Databases and articles
arXiv
Free distribution service and an open-access archive for scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.
Academic Search Elite
Interdisciplinary full text database with access to approximately 2000 journals, both scholarly and general.
bioRxiv
Free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
BrowZine - your personal magazine shelf
BrowZine is a service that gives you easy access to e-journals which the Volda University College subscribes to. User guide on YouTube.
ERIC
International database of pedagogical literature. Includes literature on pedagogy and education for most subjects, topics and education levels. Mainly journal articles, but also books, dissertations and conference reports. Over two thirds of the content is full text.
Google Scholar
Search for books, journal articles, reports and other academic publications.
GreenFile
Research database focusing on human impact on the environment. Covering subjects such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology. Some full text.
Idunn
Over 60 Norwegian and Nordic journals in full text from Universitetsforlaget.
JSTOR
Archive of international scientific journals in full text, mainly within humanities and social sciences. The database usually does not cover the last 3-5 years of a journal.
Norart
References to articles in Norwegian and Nordic journals and annals, 1980-2020.
ScienceDirect
Elsevier's leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature giving access to e-journals within physical sciences and engineering, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.
Web of Science
Citation Database. Contains references to articles from leading journals in science, technology, social sciences and humanities. Gives statistics about how often articles are cited.
zbMATH Open
zbMATH Open (formerly known as Zentralblatt MATH) is the world's most comprehensive and longest-running abstracting and reviewing service in pure and applied mathematics.