Databases
Databases and other resources on the web
This list mainly contains resources in English.
Please note that in order to comply with licencing agreements, the databases and journals may be used for BUC-related purposes only. Journal articles, etc. may not be forwarded to persons not affiliated with Buskerud University College.
You have access to most of the databases from home / off campus. See instructions to the right: "Access from home/off campus"
NOTE! No access on campus if logged on to the BUC guest net or Eduguest.
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A-tekst (Retriever)
Requires password off campus.
Full text media archive containing more than 3.8 million articles from norwegian newspapers, magazines and news agencies.
A-Z EBSCO
Replaced by Bibsys Tyr.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Full-text base with more than 4700 analyzed periodicals, 3600 of these are peer-reviewed. Interdisciplinary. The previous Academic Search Elite is included here.
Ageline
Requires password off campus.
Reference database in aging and dementia.
AMed-allied and complementary medicin (Ovid)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology, palliative care, rehabilitation and alternative medicine.
ArticleFirst (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database. Interdisciplinary.
Arxiv.org
Free.
One of the most talked about and largest open archives in subjects such as physics, mathematic, biology and computing. The articles are often preprint, usually to be published in journals later.
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Bibliotek.dk
Free.
Online catalogue for Denmark's public libraries.
BIBSYS Ask
Free. Requires password off campus for access to full text resources, log on here
The Buskerud University College's library catalogue. Also provides an overview of norwegian universities' and colleges' total holdings of books and periodicals.
Change user interface language under "Min side".
BIBSYS Brage
Free.
The Buskerud University College's Open Access archive, contains works by BUC scholars and our published academic series.
BIBSYS Tyr
Free.
Overview of the university college's available online periodicals. Possible to search the journal titles and tables of contents.
BioMed Central
Free.
Free access to peer-reviewed journals in biology and medicine.
Blackwell STM
See Wiley InterScience
The Brønnøysund Register Centre
Free and chargeable services.
Government management agency for the development and operation of national registries and the control and registration schemes for norwegian businesses.
Contains financial statements with notes, directors' report and auditor's report. Financial statements not older than 1992 may be ordered through the BUC library. We will need details about the company's name and organization. This may be retrieved from the company register database. Accounts from previous years must be provided directly from the companies.
Business Source Elite (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Full text of more than 1,100 business journals, including about 500 peer-reviewed.
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CHOIL
Free.
Reference database on chemical working environment in the oil and gas industry. Chemical Hazards in the Oil Industry Literature (CHOIL) contains approximately 1500 entries with references to articles from scientific journals.
Cinahl Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Cumulative index to nursing and allied health. Reference and fulltext database of articles within nursing and related subjects for about 3000 English-language journals.
Cochrane
Free.
Medicine. Databases in evidence-based practice. Here you will find the effect of various medical treatments and systematic overviews in full text.
Computer Source (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Database that provides more than 300 journals in full text. Covers topics such as computer science, programming, artificial intelligence, cybernetics, information systems,
robotics and software.
Cristin
Free.
Norwegian research in the public health sector, institutions, colleges and universities.
Search for research here
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Dawsonera Reader Portal
Requires password off campus.
In this database you can explore e-books from Dawson Books. Those marked with green buttons you may read or download to your computer and borrow for 7 days. At the end of the loan period the book is automatically deleted from your machine. Books marked with purple buttons you may view for 5 minutes and, if desirable, suggest a purchase to the library.
Instruction and facts about Dawsonera.
Directory of open access journals
Free.
Interdisciplinary database with free, scholarly journals in full text.
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Ebrary
Requires password off campus.
About 70 000 books in full-text covering most areas, with emphasis on economics, social sciences, humanities and computing.
EBSCOHost
Requires password off campus.
Shared user interface for many of the library's databases.
Eco (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Multidisciplinary reference database.
Electronic Mathematics research journals
Free.
Mathematics. About 50 journals, many in full text.
Embase - Excerpta Medica Database (Ovid)
Requires password off campus.
European-oriented reference database in medicine and pharmacology.
Eric (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database. Journal articles and reports within education and pedagogy.
Eric (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database. Journal articles and reports within education and pedagogy.
ETDE
Free.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) reference database for the world's knowledge of energy sources and energy technology. Also contains references back to 1974 on nuclear power, coal and climate change.
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FirstSearch
Requires password off campus.
Through a common interface OCLC offers 11 reference databases with a wide range of topics
Free medical journals
Free.
Articles from 1440 medical and healthcare journals.
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Google Scholar
Free.
A special service from Google which provides results that are limited to academic and scientific sources. Can be used in addition to subscribed scientific databases.
GPO (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference databases. Covers all types of USA government documents.
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Handbook Leadership and Governance in Higher Education
Requires password. Log in information can be found at Fronter.
The handbook aims to provide leaders, members of governing bodies and senior administrators of higher education institutions with a user-friendly tool to support their work which is practically oriented as well as based on reflections of principle.
Highwire press-Free. Online Fulltext Articles
Free.
List of journals within biomedicine and health sciences.
HURISEARCH
Free.
Search engine specializing on human rights.
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IEEE Xplore
Requires password off campus.
Full-text access to journals within electricity, electronics and computing sciences. Also conferences, standards and citation searching features.
IoP Electronic journals
Requires password off campus.
Includes access to about 30 journals in full text from Institute of Physics covering physics, micro-mechanics, optics, nanotechnology, etc.
