Arts
Welcome to the subject guide for artistic subjects! Here you will find databases, journals, links and other information that you may find useful when searching for material in a specific subject area.
Library search tool
- Library search tool External link.
The library's search tool allows you to search for books, e-books, dissertations and articles in all subject areas.
Articles and databases
Interdisciplinary databases
- ERIC External link, opens in new window.
Materials related to education. Includes, among other things, scientific articles. - Web of Science External link, opens in new window.
Covers several subject areas, including arts and humanities. - Scopus External link, opens in new window.
Provides access to several databases and covers almost 10,000 leading journals in areas such as the arts and humanities. - JSTOR External link, opens in new window.
Books and scientific articles in fields such as music and sound engineering.
Media databases
- Media Archive (Retriever) External link.
References to articles in Swedish magazines and newspapers. - NCOM - Nordicom's database of Nordic media research publications External link.
Digital research platform containing scientific articles, dissertations and conference papers in the field of media and communication. - The Swedish Media Database (SMDB) External link.
Search service for the audiovisual collections at the National Library of Sweden. Contains information about TV, radio, video, movies presented in theaters, CDs, and multimedia. - UR Access External link.
Movies, radio and TV programs from the Education Radio (UR).
Music databases
- Boulanger Initiative Database External link, opens in new window.
Women and Gender-Marginalized Composers Repertoire Database, freely available. - Petrucci Music Library External link.
The world's biggest freely accessible music score library online. - IPA Source External link.
Transcriptions and literal translations of texts and arias. - The Royal College of Music's song register External link.
A register of Swedish songs. - Swedish Musical Heritage External link.
Swedish music score that can be downloaded free of charge. - Music Treasures Consortium External link, opens in new window.
Unique music resources such as manuscripts, first and early editions. - National Jukebox External link, opens in new window.
Library of Congress collection of historical sound recordings. - Naxos Music Library External link, opens in new window.
Browse 125,000 albums and 1.8 million tracks available for streaming. - Oxford Music Online External link, opens in new window.
Database of music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars mapping the diverse history and cultures of music around the world. - RILM Abstracts of Music Literature External link, opens in new window.
Articles, books, bibliographies, dissertations and commentaries. The material extends from 1967 onwards. - Swedish History of Music History External link.
Contains references to monographs and collections, articles in Swedish music journals, music articles in other journals and collections and documents on the Internet. Also includes a selection of references to reviews and record comments.
Databases in audio technology
- AES-Audio Engineering Society External link, opens in new window.
An international organization that unites audio engineers, creative artists, researchers and students worldwide by promoting advances in audio and disseminating new knowledge and research. - International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) External link, opens in new window.
ICAD provides and preserves digital materials, including audio engineering. - The Digital Audio Effects conference External link.
Georgia Tech Library's Conference papers. - NIME External link, opens in new window.
NIME- New Interfaces for Musical Expression is an archive of various conference papers. - The ACM digital library External link, opens in new window.
Contains material in digital art and music, games, multimedia and virtual environments. - EMS music archive External link.
EMS music archive.
Databases in theater and dance
- DramaDirekt External link.
In DramaDirect's catalog you will find both Swedish and international drama. You can search by author, play title or by using keywords. - The scene database External link.
Here you can, among other things, search for information about theater productions, actors and producers.
Journals in art and humanities
- Arts External link.
Search for a journal in the search box or browse by topic.
Open Access journals in DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a database that lists Open Access journals in most subject areas. The journals are peer-reviewed, international and meet a high scientific level. Below you will find a selection of artistic subjects.
- Communication and mass media External link, opens in new window.
Browse Open Access journals in communication and mass media. - Art External link, opens in new window.
Scientific articles and journals Open Access, sorted by different categories of art. - Music External link, opens in new window.
Open Access journals sorted by music.
Links within media
- Digital digging tools External link.
Tools for digging journalists. - EUscreen External link.
Includes thousands of movies and TV shows from European television history. - Institute for Media Studies External link, opens in new window.
Studies and reviews media. - Legal Handbook External link, opens in new window.
Manual with information including how to use digital material online. - Mediehistoriskt arkiv External link, opens in new window.
Publishes researchers from all over Sweden in the form of anthologies, monographs, dissertations and source collections. - Myndigheten för press, radio och tv External link, opens in new window.
Authority that promotes freedom of expression and supports diversity and accessibility in press, radio and television. - The authorities' writing rules External link, opens in new window.
The Language Council's collection of writing rules. - Openness and Secrecy Act External link, opens in new window.
The Openness and Secrecy Act in its entirety. - Openness principle External link, opens in new window.
Brief information on the principle of openness and how it is expressed. - Publicistklubben External link, opens in new window.
