Literature, academic works, textbooks and reference works available at the library
Electronic and print journal subscriptions available to library users
Icelandic printed material, including books, journals, posters and small print,
Collections
Journals
Find journals - SFX
The journal registry of the National and University Library of Iceland links to some 20,000 electronic journals, i.e. both those available under the country-wide subscription (see hvar.is) and those subscribed to by the library and open-access journals found online. Access to journals subscribed to by the library is limited to the network of the University of Iceland. The registry also contains information about print journals the library subscribes to. The OPAC Gegnir contains information about print journals in 200 libraries in Iceland.
Electronic journals - Icelandic
The web Timarit.is provides open access to electronic images of over 750 journals and newspapers from Iceland, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands dating from the 17th century till just two years ago, including most of the 20th century Icelandic national press. Article-level lookup is available for some of the journals and a powerful full-text search of the OCRed text is possible for all of them.
Print journals - Icelandic and foreign
The library purchases some 1100 titles in printed form. Some of these are also available in electronic form on computers using the network of the University of Iceland. Journals printed in iceland are deposited at the library and can be found in the reading room on the ground floor and in the journal collection on the 2nd floor. Information about these journals can be found in the national OPAC Gegnir with information about journals in 200 Icelandic libraries.
The periodicals department can be reached at 525-5750
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