Databases

• Scopus 
  Extensive database, especially with peer-reviewed articles and books. Covers all subjects. In the database you can see how many citations a text has received.
• Web of Science 
  Large database, especially with peer-reviewed articles and books. Covers all subjects. In the database you can see how many citations a text has received.
• ProQuest - Social Sciences 
  Collection of social science databases, especially with journal articles. Part of the content is accessible.
• Google Scholar 
  Search engine for searching scientific literature, e.g. articles, papers and preprints. The search results originate from unspecified publishers, organisations, universities etc.
• African Journals Online - AJOL 
  Database with peer-reviewed English- and French-language journals published in African countries. Covers all subjects. Partial access to the articles.

Reference works

• Oxford Research Encyclopedias
  Overview articles with many literature references. The articles come from various encyclopedias, e.g. Politics.
• Oxford Handbooks Online
  Collection of reference works within a number of subject areas. The content is updated regularly. There is access to a large part of the collection.
• The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Interest Groups, Lobbying and Public Affairs
  Reference book on interest groups, lobbying and political advocacy. The content is updated regularly.

• Infomedia
  Articles from Danish nationwide, regional and local newspapers, trade journals, magazines, etc. Time period varies by source. NB! Infomedia's material may not be downloaded, printed, stored, redistributed outside of Infomedia's systems or harvested via machine procedures or software.
• Retriever
  Articles from Norwegian and Swedish nationwide, regional and local newspapers, trade journals, magazines, websites, etc. Time period varies by source. 
• Factiva
  Access to global news from an extensive number of newspapers, newsletters, websites, company reports, etc. NB! Data mining, text mining or use of the trend analysis function is not permitted.
• Mediestream
  Access to the Royal Danish Library's digital collections of newspapers, radio, television and radio as well as commercials. You can get extended access to the content by using the computers at some of the Royal Danish Library's addresses.
• Svenska tidningar (Swedish digitized newspapers)
  Database with digitized Swedish newspapers from 1645 to the present day. Not all articles are accessible, but you can search the full text.
• Norwegian digitized newspapers
  The National Library's collection of digitized Norwegian newspapers from 1763 to the present day. Not all articles are accessible, but you can search the full text.
• Tímarit.is
  Database with access to the full text of digitized newspapers and periodicals from the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland. Time period varies by source.

• Borgernes holdninger (in Danish)
  In the Department of Political Science's data bank, you will find a number of links to data on citizens' attitudes both nationally and internationally. NB! You can also find links to Danish, Norwegian and Swedish voter attitudes in the sections 'Danish laws, parties, elections and voters', 'Norwegian sources' and 'Swedish sources'.
• Comparative Agendas Project
  Information and data about political agendas, e.g. parliamentary debates, bills, media etc. in different countries. With links to the individual country projects.
• Data and statistics from other countries (in Danish)
  Statistics Denmark's list with links to international organizations and statistical agencies.
• Databanken (in Danish)
  Links to data sources selected by the Department of Political Science in Aarhus. The data bank is categorised according to the mandatory bachelor courses in Political Science and further categorised according to the course's analysis units.
• Google Dataset Search
  Search engine to search for datasets. You search a large number of data archives/repositories.
• Manifesto Project Database
  Analyses of political parties' election manifestos from more than 50 countries. The project covers all free, democratic elections since 1945.
• OECD
  Portal with access to a large amount of publications and data that shed light on a variety of economic and social issues in the countries and regions of the world.
• Rigsarkivet (The Danish National Archive)
  Collection of data and documentation from studies, e.g. within the social sciences.
  See also Archives Portal Europe, which provides access to European archival institutions.
• Statistics Denmark
  Analyses and publications about Danish society. In addition, access to official statistics and data from StatBank Denmark.
• UN iLibrary
  Portal with publications and data from the UN's many agencies. You can also search for data at the UN Statistics Division.

Search databases

• soeg.kb.dk
  Entry to search in the Royal Danish Library's physical and electronic materials, i.a. articles, books, databases, journals, theses, etc. Material that you cannot find in The Royal Danish Library, you can order from other libraries.
• Bibliotek.dk
  Common entry to search the Danish libraries' materials, i.a. books and articles. Orders can be delivered to your local library. You must be a user at the library where you want to pick up the material from. 
• Research Portal Denmark
  Entry to search for Danish published research, i.a. articles, books, theses, conference contributions, book chapters and reports.
• ABA - Arbejderbevægelsens Bibliotek og Arkiv (in Danish) (The library and archives at the Workers Museum) 
  Access to find printed material about the history and culture of the Danish labour movement from approx. 1850s to today.

