Databases A to Z
Here you can find databases that we subscribe to and some that are available for free online.
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- New databases and journals 2023
- BMJ Standard Collection
From 2023 you can access journals in the BMJ Standard Collection, a collection of journals within medicine and public health published by BMJ.
- To BMJ Journals
- See journals included in the BMJ Standard Collection
- BMJ also publish a range of open access journals, including The BMJ.
- Nature
- From 2023, you can access Nature, considered one of the most prestigious scientific journals. Access includes articles in full-text from 2012 onwards.
- To Nature
- Gale Research Complete
- Gale Research Complete is a package of digital resources published by Gale. We have trial access to the package during 2023. The package consists of interdisciplinary databases containing journals, newspapers, e-books and archive material, as well as subject-specific databases within economics and literature.
- The following databases and digital resources are included:
- Gale Academic OneFile– journals (mostly academic) within all subject areas
- Gale General OneFile– journals within all subject areas
- Gale OneFile: News– international newspapers, including The Economist, The Guardian, The New York Times and The Washington Post
- Gale Ebooks– e-books published by Gale, mostly reference literature
- Archives Unbound– digital archive with historical primary sources in facsimile format from various subject areas
- Gale Business: Insights – statistics, reports, articles and news within international business and marketing
- Gale Literature– includes several subsidiary databases with full-text literary works, critical analyses and information about authors and their works
Databases A to Z
References, abstracts and full-text journal articles within a range of subject areas.
Coverage: 1955-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
The ACM Digital Library contains:
- The full-text of all ACM publications including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines and books.
- Full-text publications from selected publishers.
- The ACM guide to computing literature: a comprehensive bibliographic database focused on the field of computing.
Coverage: References from 1950-; full-text from 1952-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References, abstracts and full-text journal articles from the American Chemical Society.
Coverage: 1879 –
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References to articles from Swedish journals and newspapers. Links to full-text articles from a few newspapers.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Full-text journals within medicine and public health from the publisher BMJ. Only journals in the BMJ Standard Collection are included in the subscription.
Access: On campus + externally via Remote Desktop
Full-text journals within humanities, social sciences and biology from the publisher Brill.
Coverage: 2000-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Abstracts and full-text articles within business and economics as well as company information.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Full-text journals within a range of subject areas from the publisher Cambridge University Press.
Coverage: 1997-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References to journal articles within nursing and allied health. Includes links to full-text databases.
Coverage: 1982-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References to journal articles within nursing and allied health. Includes links to full-text databases.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
CEDAR develops and provides access to demographic databases based on Swedish historic parish data.
- INDIKO: Parish registers online
- TABVERK: Access to statistical parish records from 1749 – 1859
- FOLKNET: Access to population statistics from parishes, towns and municipalities from 1810 - 1990
Access: Free access
Discovery is the library's search portal where you can search for content contained in our databases.
- Eikon
Eikon contains economic and financial data from many countries. Includes company and economic data, analytics, news and much more. Data can be printed or exported to Excel, Powerpoint or Word.
Bibliographic database with health sciences. Links to full-text databases.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References, abstracts and full-text articles within business economics, technology and library sciences.
Coverage : 1994-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References, abstracts and full-text articles and literature within education.
Coverage: 1966 –
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
International patent database from the European Patent Office (EPO). Includes national and international patents as well as patent applications.
Access: Free access
Database of rules and regulations regarding auditing, accounting, financial reporting and tax.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References, abstracts and full-text journal articles within a range of subject areas.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Statistics, reports, articles and news within international business, economics and marketing.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Search across Gale's literary databases containing full-text literary works, literary commentary and information about authors and their works.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
International newspapers in full-text, including The Economist, The Guardian, The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Gale Research Complete is a package of digital resources published by Gale. The package consists of interdisciplinary databases containing journals, newspapers, e-books and archive material, as well as subject-specific databases within economics and literature.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Search engine for scholarly web resources. Covers free resources as well as the full-text journals of many commercial publishers.
