LIBRIS Database

The most important service of LIBRIS WebSearch is the LIBRIS Database with more than three million records representing the holdings of Swedish research and special libraries as well as a number of public libraries. The titles covered are monographs and periodicals as well as articles, maps, printed music, electronic resources et al.

Searching can be done by title, author, subject, classification code etc. Two search forms are provided.The bibliographic records are presented with detailed holdings information for the Swedish libraries which own the title. For certain periodicals holdings information from a number of libraries in Norway, Denmark and Finland is also accounted for.

The titles in a hit list occur in a rough chronological order, with new titles first and articles/reviews at the end.

Except for articles references, the LIBRIS Database is updated on a daily basis.

Contents of the database

Swedish material

1. Swedish titles published since 1976 equivalent to the Swedish National Bibliography.
2. Swedish titles published since 1866 are almost completely covered (holdings information is limited).
3. Swedish 17th and 18th century imprints (ca. 60,000 records).
4. Forthcoming Swedish books (no holdings information).
5. The Finnish National Bibliography since 1996 (no holdings information).

Foreign material

1. Foreign acquisitions of Swedish libraries (monographs and periodicals) since 1968; material ordered but not yet available is also included.
2. Foreign monographs acquired by Swedish libraries since 1945.
3. Periodicals in some 90 research and special libraries in Denmark, Finland and Norway.

The LIBRIS Database also covers certain titles (Swedish as well as foreign) published earlier than 1866 and 1945 respectively.

In addition, a selection of articles and reviews in books, periodicals and yearbooks are included. These titles can also be searched separately in the LIBRIS Articles Database (see also Specialized databases and subject bibliographies).