Databases - University of Skövde

Multidisciplinary database covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, education and more. The database contains a lot of full text.

The Full-Text Collection of all ACM publications, including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters and books. ACM Digital Library also includes The ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a bibliographic database in the field of computing.

Books, book chapters, articles, reports, conference publications, theses, dissertations in working life, work environment, labor market and related subjects. 

References to articles from Swedish newspapers and journals. Multidisciplinary, only in Swedish. 

E-archive with research papers in physics, mathematics, computer science, statistics, nonlinear sciences, quantitative biology and quantitative finance. Open access with full text.

General encyclopaedia.

Database in Economics and Business research. Academic Journals, Trade Publications, Magazines, Newspapers, Country Reports, Industry Profiles and more. The database contains a lot of full text.

References to documents within the area of construction, buildings and environment. The database cover the years 1966-2006 and is only available in Swedish. 

Articles, dissertations and more in nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines. Access to a lot of full text.

References to publications in computer and information science.

ClinicalTrials.gov is a database of privately and publicly funded clinical studies conducted around the world.

Systematic Reviews, clinical trials, reviews, HTA-evaluations, economic evaluations and methods studies in the disciplines of medicine and health.

Database with references to articles, conference papers, books etc in computer science.

Directory of open access journals. Articles available in full text. Multidisciplinary.

Student theses and research publications written at the Univeristy of Skövde. Multidisciplinary with some full text. 

E-books in full text. Multidisciplinary.

Journals in Management and Business Economics, Engineering, Health and Social Care, Education, Library Studies. 

A number of standards, ISO- och SS-EN and more, accessible to the University.

Articles, reports, dissertations etc. in education research and practice. Free interface sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education

Articles, reports, dissertations etc. in education research and practice. ERIC is also available for free from Institute of Education Sciences vid U.S. Department of Education.

Patent information. 

EUR-Lex provides access to European Union law and other documents. The website is available in different languages.

Europe PMC searches PubMed and PubMed Central but also contains Patents, NHS (National Health Service) guidelines and Agricola records. Biomedicine, medicine, health science. References.

FAR Online covers subjects such as accounting, revision, taxes etc. Only in Swedish. Some journals, such as Balans, are included in FAR Online. 

Information about all legal drugs in Sweden. Only in Swedish.

Moving image material; mainly shorts, non-fiction films, news-reels and commercials. The films reflect the transformation of Swedish society over the last century.

Geodata from the Swedish government agencies Lantmäteriet, Sjöfartsverket, Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB) and Sveriges geologiska undersökning (SGU).

Web search engine from Google with foucs on scholarly literature.
Multidisciplinary with the possibility to access full text from the library’s subscriptions.

Simultaneously search multiple life sciences databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Biomedicine, medicine, health science. References.

References to Human-Computer Interaction resources.

Human Anatomy Atlas includes 3D models, cross sections, MRI scans, cadaver images, 3D moving models of muscles and bones and physiology animations.

Journals, articles, conference proceedings in electrical engineering, electronics, computer science,  information technology. Full text. No access to IEEE e-books.

Database with information about Swedish companies. Only in Swedish.

Swedish legal database with news, legislation, preparatory work and case law. Only in Swedish.

You will find Impact Factors and Journal Rankings in JCR.

Swedish legislation. Only in Swedish.

Swedish legislation. Only in Swedish. 

The series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) from Springer publish conference papers, workshops and more in the area of computer science and information technology. Full text.

References to titles representing the holdings of Swedish libraries, mainly research libraries.

Journals in Biomedical Research, Biotechnology, Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Public Health and Policy and other subjects. Full text.

Material ConneXion is a resource of new and innovative materials in categories like: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives.

Information about Material ConneXion in Skövde. 

Articles, books, conference papers, dissertations, reviews in mathematics. References with a lot of full text.

Database of material properties. The database includes information about thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, metals and alloys, ceramics, wood, fibers, stone, lubricants, inorganic salts, and other engineering materials.

MeSH is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus. MeSH-terms are useful for finding articles within the same subject area.

