Academia
If you live within Aalborg Municipality, you can access these databases from home with your library login (CPR number and PIN).
You have free access to all content unless otherwise specified in the description of the database.
You can use the databases either through a browser or - for some databases - an app. Some facilities in the databases are not supported by Internet Explorer. Please remember to update the app whenever a new version is released.
Masterfile Premier
Find full-text articles on nearly all topics in English from acclaimed magazines like American History, ComputerWorld, Foreign Affairs, History Today, New Yorker, NewsWeek, PC World, Scientific American, Time and Vanity Fair.
Instructions
- Go to MasterFile Premier and log in with your CPR and PIN by clicking "Se online".
- MasterFile Premier gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
PressReader lets you keep track of news from more than 100 countries all around the globe. The newspapers – and some magazines - are available in a PDF format the same morning they are published.
Instructions
1. Go to PressReader or download the app “PressReader”
2. Log in to PressReader via the "Se online" in a browser with your library login (CPR and PIN)
3. Create a profile
4. Log in to the app with your profile credentials
5. You have access for 24 hours. You can renew your access by logging in first from the browser in the app
Britanica Library
Comprehensive and regularly updated dictionary with articles, biographies, country information, statistics, illustrations and videos.
Instructions
- Go to Britanica Library, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Britanica Library gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
CREDO
Direct access to more than 700 dictionaries within a wide range of issues in one search. The database gives you an overview of different fields and contains a mind map facility that makes it easy to visualize relates issues.
Instructions
- Go to CREDO, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- CREDO gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Ebook Central
Find both fiction and non-fiction on a wide range of topics for all ages. All 32.000 e-books are in English.
Instructions
- Go to Ebook Central, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Search and start reading the book you need
- Alternatively, you can create an account and download Adobe Digital Edition which is available for free. This gives you access to downloading 10 books for 2 weeks to read offline, create bookshelves and bookmarks as well as downloading chapters – up to 60 pages
- Alternatively, you can download the app Bluefire Reader (costs 25 kr) if you want to read on your tablet or phone. Log in to the app with your profile credentials
Europa World Plus
Political and economic information about more than 250 countries and 1.700 international organizations. Contains interactive and visual facilities for comparison of countries based on statistics.
Instructions
- Go to Europa World Plus, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Europa World Plus gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Gale in Context – Global Issues
Use it to find news, articles from magazines and academic journals or audio, video and stills on almost every topic when it comes to international issues. You can also listen to the articles or translate them into other languages.
Instructions
- Go to Gale in Context – Global Issues, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Gale in Context – Global Issues gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Gale Context Highschool
Use it to find peer-reviewed articles about history, culture, politics, social science, natural science and geography. Choose between basic, intermediate or advanced level. Podcasts, videos, illustrations, statistics, speaches and primary sources.
Instructions
- Go to Gale Context Highschool, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Gale Context Highschool gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Women's Studies International
Find articles on international gender research literature from 1881 to today.
Instructions
- Go to Women's Studies International, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Women's Studies International gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Gale Context Biography
Use it to find information about famous authors, poets, musicians, actors and historical figures - from around the world. You will find news, articles, websites and pictures.
Instructions
- Go to Gale Context Biography, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Gale Context Biography gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Ancestry Library
Genealogical database with names and information from more than 4.000 collections and databases.
Instructions
- Go to Ancestry Library, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Ancestry Library gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- In "Charts and Forms", please find charts and matrixes for your own use – for example, ancestral charts and research calendars.
- For beginners – please find help in "Learning Center"
Access Science
Articles, dictionaries and biographies covering natural science. Videos and animations support the texts.
Instructions
- Go to Access Science, click at "Se online" and login with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Access Science gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track on your articles and searches
Gale Context Science
Use it to browse through dictionaries and articles within a wide range of issues of natural science like medicine, geology, biology. Choose between basic, intermediate eller advanced level.
Besides articles find clips from papers, sound and video and links.
Instructions
- Go to Gale Context Science, click at "Se online" and login with your library login (CPR and PIN).
- Gale Context Science l gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track on your articles and searches
Greenfile
Climate database on issues like global warming, sustainability, green energy, pollution and organic farming.
Instructions
- Go to Greenfile, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN)
- Greenfiles gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
- Greenfiles is a section of the database Masterfile Premier
Literature Resource Center
Literature scientific articles and critical essays on authors, works, genres and periods.
The database also contains full-text poems, short stories, plays, reviews of books, movies and plays.
Instructions
- Go to Literature Resource Center, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN)
- Literature Resource Center gives you a wide range of search possibilities
Oxford Art Online
Find articles on painting, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, textiles, design etc.
You can see art from museums all over the world and find biographical information on artists and their works.
Instructions
- Go to Oxford Art Online, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN)
- Oxford Art Online gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Oxford Music Online
Find articles on musicology covering most genres and artists through the world history.
Instructions
- Go to Oxford Music Online, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN)
- Oxford Music Online gives you a wide range of search possibilities
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your articles and searches
Books24x7 ITpro
IT e-books on, for example, development, configuration, operation, databases, security and server technologies from well-known publishers.
Instructions
- Go to Books24x7 ITpro, click "Se online" and log in with your library login (CPR and PIN)
- You can choose to create a profile to keep track of your e-books and searches