects and designers | |
Musical scores and libretti
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| Aria database |
More than 1000 opera arias with information about composers and roles | |
| Opera e-libretti | More than 220 libretti fulltext | |
| Operabase | Search information about performances, singers and opera houses in Europe | |
| Det virtuelle musikkbibliotek | Danish collection of music sources |
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| Werner Icking Music Archive | Classical musical scores |
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Theatre manuscripts |
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| Colombine | Nordic theatre publisher | |
| Doollee.com | free online guide to modern playwrights and theatre plays which have been written, adapted or translated, into English since 1956 | |
| Dramas | Norsk Teaterråds (Norwegian theatre council's) play database |
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| Teaterförlaget Arvid Englind |
Nordic theatre publisher | |
| Folmer Hansen | Nordic theatre publisher | |
| Nationaltheatret | The Norwegian National Theatre's play archive | |
| Nordiska Strakosch | Nordic theatre publisher | |
Please feel free to ask the librarians if you need information about the different databases and how to search in them!
