The Library

Oslo National Academy of the Arts has access to a number of digital resources, such as e-books, e-journals and databases covering several disciplines. Here is an overview of relevant resources categorized by subject.

  = Off-campus access via Feide login. (Your KHiO username and password).

E-books

Oslo National Academy of the Arts provides access to a number of relevant e-books.

You can find e-books by searching in Oria. Choose e-books in the right-hand menu to limit your search. In addition to titles purchased or subscribed to by the library, you can find openly available e-books as well.

EBSCOhost eBook Collection

E-books from this collection can be read online, but can also be downloaded by creating a user account. When downloaded, the e-book is available offline for a week. If you are unable to access an e-book, it may already be in use by someone else. You can try downloading it later, or put in a request. You will then be notified when the e-book is available.

Digital access to the National Library's collection

Faculty at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts can log in with Feide-ID for direct access. Everyone else must apply for access. The National Library then handles the request. You will recieve and email when the access is granted. The access lasts for 8 hours. See nb.no for more information (Norwegian only).

E-journals

Journals A-Å (Oria)

Complete overview of e-journals subscribed to by the library.

Fine Art / Design / Art and Craft 

Art & Architecture Source 

Journals, e-books and pictures about art, design and architecture.

Artstor  

1.9 million images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.

Digitalt Museum

Norwegian museum collections: art, arts and crafts, cultural history and much more.

dis.art

DIS is a streaming platform that combines entertainment and education ("edutainment"). It offers videos featuring leading artists and thinkers in art, culture, activism, philosophy, and technology. The content challenges traditional perspectives and provides new ways to understand our shifting reality.

Europeana

Explore 48,633,358 artworks, artefacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe.

JSTOR - Arts & Sciences III  

This collection draws on titles across the language, performing, and visual arts, including titles in music and religion. 

KunstBib

Norwegian bibliography of art history.

Materia

Material database with descriptions of 2600+ materials for architects and designers, within the following categories: Ceramics, Coatings, Concretes, Glass, Metals, Natural stones, Other naturals, Plastics, Wood.

National Museum Collection

Artworks and objects from the National Museum Collection.

NYPL Digital Collections

The New York Public Library has scanned more than 840,000 images in high resolution. The database is updated daily and includes prints, photographs, maps, posters, menus, illustrations, catalogues etc.

UbuWeb

Educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.

Dance and Theater 

Colombine

Nordic theatre publisher.

Doollee.com

Modern dramatists and plays written in or translated to English. From 1956-.

Drama Online  

Plays, scientific publications, audio plays and video recordings of theater performances.

Dramas

Script distribution and rights clearance for Norwegian amateur theatre.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance with Full Text 

Fulltext journal articles and e-books.

JSTOR - Arts & Sciences III  

This collection draws on titles across the language, performing, and visual arts, including titles in music and religion. 

Manusbanken 

Contemporary Norwegian Plays.

Medici.tv 

Classical music videos.

The Norwegian National Theatre

The Norwegian National Theatre archive.

Nordiska

Nordic publishing house for drama.

Sceneweb

A national performing arts archive.

UbuWeb

Educational resource for avant-garde material available on the internet. It offers visual, concrete and sound poetry, expanding to include film and sound art mp3 archives.

Digital Drama Workshops

Resource on online digital workshops in theatre.

Classical Music and Opera

Aria database

Collection of information about opera and operatic aria.

IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library

Classical sheet music.

IPA Source 

Transcriptions and translations of arias and songs.

JSTOR - Arts & Sciences III  

This collection draws on titles across the language, performing, and visual arts, including titles in music and religion. 

Medici.tv 

Classical music videos.

Operabase

Operabase has documented operatic activity worldwide since 1996, with over 410,000 performances on file. It records the work of artists in over 900 theatres, and publishes season information to opera-goers in 23 languages.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia Britannica 

A general knowledge English-language encyclopedia.

Ordnett 

Dictionaries: Norwegian and English

Artistic Research 

CRIStin

Research and artistic development at Norwegian universities, colleges and institutes.

KHiODA

Oslo National Academy of the Arts' repository. Contains artistic research and research results produced by our academic staff and fellows, plus documentation of the students' final exams works (exhibitions, performances, texts).

Research Catalogue

The Research Catalogue (RC) is a non-commercial, collaboration and publishing platform for artistic research.

Open Access Resources

Open Access/OA means freely available digital resources

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Overview and access to a large number of Open Access E-books.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Overview and access to a large number of Open Access journals and articles.

Other resources

Google Scholar

Search engine for online scholarly content.

Keenious

AI-tool that can be integrated into Word/Google Docs. Finds relevant articles based on the contents of your document.

