Remote access
Only at our premises in Uppsala can you make full use of all digital resources we subscribe to. We can however give remote access to a few of these, for specific external users.
Please note that the info on this pages is aimed at users in the Nordic countries.
For info relevant to Africa-based early career researchers, see the page about our new Virtual Library Programme: 12 months digital access to selected e-resources
Quick overview
Resources included in our remote access package 📡
- Short description: Combination of several databases with info on all aspects of Africa from the 19th century to the present. References mainly.
- Detailed description: Info on EBSCO website
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- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Remote access login to African Books Collective External link, opens in new window.
Additional access info (after login): 1. Click on “Guest access” in upper right corner and wait until you’re recognized as a Guest User. 2. Click on “All Accessible Titles” in left hand menu. 3. All accessible titles are listed.
- Short description: African-owned collective outlet for books published in Africa. NAI has a subscription on their African Studies External link, opens in new window. collection.
- Detailed description: Info on ABC website External link, opens in new window..
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Short description: Digital platform for African books. NAI has a subscription on their Samir Amin External link, opens in new window. and Social sciences External link, opens in new window. collections. Titles in English and French.
- Detailed description: Available in English External link, opens in new window. and in French External link, opens in new window. at the African Digital Bookstore website.
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Privacy information:
Privacy information (in French) External link, opens in new window.
- Short description: Online edition of selected works from the Heinemann series of modern African fiction.
- Detailed description: available on AWS website (on the old Chadwyck platform). External link, opens in new window.
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Remote access login to AllAfrica.com archives (English version) External link, opens in new window.
- Remote access login to AllAfrica.com archives (French version) External link, opens in new window.
- Short description: Aggregates and distributes news from African news organizations, own reporters and more. Archives include millions of articles from 1996 onwards.
- Detailed description: https://allafrica.com/misc/info/about/ External link, opens in new window.
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Short description: NAI Library subscribes to a journal package named Bouquet African & Middle Eastern Studies, with a francophone focus. Journals included in the package:
- Africultures
- Afrique & Histoire
- Afrique Contemporaine
- Autrepart
- Bulletin D'Études Orientales
- Cahiers D'Études Africaines
- Les Cahiers de L'Orient
- Les Cahiers D'Outre-Mer
- Confluences Méditerranée
- Égypte / Monde Arabe
- Hommes & Migrations
- Maghreb - Machrek
- Mondes en Développement
- NAQD
- Outre-Mers
- Politique Africaine
- Présence Africaine
- Revue Congolaise de Gestion
- Revue D'Économie du Développement
- Revue Internationale de Études du Développement
- Revue International des Sciences de L'Organisation
- Revue Management & Innovation
- Techniques Financières et Développement
- Detailed description: available in English on Cairn's international website External link, opens in new window. and in French on Cairn's main website External link, opens in new window..
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Privacy information:
- Remote access login to Oxford Bibliographies Online External link, opens in new window.
- Remote access login to Oxford Research Encyclopedias (African History) External link, opens in new window.
- Oxford Bibliographies Online
- Short description: Peer-reviewed bibliographies. Short introductions followed by listing of annotated citations. Regularly updated. We subscribe to two subject areas, both including a few hundred articles/topics each: African Studies and Geography.
- Detailed description on OBO website: African Studies External link, opens in new window. and Geography External link, opens in new window..
- Oxford Research Encyclopedias
- Short description: Peer-reviewed, regularly updated encyclopedia. We subscribe to the subject area African history, which includes close to 400 articles.
- Detailed description: available on ORE website External link, opens in new window..
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- African News Agency
- Short description: Full-text news reports covering South African and African news, approx. 1998 onwards. (Formerly known as South African Press Association, SAPA.)
- Detailed description: available on Sabinet website External link, opens in new window..
- SA Media
- Short description: Covers 120+ South African newspapers/periodicals 1978 onwards. Articles are indexed in Afrikaans and English.
- Detailed description: available on Sabinet website External link, opens in new window..
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Short description: NAI Library subscribes to a journal package named Sabinet Social Sciences And Humanities journal package.
- Detailed description: available on Sabinet journals website External link, opens in new window..
- Eligible for remote access:
- Students and researchers affiliated with a higher educational institution in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden.
- Africa specialists / analysts at government authorities in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
Terms
- Depending on the type of resource, you need to be:
- a researcher, student (or the like) at a Nordic higher educational institution, or
- an Africa specialist / analyst at government authority in Finland, Iceland or Sweden
- Access is valid on a semester basis (spring and autumn).
- You may apply for renewal of the access by contacting the NAI Library.
- NAI Library reserves the right to terminate access to the resources without prior notice.
- You agree not to transfer credentials to anyone else.
- This service and the credentials we provide you with, give you full access to the resources included in the package mentioned here, you do not have to register or create accounts individually on the separate resource websites.
- See our integrity policy for how we process personal data.