National and University Library of Iceland
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Library websites

The National and University Library of Iceland runs a number of projects, both on its own and together with others. Here are links to some of the websites connected with the Library:

Digitised collections

5 websites

  • Bækur.is 

    baekur.is

    Digital reproductions of old Icelandic books.

  • Handrit.is 

    handrit.is

    A union catalogue of Icelandic manuscripts in three manuscript collections.

  • Hljóðsafn 

    hljodsafn.is

    Music and other sound recordings kept by the Library.

  • Íslandskort 

    islandskort.is

    Images of old maps of Iceland and an outline of the history of mapping the country.

  • Tímarit.is 

    timarit.is

    Digitised copies of Icelandic, Faroese and Greenlandic newspapers and journals.

Databases

14 websites

  • Bókaskrá 

    bokaskra.landsbokasafn.is

    A catalogue of Icelandic publications up to 1844.

  • Hvar.is 

    hvar.is

    The website of the Iceland Consortium for Electronic Subscriptions: national access to electronic databases and journals.

  • IRIS 

    iris.landsbokasafn.is

    A research portal showing the research activity of the Icelandic universities and institutions that take part in the system.

  • The Icelandic National Bibliography: a record of material published in Iceland, with statistics.

  • Ísmús 

    ismus.is

    A database of Icelandic music and cultural heritage: sound recordings, photographs, films, manuscripts and texts.

  • Leiðarvísar.is 

    leidarvisar.is

    Help with searching for sources, links to databases and a wide range of instructional material (in Icelandic).

  • Leitir.is 

    leitir.is

    An integrated search portal that searches many electronic databases at once, including the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries.

  • Lykilskrá 

    lykilskra.landsbokasafn.is

    An index of personal names, corporate bodies, subject headings and geographical names from the Gegnir authority file.

  • Opin vísindi 

    opinvisindi.is

    A repository of research outputs and doctoral theses in open access from the Icelandic universities, since 2016.

  • Rafhlaðan 

    rafhladan.is

    A digital repository that receives the electronic material deposited under legal deposit.

  • Skemman 

    skemman.is

    A digital repository of final theses from the universities in Iceland (bachelor's and master's theses).

  • Books, e-books, audiobooks, journals and articles in the collections of the National and University Library of Iceland, on Leitir.

  • An archive of websites from the national domain .is.

  • A bibliography of translations of the sagas of Icelanders and tales, the Eddic poems, bishops' sagas, legendary sagas, chivalric sagas and kings' sagas.

Educational websites

11 websites

  • Hallgrímur Pétursson 

    hallgrimurpetursson.is

    About Hallgrímur Pétursson and his Passíusálmar (Hymns of the Passion)

  • Cataloguers’ handbook 

    hask.landsbokasafn.is

    The handbook for bibliographic cataloguing in the union catalogue of Icelandic libraries (in Icelandic).

  • Jón Árnason 

    jonarnason.is

    An educational website about Jón Árnason and his collection of folk tales.

  • Jónas Hallgrímsson 

    jonashallgrimsson.is

    A website about the national poet Jónas Hallgrímsson.

  • Konur og stjórnmál 

    konurogstjornmal.is

    The history of women's suffrage in Iceland.

  • The Women's History Archives share knowledge of women's history and research and help with finding sources.

  • The Theatre Museum preserves and shares knowledge of the history of the performing arts in Iceland.

  • An archive and a research and educational institution in the field of oral history.

  • Open access 

    openaccess.is

    The National and University Library of Iceland's website on open access to publicly funded scientific material and research results.

  • A museum of Icelandic music, musical culture and musical heritage.

  • Upplýsingalæsi 

    upplysingalaesi.is

    A teaching website on sources and their use: finding, evaluating and using sources (in Icelandic).