Subject pages: Det teknisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet: SciTech databases

Our databases are available from Oria

The library's databases are available from Oria

Remote access

To access all the electronic resources provided by the Library when you are not on campus, please remember to log in via the proxy server.

GoogleScholar

Search in Google or GoogleScholar if you look for information you cannot retrieve from elsewhere. This may be information that is so new it has not been published in academic journals yet.

Tips: If you know the title of an academic article, the easiest way to retrieve the pdf is to search in GoogleScholar.

Full text databases

Other important fulltext databases from publishers and organisations

ScienceDirect
Online service for scientific research that contains the full text of Elsevier Science journals in the life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences.
SpringerLink
SpringerLink gives access to e-journals and e-books from the publishers Springer and Kluwer. Subject areas: Natural science, technology, medicine, social science.
Wiley Online Library
Articles on Science and technology, Medicine, Humanities, and Social sciences.
Academic Search Premier
Journal articles within most subject areas.
JSTOR
Database containing the back issues of scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics and other fields.
Emerald
Fulltext articles from more than 250 journals in management and marketing.

The worlds leading journals

Nature Online

Nature is one of the most cited scientific journals in the world. Nature publishes research on all fields within natural science and technology

Science Online

Science is published by “American Association for the Advancement of Science". Science contains news, chronicles and scientific articles on natural science.

Important interdisciplinary databases

Scopus and Web of Science are important databases we recommend for all SciTech subjects.

Databases for Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
IEEE Explore
Contains 3 million full text documents in the fields of electronics, information technology and electrical engineering.

Databases for Department of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering

Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.
Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
SciFinder (Chemical Abstracts)
Contains references in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, bio technology and materials technology. Possible to search using drawn molecules, parts of molecules and reactions. Links to full text where UiS has provided access from publisher. Requires individual user profile.

Registrer your user profile here:
https://scifinder.cas.org/registration/index.html?corpKey=6C0664D5X86F350ABX6F7D005E241A777031
Use your UiS-email address when registering. Only one concurrent user allowed in SciFinder.
ACS Publications
Gives access to many of the most highly cited scientific publications in the field of chemistry.
JoVE Biology
The first peer reviewed scientific journal that is based on video. Our subscription covers the biology part of JoVE.
Medline (Ebsco)
Den største medisinske databasen.

Databases for Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.

Other resources:

Standards from Norsk Standard

Databases for Department of Mathematics and Physics

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
MatSciNet
A comprehensive database covering mathematics, statistics and computer technology.
Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.
APS (American Physical Society)
Database where you can search in different journals within the field of physics.
IOP (Institute of Physics)
Journal published by Institute of Physics. Focuses on physics, material technology, biotechnology, astrophysics, environmental technology, mathematics and education.
ERAM
Electronic Research Archive for Mathematics. A collection of classical mathematical publications (1868-1942).

Databases for Department of Safety, Economics and Planning

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.
International Security & Counter Terrorism Reference Center
Information on virtually every dimension of security & counter-terrorism.
Artikkelbasen (NAL)
Norske arkitekters landsforbund. I denne basen registreres presentasjoner av norsk samtidsarkitektur fra tidsskriftene, både norske og utenlandske. Norske arkitektkonkurranser dekkes også. Basen inneholder over 33.000 poster og ajourføres daglig.
Norske arkitektkonkurranser (NAK-basen)
Detaljert informasjon om presentasjonene i Norske Arkitektkonkurranser fra 1953 til i dag.

Databases for Department of Energy Resources

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.
GeoRef
Geosciences database containing references to geoscience journal articles, books, maps, conference papers, reports and theses.
GeoScienceWorld
Geosciences database, formed by a group of leading geoscientific organizations.
AAPG Datapages
(American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
Full text articles in geology and geosciences.
Lyell Collection
The Lyell Collection is an online collection comprising of the the Geological Society of London’s journal titles, special Publications and key book series.

Department of Energy and Petroleum EngineeringDatabases for Department of Energy Resources

Scopus
Reference database with direct linking to full text. Contains ca. 22 000 scientific journals, as well as a number of book series, conference proceedings etc. Subject areas: Science and technology, health sciences, sociology. Goes back to 1960.
OnePetro
Technical documents in full text from 13 petroleum related organizations.
Web of Science
References to articles from the world's leading journals and other printed media.

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