Works according to the mission of safeguarding freedom of the press and freedom of expression and promoting debate. - Spelregler för press, radio och tv External link, opens in new window.
Here you can read about the essentials of the rules that apply to the mass media and in particular the rights of the individual. - Statens kulturråd (the Swedish Arts Council) External link, opens in new window.
Government agency tasked with promoting cultural life both in Sweden and abroad. - Statens medieråd External link, opens in new window.
Works to strengthen children and young people as aware media users. - Swedish Media History Association External link, opens in new window.
Supports historical research and works to preserve press and media history source material. - Tidningsutgivarna External link, opens in new window.
TU- Svenska Tidningsutgivareföreningen is a trade organization for Swedish companies in the media sector. - Freedom of the Press Act External link, opens in new window.
Read the Freedom of the Press Act in its entirety. - Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression External link, opens in new window.
Read the Fundamental Law on Freedom of Expression in its entirety.
Links within music
Singing
- Choral Public Domain Library - Sheet Music External link, opens in new window.
Over 12,000 freely available sheet music for choir. - Musica International External link, opens in new window.
Airs, Anthems, Ballads, Canons, Songs, Folk Songs, Hymns and War Songs. - Online Opera Scores External link, opens in new window.
Indiana University Bloomington Libraries Online OperaScores External link, opens in new window.. - OperaGlass Libretti External link, opens in new window.
Librettos and other texts from Stanford's database. - The Aria Database External link, opens in new window.
Contains information about and translations of arias. - The Fake Book Index External link, opens in new window.
Searchable index of 85 jazz-oriented "fake books". - Visarkivets Vis- och låtregister External link, opens in new window.
Look up songs and interlibrary loan.
Guitar
- Boijes Samling External link, opens in new window.
Nearly 1000 guitar works in print and manuscript from the 19th century. - Heartwood Guitar Instructor External link, opens in new window.
Chords, tablature and rhythms for guitar. - Munich Digitization Center (MDZ) External link, opens in new window.
Freely available sheet music and manuscripts.
Orchestra
- The Roman Collection External link, opens in new window.
Works by the father of Swedish music Johan Helmich Roman.
Other
- 8 notes External link, opens in new window.
Free sheet music for different instruments, genres and occasions. - BlankSheetMusic.net External link, opens in new window.
Templates for music and tablature sheets. - Early Music Online External link, opens in new window.
Early Music Online is the result of a pilot project in which more than 300 volumes of 16th century music from the British Library were digitized from microfilm. - Musipedia External link, opens in new window.
In Musipedia you can search for a melody loop using codes (Parsons code), whistles, flash piano or tapping. - Nordic Network for Music Education Research External link, opens in new window.
Network for Nordic institutions conducting music education research and postgraduate education. - RISM External link, opens in new window.
Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM) is an international, non-profit organization that aims to comprehensively document existing musical sources from around the world. - ScorSer - Search system for musicians External link, opens in new window.
Contains sheet music, tablatures, lyrics, backing tracks and audio files. - STIM External link, opens in new window.
Stim, the Swedish Composers' International Music Bureau, is a copyright organization for music creators and publishers. - Swedish Journal of Music Research External link, opens in new window.
A peer-reviewed journal published by the Swedish Society of Music Research. - Sveriges kompositörer och textförfattare (SKAP) External link, opens in new window.
Sweden's association for professional composers, lyricists and arrangers. - The Music Rack External link, opens in new window.
Free downloads of sheet music, working documents and resources for music teachers. - Vetenskapsrådets årsbok om konstnärlig forskning External link, opens in new window.
Search for: "Artistic research yearbook" - Women Composers Collection External link, opens in new window.
University of Michigan Library's collection of music composed by 700 women composers.
Links within audio engineering
- The Journal on the Art of Record Production (JARP) External link, opens in new window.
International peer reviewed journal that publishes scientific articles. - Record Production External link, opens in new window.
Recording engineer's tips and tricks. - Sound Studio and Audio Calculations External link, opens in new window.
Help and explanations of special questions about recording technology.
Links within theater and dance
- An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 to 1920 External link, opens in new window.
Library of Congress collection of over two hundred dance manuals. - Dans i Nord External link, opens in new window.
Norrbotten County's resource and development center for dance. - Dansportalen External link, opens in new window.
Mixed articles and other information about dance. - Dramawebben External link, opens in new window.
Dramawebben is part of the Literature Bank where you can find free Swedish drama. - Musikverkets teatersamlingar External link, opens in new window.
Here are public and private archives and collections with play scripts, program sheets, role photos, books, journals and much more. - The Paget-Fredericks Dance Collection External link, opens in new window.
Contains approximately 2,000 original drawings, paintings, photographs and more, between approximately 1913-1945 (in English).
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