Media studies

SCUP (Scandinavian University Press)
Scandinavian University Press’s digital publishing platform for academic journals and open access research books.

Academic Search Elite
Interdisciplinary full text database with access to approximately 2000 journals, both scholarly and general.

JSTOR
Archive of international scientific journals in full text, mainly within humanities and social sciences. The database usually does not cover the last 3-5 years of a journal.

SAGE Premier
Full-text journals in many diverse fields of study including sociology, media, education and criminology.

Google Scholar
Search for books, journal articles, reports and other academic publications. Cited reference search.

Web of Science
Provides references to over 10,000 different journals on social sciences, humanities, technology, etc. Contains information about how many times an article have been cited. Links to full text if the library has access.

Media archive with full text from a large number of Norwegian newspapers and news agencies. Note! If the page asks for Retriever Login, reload the page (F5 or Ctrl+r).

In the newspaper database of the National Library’s online library, you will find a large collection of digitised newspapers from both recent and older periods. Local newspapers are also included. The collection contains newspapers dating all the way back to the 18th century. Some newspaper issues are openly available to everyone, while access to the rest can be requested. The requirement is that use is related to research or documentation purposes.

Today's front pages
Front pages from over 800 newspapers around the world.

Forsidene: Norske avisforsider
Overview of the first page of today's Norwegian newpapers.

Database for streaming films from the Norwegian Film Institute. Contains short films and documentaries that are copyright-cleared for classroom teaching and private use. You need a national library card to use the service.

A service that makes it easy for you to borrow and watch movies from home. You need a national library card. In addition, your public library must have an agreement with Filmoteket. Volda public library and Hornindal library have an agreement. List of other libraries that have an agreement.

The National Library's film database. Contains information about all Norwegian feature films.

Digitalarkivet (Digital archives)
Digitised searchable resources such as censuses, church records and emigrant protocols.

Kommunikasjonsforeningen (Norwegian Communication Association)
Association for communication students and professionals.

Medietilsynet (The Norwegian Media Authority)
News, legislation, reports, registers and more.

NordMedia Network
Digital platform for Nordic media and communication researchers.

The Norwegian Institute of Journalism
Knowledge and resource center for media practitioners. 

The Survey Bank
Contains research data from the social sciences, humanities, and medical and health research. You can search for several thousands of questions/variables across different surveys going back to 1957.

Lovdata  (Norwegian legislation)
Updated laws as well as central and local regulations in full text.

Regjeringen.no  (Government.no)
Here you will find a comprehensive overview of government documents, including Stortingsmelding (parliamentary reports) and NOU. For documents about a specific area, see the different departemental home pages.

Statistisk sentralbyrå (Statistics Norway)
Norwegian statistics. Some publications such as reports, statistical monthly booklets, statistical annals, etc. in full text.

Historical overview of websites that can be useful in retrieving pages that no longer exist, older versions of pages after updates, and other types of media such as books, music, and videos.

Collects publications and other research results, and makes them openly available in a common national solution. This makes results from Norwegian research available in a single service.