Articles in full text from Swedish newspapers and journals. 

MEDLINE covers biomedicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. References with some full text. MEDLINE is a part of PubMed. PubMed contains additional material, such as articles Epub ahead of print, not available in MEDLINE. MEDLINE offers, compared to PubMed, more search features and links to library subscriptions.

Read more about the differences between PubMed and MEDLINE.

MEDLINE covers biomedicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. References with some full text. MEDLINE is a part of PubMed. PubMed contains additional material, such as articles Epub ahead of print, not available in MEDLINE. MEDLINE offers, compared to PubMed, more search features and links to library subscriptions.

Read more about the differences between PubMed and MEDLINE.

General encyclopaedia. Only in Swedish.

OAIster is a union catalog of open access resources.

English dictionary with information about the meaning, history, and pronunciation of thousands of words in the English language.

Approximately 350 journals covering many disciplines, published by Oxford University Press.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Open. Open access dissertations and theses. Multidisciplinary, full text.

Reference database with articles and books in the humanities and social sciences.

Full text articles in psychology and related disciplines from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe Publishing Group. The content in PsycARTICLES is also available when searching PsycINFO.  

Journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the discipline of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. References and some full text. When searching PsycINFO, you will find full text articles from PsycARTICLES in the results.

PubMed covers the disciplines of biomedicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine and the health care system. References with some full text. PubMed is the free version of MEDLINE and contains additional material which is not available in MEDLINE, for example articles "Epub ahead of print".

It's possible to search just the MEDLINE part of PubMed, in MEDLINE (EBSCO) or MEDLINE (Ovid). MEDLINE has additional search features and more links to full text.

Read more about the differences between PubMed and MEDLINE.

Global registry of research data repositories, among them BioLINCC and Dryad Digital Repository.

In Research Professional you can search for calls from a wide range of funding agencies.

Documents and laws published by the Swedish parliament. Only in Swedish.

Journals in health sciences, social sciences and humanities, materials sciences and engineering, life and biomedical sciences. Full text.

SBU. Swedish Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Assessment of Social Services.

Journals from Elsevier. Full text.

Why no access to new articles?

A portal that includes the journals and country scientific indicators developed from the information contained in the Scopus database. These indicators can be used to assess and analyze scientific domains.

Reference and citation database with articles, conference papers, patents, book chapters and more. Multidisciplinary, covers computer science, economics, sciences, social science and more.

Database with references to articles, conference papers, books etc. within the discipline of sociology and related areas such as criminology, demography, social psychology, rural and urban sociology, gender studies and more.   

Journals, e-books and book chapters in many different disciplines including chemistry, computer science, economy, engineering. Full text. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing and Lecture Notes in Computer Science is a part of Springer Link.

Official statistics about Sweden. Only in Swedish.

References to articles in Scandinavian journals, in the disciplines of medicine, nursing, health, odontology, occupational therapy and physical therapy.

Search Swedish patents, Swedish public patent applications, European patents (EP patents) validated in Sweden, EP applications published under §88 of the Patents Act, granted EP patents where Sweden is designated (searchable in the database for six months from the EPO's grant date) and Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPC's) and extension of SPC's.

Swedish vocabulary and history of the Swedish language.

At svenska.se you will find:
Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Svensk ordbok (SO) 

Research publications from Swedish universities and organizations. Multidisciplinary with some full text. 

Journals in many different disciplines. Full text.

Database with information about journals and magazines. Find out about peer review, subject classifications, publisher and more.

Undergraduate theses and diploma papers from Swedish universities and colleges. Multidisciplinary. Full text.

TV and radio programs from Utbildningsradion, UR, (Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company).

Web of Science. Reference and citation database with articles, conference papers, etc. Multidisciplinary, 

Journals in many different disciplines. Full text.

Dictionaries for translation to and from English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The database also contains a few subject specific dictionaries and several dictionaries for the Swedish language.

WorldCat Discovery searches several different databases at the same time. Search for articles, conference papers, e-books, theses and more. Links to full text and documents found in the library.