Library resources: Humanities

In Oria you can find books, e-books, journals, articles and more. You can search in English or Norwegian.

When you are connected to UiS Wifi you can open all electronic material through the «Available online» links. Remote access lets you access e-resources when you are not on campus.

Search for the book in Oria and find the location under "Get It" in the library.

The library uses the Dewey system to organize our books. The Dewey number lets you know he location of the book in the library.

How to read a Dewey number:

1. Find the exact numbers before the dot. (example 361.___)
2. Find the exact letters after the dot. (example 361.3)
3. When the numbers are correct, find the letters, organized in alphabetical order. (example 361.3 HEA)

Please ask at the help desk if you need help with finding the book.

Relevant books for the humanities:

• 100 - Philosophy and psychology
• 200 - Religion
• 300.72 - Research methods
• 400 - Language
• 700 - Art and recriation
• 808.066 - Academic Writing
• 810-820 - American and English literature
• 839.82 - Norwegian literature
  

In Oria you can find an overview over relevant database for the humanities.

Some of the databases are open access, but for most of them you’ll need UiS sign in. Use remote access if you are off campus.

• Databases in history, art and religion
• Databaser in language and literature

We have many journals in the library, and you can access our digital journals with remote access. In Oria you can search for journals both by title and ISSN.

With Browzine you can easily get an overview of the journals you need, and create your own, virtual bookshelf with the journals you want to read and keep track of.

Some jornals available in Browzine:

• Comparative Literature Studies
• Culture, Theory and Critique
• Culture and Religion

You can find printed newspapers in the library, mostly in Norwegian.

Retriever’s Atekst Media Archive
The Atekst Media Archive is the largest digital news archive in the Nordic region. It contains news from printed and digital editorial media, and in some cases radio and TV. The archive dates back to the 1980s. The university library has an agreement with Retriever that allows everyone to search titles and introductions (abstracts). If you need access to full-text articles, you must submit an application to the library.

The National Library’s Newspaper Service
Through the National Library, you can read Norwegian newspapers in full text via the National Library’s newspaper archive (nb.no). Most newspapers become available in full text 14 days after publication. Staff can log in using Feide. Students can obtain extended access by sending an email to bib-tilper@uis.no .

You’ll find an overview over our dictionaries in the Library catalog Oria

Norwegian Research Information Repository (Nasjonalt vitenarkiv (NVA) collects publications and other types of research output and makes them openly available in a new national repository.