Databases A-Z

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Academic Search Elite

Language: English.
Academic Search Elite contains full text for more than 2,100 journals, Nearly 150 journals have PDF images dating back to 1985.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Alex

Language: Swedish/English. 
The Alex Dictionary of Authors contains information about fiction authors from around the world. The dictionary contains all kinds of fiction authors, including classical writers, Nobel Prize winners, contemporary popular writers, children's books writers etc. It has articles about 4,795 authors. 157 of these are translated into English

Available from the computers at the library.

Art and Architecture
Complete

Language: English.
Provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, this database offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Artikelsök

Language: Swedish.
Contains material from more than 500 Swedish journals and newspapers.

You need a library account and a pin code to access this database.

Business Source Premium

Language: English.
Business research database.
Business Source Premier has coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Ebrary

Language: English.
Mainly full-text books in English in multiple academic and general interest subject areas. There is a possibility to print, but only five pages at a time and 40 pages per session. A book cannot be downloaded to your own computer. The titles are available from the computers at the library and at the Gotland University. For external use a student's account is necessary.
Requires Ebrary Reader, download here
Learn how to search with Ebrary Patron User Guide
or Ebrary Quick Start Guide. The titles are searchable with LIBRIS Web Search

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Elib

Language: Swedish.
Contains e-books. Fiction and non-fiction.

You need a library account and a pin code to access this database.

Eric

Language: English.
The Education Resource Information Center contains more than 1,3 million records and links to more than 323,000 full-text documents dating back to 1966.

The titles are available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use a student's account is required.

GlobalGrant

Language: Swedish.
An international database for scholarships and grants. GlobalGrant is useful for students, professionals, associations and organizations of all kinds.

You need a library account and a pin code to access this database.

International Encyclopedia of
Human Geography

Language: English.
The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the discipline of human geography and its constituent, and related, subject areas. The encyclopedia includes over 1,000 detailed entries on philosophy and theory, key concepts, methods and practices, biographies of notable geographers, and geographical thought and praxis in different parts of the world.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use a student's account is required.

JSTOR Arts & Sciences I–V

Language: English.
I-IV and Biological Sciences. The archive contains issues beginning with vol 1, publishing year 1 for each journal. However, the issues of the last 1—5 years are not stored in this archive. Subject areas are Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture & Architectural History, Art & Art History, Biology, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Music, Religion and Sociology among others.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

JSTOR Biological Sciences

Language: English.
Biological Sciences. The archive contains issues beginning with vol 1, publishing year 1 for each journal. However, back issues of the last 1—5 years are not stored in this archive.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Karnov

Language: Swedish.
Karnov – Swedish legal code with more than 1,200 comments and furthermore jurisprudence, bills, regulations, doctrine and government publications.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Landguiden

Language: Swedish.
"Landguiden" is based on the Swedish Institute of International Affairs' classic series of publications "Länder i fickformat". Both text and statistics in Landguiden are updated continuously by the Institute of International Affairs editors who daily follow developments in the world. Landguiden is not a news service, more of an encyclopedia.

Available from the computers in the library.

Library Pressdisplay

Language: Multilingual.
Library PressDisplay access to 2 200 newspapers from 97 countries in 54 languages.

Searchable from any computer, even from home, if you go through the library website. No login. A maximum of two simultaneous users.

Lyrics

Language: Swedish.
In the poetry index, Lyrics, are currently about 28,000 references from Swedish poetry. Out of these, approximately 1,000 are available in full text.

Available from the computers in the library.

Mediearkivet

Language: Swedish.
An archive of Swedish newspapers, magazines and journals.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Nationalencyclopedin

Language: Swedish. 
Encyclopedia.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Oxford Art Online

Language: English.
Grove Art Online is the foremost scholarly art encyclopedia, covering both Western and non-Western art. First published as the landmark 34-volume Dictionary of Art, edited by Jane Turner, the content of Grove Art encompasses all aspects of visual culture. It features articles about various topics, bibliographies for further research, and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Retriever Business

Language: Swedish.
Business information.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Safari Tech Books

Language: English
Covers the technologies most essential to users including certification, enterprise computing, Java, Linus/Unix, Web development, Windows, XML, and more. Over 10,000 titles.
The titles are searchable with LIBRIS Web Search

The library subscription of this database is valid for two simultaneous users only. If more users are trying to connect, the error message "Session Unavailable" will be shown.
When a user logs off Safari or closes a session, a slot will be freed for the next user.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

SAGE Journals Online

Language: English.
Contains more than 400 titles of electronic journals within the areas Social Sciences, Humanities and Life Sciences. Almedalsbiblioteket’s subscription gives access to journal issues from 1999 ff.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Science Direct

Language: English.
Contains more than 1,800 e-journals from Elsevier, Academic Press and others, within the subject areas Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Social Sciences and Technology. Almedalsbiblioteket’s subscription gives access to journal issues from 1995 ff.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

SVAR

Language: Swedish
Swedish Archive information.

Available from two computers at the library. Please contact the staff.

UR access

Language: Multilingual
UR access is a service that more than 25 Swedish universities collaborate on. The service offers universities access to all streamed materials, radio and television programs Utbildningsradion provides

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.

Wiley Online Library

Language: English.
Contains more than 1,400 e-journals from Wiley and Blackwell within the subject areas Humanities and Social Sciences, Science, Technology and Medicine. Almedalsbiblioteket’s subscription does not include the e-books.

Available from the computers at the library and at Uppsala University - Campus Gotland. For external use, a student's account is required.