ISI
See Web of Science
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Journal Citation Reports
Requires password off campus.
JCR is a comprehensive resource to evaluate and compare journals using citation data. JCR provides the most frequently cited journals on a subject, lists journals' "impact factor" and the main journals within a subject area.
JSTOR
Requires password off campus.
Archive of full text journals covering economics, organizational theory and business management sciences. Here you will not find the latest journal volumes, but the archive covers for some of the journals publications dating back to the beginning of the 19th century and until the 2000's.
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Klinisk sygepleje
Requires password. Log in information can be found at Fronter.
Research activity in nursing and midwifery. Contains best practice sheets and 30 systematic overviews.
Mostly articles in Danish, but also some articles in other languages.
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Library of Congress
Free.
Titles by the U.S. National Library and links to library catalogs worldwide.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Covering library and information sciences, online information search, information management, etc.
Libris
Free.
Online catalog for Sweden's libraries.
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MathSciNet
Requires password off campus.
Reference data base for mathematical sciences literature. References, abstracts and full text articles.
Medline (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database for biomedical journal articles.
Medline (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database for biomedical journal articles.
Medline (Ovid)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database for biomedical journal articles.
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Norart
Free.
References to articles from approximately 375 norwegian periodicals and year books.
Nordiske organisasjonsstudier
Requires password. Log in information can be found at Fronter.
An important multi-disciplinary forum for exchange of research results and knowledge of the study of organizations within a Nordic framework.
Norges kommunekalender
Requires password. Log in information can be found at Fronter.
Information about Norwegian municipalities, county administrations, ministries, organizations, health, education, libraries, judicial system and suppliers to the public sector.
Norske aviser og tidsskrifter på Internett
Free.
Overview of Norwegian newspapers and periodicals published on the web
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Ordnett
Requires password off campus.
Ordnett is a language and dictionary service that provides access to a variety of online dictionaries covering Norwegian and English synonyms, medical, technological, economic terms.
Ovid
Requires password off campus.
Provides one user interface for healthcare databases.
Ovid Nursing Full Text Plus
Requires password off campus.
Indexes articles from 276 journals for nursing. Focuses on key areas for nurses.
Partially covers Cinahl.
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PapersFirst (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database. Published Congress and conference papers, etc.
PEDro
Free.
Quality assured database of RCT's and systematic overviews in physiotherapy.
Proceedings (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Reference database. Published congresses and conferences.
Proff Forvalt
Requires password. Log in information can be found at Fronter.
Gives a presentation of all Norwegian businesses with financial statement analysis, credit ratings, and relations in industry and trade.
ProQuest
Requires password off campus, or with personal registration (through Helsebiblioteket). Login.
Full-text. Mostly health subjects, but also some in other disciplines.
PsycInfo (Ovid)
Requires password off campus.
References. Database within psychology and related disciplines.
PubMed
Free.
References, some with links to full text. Biomedical journal articles.
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Regional Business news (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Business information from The United States. Covers 75 journals and newspapers. Full-text.
Regjeringen.no
Free.
Information and publications from Norway's government ministries.
Research starters - Business (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Trial access. Relatively extensive background articles (about 3000 words) that draws up the main lines within business. Written by experts, especially intended for students who need overview of a topic within the discipline. The articles also suggests sources for further reading.
Research starters - Education (EBSCO)
Requires password off campus.
Trial access. Relatively extensive background articles (about 3000 words) that draws up the main lines within education. Written by experts, especially intended for students who need overview of a topic within the discipline. The articles also suggests sources for further reading.
Retriever
See Atekst (Retriever)
Rettsdata.no
Access through BUC's network. 4 users at a time.
Choose "IP-tilgang"
Contains Norsk Lovkommentar, 6 journals, laws and sources of laws.
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ScienceDirect
Requires password off campus.
ScienceDirect is one of the world's largest collections of full text peer-reviewed journals in science, technology, medicine, economic and administrative sciences and social sciences.
Scirus
Free.
Search engine with references to academic and scientific information in technology, medicine and economics. Includes scientific articles and also reports, preprints, patents, theses, teaching notes
Scopus
Requires password off campus.
Reference and citation database with academic emphasis on science, medicine and social sciences. Primary sources are periodicals (16500 journal titles, over 1,200 of which are Open Access publications), conferences and patents. Includes features for citation searching.
Springer Link
Requires password off campus.
Journals in full text. Interdisciplinary.
Store norske leksikon
Free.
Norwegian publishers' Aschehoug & Gyldendals' online encyclopedia.
SveMed + (new version) & SveMed+ (old version)
Free.
References to nordic medical articles.
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Triangle journals
Free.
Social sciences with an emphasis on education/pedagogy. Many articles freely available in full text.
Termbase UHR
Free.
UHR's Termbase for Norwegian higher education institutions
Tyr
see Bibsys Tyr
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Web of Science (ISI)
Requires password off campus.
High quality reference database. Here you can also search for citations. Interdisciplinary.
Wikipedia - norsk Wikipedia - English
Free.
Online encyclopedia written by volunteers
from around the world.
Wiley Online Library
Requires password off campus.
Full-text journals from Wiley-Blackwell.
About 400 journals within science, economics, technology and medicine.
WorldCat (OCLC FirstSearch)
Requires password off campus.
Catalog of books and other documents in libraries worldwide.
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Opprettet: 09.09.2011 11:04 av Jan-Henrik Kulberg
Oppdatert: 16.05.2013 10:51 av RPH
