To access the Library's electronic resources (e-books, journals, databases) off campus, you have to install a VPN-client to connect to the school's network.
The most important databases at NIH
ORIA (search tutorial) - everything the Library has got, in print and electronic
PubMed (search tutorial) - medicine
Web of Science (search tutorial) - interdisciplinary (sociology, health, psychology, philosophy etc.).
SPORTDiscus (search tutorial) - sport
PsycINFO (search tutorial) - psychology, psychiatry, medicine and sociology
Ordnett - dictionaries (Norwegian, new Norwegian, foreign words, synonyms, Norwegian-English, English-Norwegian, medicine)
More databases
BioMed Central - medicine and biology, free full text from 130 journals.
British Nursing index - references from 270 nursing journals, with focus on nursing and midwifery.
Campbell Library - systematic reviews of the effects of measures in the fields of education, social welfare and crime prevention.
CINAHL - nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition.
Cochrane Library - different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. Training video.
Epistemonikos - systematic reviews of clinical issues.
ERIC - pedagogy and education
European Database of Sport Science - 16.000 abstracts from 1996 until today from the annual ECSS-congress, and access to 10% in full text
Helsebiblioteket - databases, journals and other health related resources
In Sum - updated and relevant summarized research on prevention and treatment measures for the mental health of children and adolescents, and on child welfare measures.
Lovdata - Norwegian laws, central and local regulations, new decisions from the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal
MEDLINE - medicine. This is the same database as PubMed, but new articles will be searchable a bit later in MEDLINE.
Micromedex - medicine. Comprehensive international reference work on pharmaceuticals. Contains research-based and up-to-date information on a wide range of medications, including their use, mechanisms of action, dosages, interactions, side effects, and individualized adjustments.
National Library's newspaper service - access to many Norwegian newspapers, information about titles and access. Contact the library during staffed opening hours to get the current username and password.
Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA) - includes articles, PhD Theses, Master theses and reports from NIH. Replaces Brage from October 2025.
OTSeeker - systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. You must register as a personal user.
PDQ-Evidence - systematic reviews of organization in the health service.
PEDro - trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy
Scandinavian University Press (former Idunn) - Norwegian journals and books
Spolit - sport and related subjects, good coverage of German and Eastern European literature.
Store Norske Leksikon - Aschehoug and Gyldendals Great Norwegian Encyclopedia, free
SveMed+ - medicine, Nordic journal articles
Trip - search engine for clinicians. Trip simultaneously searches in a lot of databases and web resources and sorts the results according to the levels in the knowledge pyramid. You must log in to use it, but it is free.