Feel free to ask your librarian for help!

Who can borrow? 

Lending rules for students

Lending rules

What does it mean to write academically? Here you can find information on how to search for literature, how to cite sources, and copyright.

• Academic writing and how to cite
• Student paper archive

The library offers guidance to students and faculty in the use of all of our resources: the library catalogue, the databases we subscribe to and other electronic resources, how to navigate the collection, etc. Feel free to ask us any time. You can come by and ask the librarian at the front desk, or send us an email with your questions. If you want a more in-depth guidance, you can "borrow a librarian" for a meeting about whatever topic you want to learn more about.

The library can also provide guidance and courses in literature searching, source assessment, and the reference management tool Zotero. These programs help you organise your sources, make citing and referencing easier, and automatically generate bibliographies in your text. We can help you with the installation and get you started. We also offer more extensive courses in Zotero, both individually and in groups. The courses can be held both physically and digitally via Zoom. Send us an email if you wish to book a course: bibliotek@khio.no.

See the course overview for a complete list of the courses we offer.

Student papers written by students at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (bachelor and master) can be accessed via the digital archive. Note that not all papers are published digitally. The library has physical copies of many older papers which can be borrowed. These can be found in Oria. Choose advanced search and set the filter to material type master thesis or student thesis. Then search for a subject, title or author.

Doctoral dissertations from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts can be found either in the digital archive or Oria. Use advanced search and set the filter to material type dissertations.

Archiving and registering your artistic research

Information on Cristin and Nasjonalt Vitenarkiv (NVA):

Cristin will no longer be open for registering and editing research results from June 3. Cristin will remain available in reading mode until NVA is in place.

Research results cannot be registered during this period, but can be registered in NVA after the summer.

The library can provide tutorials and guidance in the use of NVA for all employees.

Contact vitenarkiv@khio.no if you have any questions or wish to test NVA before the launch.

More information on NVA can be found here (Norwegian only).

All artistic research results must be archived and registered. Results are archived and registered in the The Norwegian research information repository (NVA).

Read KHiO's policy on archiving and registration of artistic research results (pdf).

It is your own responsibilty as an employee of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts to make sure your artistic research results are archived and registered. A result may consist of several parts (files), such as pdfs, audiovisual material, photo documentation, etc.

Literature searches for systematic reviews

Are you working on an artistic research project that involves a systematic review? The library can conduct the literature search for you. Contact us for further information.

Choosing a publication channel

There are numerous peer-reviewed journals within the design and arts fields. Read more about publication channels and self-archiving here.

Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers

NSD is responsible for the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers. This forms the basis for research publications that have an impact on the weighted funding model. Here you can search for authorised publication channels, also within the design and arts fields: Search the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers.

ISBN and ISSN

The library administers the institutional ISBN range (International Standard Book Number) and takes care of the legal depositing of all materials produced with the National Library in Mo i Rana. For more information about ISBN and ISSN (International Standard Serial Number), please see this page.

Book courses for your students

The library offers courses in information literacy for students on demand. Contact the library if you wish to book a course for your students. You can find an overview of the courses we offer here.

Copyright clearance

The Kopinor Higher education licence requires curriculum and other necessary learning material in the form of book excerpts to be registered for clearance in Bolk when it is copied and made available to the students. Remember to register for clearance before copying and sharing with students. Book excerpts and coursepacks to be used for a new group of students must be re-registered for clearance. The licence allows for up to 15% of a book to be copied and distributed. Read more about the scope of copying here.

Making digital coursepacks

Bolk offers a complete solution for making digital coursepacks, from ordering to digital delivery of content. In Bolk you can search for book excerpts from both Norwegian and international textbooks. You can compile material found in Bolk, and order digital coursepacks for different subjects. If the material does not exist in Bolk, you can scan it yourself and upload a pdf-file to your coursepack. The complete coursepack is then delivered as a pdf-file, including front page and table of contents, and can then be distributed to the students in Canvas. The finished coursepack is not copy protected, and the students can use it without restrictions.

Contact the library if you need a Bolk user account. Once you have a profile you can log in using Feide. The library can also help you get started in Bolk. 

Step-by-step guide for Bolk: Bolk på 1-2-3 (Norwegian language only).

The library collection

The physical collection consists of books, magazines, journals, films, theater scripts, and a unique collection of artists' books. The library also subscribes to a number of digital resources, such as e-books, digital journals, magazines, and various databases.

The library has a collection of recordings of student performances. These recordings are no longer loanable, since they require written consent from each participant. Contact the library for more information.

The library staff

Kristine Jacobsen

Einar Thor Jonsson (Teamleder)

Live Vikøren

Student staff