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This guide covers a set of high-quality sources of information for Swedish language & culture that can be a good starting point for your research.
Databases
- Nationalbibliografin - Swedish national bibliography This link opens in a new window
- Linguistic Bibliography Online This link opens in a new windowBibliography for linguistics focusing on the lesser known and extinct languages
- Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new windowBibliography containing references and abstracts on language and linguistics
- MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) This link opens in a new windowLiterature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Online bibliography on language and literature.
MLA International Bibliography offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals & series and 1,000 book publishers. The indexed materials coverage is international and includes almost 60 titles from J-STOR’s language and literature collection as well as links to full text. - Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowBi(bli)ographies and critical analyses of literary works in all languages
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new windowBibliographic database with references on sociology, political science, economics and anthropology
Dictionaries
- Van Dale Online This link opens in a new windowVan Dale online dictionaries, including Dutch-Swedish and Swedish-Dutch
- Svenska Akademiens OrdböckerSearch three dictionaries in one go: Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL), Svensk ordbok (SO) and the historical dictionary Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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Online books and text corpora
- Medieval Nordic Texts OnlineMenota is a network of leading Nordic archives, libraries and research departments working with medieval texts and manuscript facsimiles. The aim of Menota is to preserve and publish medieval texts in digital form.
- Språkbanken TextModern and historical Swedish texts in digital formats suitable for research.
- Project RunebergElectronic editions of classic Scandinavian literature
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- Arctic studies This link opens in a new window
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