Full-text articles appear on Google scholar for publisher content that the library subscribes to, provided you are logged in with your university user account.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Reference database within environmental sciences. Links to full-text articles.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals within physical activity, sport and exercise from the publisher Human Kinetics.
Coverage: 1970-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Idunn contains full-text nordic journals within a range of subjects from the Norwegian publisher Idunn.
Coverage: 1995-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals, conference papers and IEEE standards within technology, engineering and electronics with applications in humanities, social sciences and medicine.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Bibliographic database within science and technology. Contains journals, conference proceedings, books dissertations and reports. Links to full-text databases.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals within natural sciences, technology and medicine from the publisher IOS Press.
Coverage: 1982-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains a selection of journal packages within economics, social sciences, languages and literature from JSTOR as well as the thematic collection JSTOR Sustainability.
A limited number of articles not included in the library's subscription can be accessed by registering a private account.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
A legal database covering Swedish law texts and commentary volumes, journals and e-books (in Swedish).
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals within the health sciences from the publisher Mark Allen Healthcare.
Coverage: 1992-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthensDatabase of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information covering mathematical sciences literature. Includes Mathematics Subject Classifications (MSC) and links to full-text.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Articles from Swedish newspapers, journals and news agencies, web pages as well as TV and radio news. Articles behind paywalls are included, except for newspapers published by Bonnier News (Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri, Expressen/GT/Kvällsposten, Helsingborgs Dagblad and Sydsvenskan).
Premium articles from Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri and Svenska Dagbladet can be accessed in the library. Contact staff in order to use this service.
Coverage: 1981-
- Access: On campus + externally via Remote Desktop
References and abstracts to journal articles covering medicine, biomedicine, nursing, health sciences and psychology. Links to full-text databases. Medline is an important component of the larger PubMed database.
Coverage: 1946-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Full-text journals covering nursing and allied healthcare. Includes Ovid Nursing Database.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains journals within all subject areas from the publisher Oxford Academic Press.
Coverage: 1996-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
Coverage: 1988-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References and abstracts to articles and literature covering psychology and related disciplines. Links to PsycArticles and other full-text databases.
Coverage: 1872-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References and abstracts to journal articles covering medicine, nursing, healthcare and psychology. Links to full-test databases.
Coverage: 1946-
Access: Free access
Financial information and annual reports from Swedish Companies.
Access: On campus + externally via Remote Desktop
Contains cases within economics, business and management.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals mostly within social sciences, humanities, medicine and technology from the publisher SAGE.
Coverage: 1999-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References, abstracts and full-text journal articles within all subject areas published by Elsevier.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
References and abstracts to journal articles covering all subject areas. Includes links to citing articles and citation statistics. Links to publishers’ full-text.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Standards in full-text from Swedish, European and international standards organisations. Also contains SIS Bygghandlingar and Materialnyckeln, a database with information about metallic materials (both in Swedish).
If you cannot access a standard in full text, you can ask the library to add it using the "Suggest addition" button. We will contact you when the standard is available.
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Full-text journals and literature covering sociology, gender studies, religion and social work.
Coverage: 1895-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals within alla subject areas from the publisher Springer.tidskrifter inom alla ämnesområden från förlaget Springer i fulltext.
Coverage: 1997-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Digitised Swedish newspapers from 1645 until today.
Newspaper volumes that are older than 115 years are freely available.
Volumes that are not freely available can be accessed from a specific computer in the library which can be booked for 4 hours at a time. Contact the library: biblioteket@hig.se.
It is not permitted to systematically download large amounts of copyright material. If detected, the National Library will temporarily disable access to the database.
SwePub is the national search portal for research publications from Swedish higher education institutions.
Access: Free access
Contains full-text journals within all subject areas from the publisher Taylor & Francis.
Coverage: 1997-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Comprehensive database of references and full-text journal articles covering all subject areas.
Coverage: 1986-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens
Contains full-text journals within all subject areas from the publisher Wiley.
Coverage: 1997-
Access: On campus + externally via OpenAthens