Websites

• Altinget (in Danish) 
  Portal about Danish politics with news, background, analyses, portraits, etc. within a number of policy areas, e.g. Christiansborg.
• DIIS - Danish Institute for International Studies
  Independent institute that makes analyses, reports etc. on international relations within foreign, security and development policy. There is free access to almost all of the institute's publications.
• Gender Studies
  The Royal Danish Library's guide on gender, sexuality and equality, i.a. with links to databases, books, journals and statistics in gender research. Also links to queer and women's archives as well as to books about Danish feminist history.
• Magtudredningen 2.0 (in Danish)
  Analyses of democracy and power in Denmark, i.a. essays, features and podcasts. The publications from the original magtudredning (1998-2004) are freely available as digitized books and scriptures.
• VIVE - The Danish Centre for Social Science Research
  Impartial center that does analyses and research in the field of welfare. VIVE is a merger between SFI and KORA from 2017. There is free access to almost all of the centre's publications.

Journals

• Tidsskrift.dk 
  Portal with free access to articles from a number of Danish journals, including Administrativ Debat (2012-), Samfundsøkonomen (2011-), Udenrigs (2005-2022) and Økonomi & Politik (2021-). You can also find most articles in soeg.kb.dk.
  • Other accesses:
    • Udenrigs: newest volumes are available in print in AU Library.
    • Økonomi & Politik: 2005-2023 available electronically.
• Politica (in Danish)
  Journal of Political Science. You have access to all years via tidsskrift.dk. Also access to PhD theses from the Department of Political Science in Aarhus.
• Mandag Morgen (in Danish)
  Journal with analyses of current political and economic events. Available as a printed journal (1990-).
• RÆSON (in Danish)
  Independent magazine about Danish and international politics. Available as a printed journal (2007-). In addition, electronic access to articles via Infomedia (2011-approx. 2021) as well as free access to certain articles and podcasts from the magazine's archive.

Legislation

• The Danish Parliament
  Information about the Danish Parliament and its work, bills, parliamentary questions, etc. There is full access to the parliamentary documents from 1997/98-.
• Folketingstidende (in Danish)
  Access to the parliamentary documents of the Folketing for 1953-present and to the digital editions of Folketingstidende and Rigsdagstidende for 1849/50-2008/09.
• See also the digitized constitutional negotiations 1848/49.
• Retsinformation (in Danish)
  Access to the joint state legal information system, i.a. with access to applicable laws, historical laws and executive orders. Coverage from 1985/86-.
• Betænkninger (in Danish)
  Collection of all numbered commission reports from 1951-present as well as selected older reports in digital version.
• Videoguides (in Danish)
  AU Library's video guides to the Danish legislative process and to searching for Danish parliamentary documents.

Political parties

• Danish party programmes
  The Royal Danish Library's digital collection of Danish party programmes, pamphlets and election material from 1872-approx. 2014.
  See also the Manifesto Project Database for analyses of the Danish parties' election manifestos from 1945-.
• Political parties
  The Danish Parliament's website about the Danish political parties.
  See also Håndbog i dansk politik with the parties' positions on a number of policy areas in the period 1979/80-2003. In the bibliography Danske politiske partier 1970-1992 you will also find many historical references.
• Comparative Agendas Project - Denmark
  The Danish agenda project, i.a. with data from Folketingstidende. The nationwide data currently covers the period 1953-2016. See also data from the Danish municipalities.

Elections and voters

• Folketingsvalg (the Danish parliamentary elections) since 1939 (in Danish)
  Theme page about the Danish parliamentary elections since 1939, i.a. with articles on the themes and outcome of each election. In addition, a number of general election quizzes.
• Folketinget efter valget (in Danish)
  The Danish Parliament's reference work with a snapshot of the Danish Parliament after each general election in the period 1990-2022. From 2022, the work is also available electronically.
• Danske vælgere (Danish voters) 1971-2019 (in Danish)
  An overview of the development in voter attitudes etc. (4th ed., 2020). See also a preliminary edition of Danske vælgere (Danish voters) 1971-2022 without weighting of data (2nd ed., April 2024).
• Danish election studies
  An overview of election studies primarily from The Danish National Election Study, which has conducted voter surveys after every general election since 1971.
  Data from the election surveys are available in one format at AAU's SurveyBank (in Danish) and in another format at the Danish National Archives (in Danish).

Norwegian laws, parties, elections and voters

• Stortinget.no
  Information about Stortinget and its work, bills, parliamentary questions, etc. Also, access to the digitized editions of stortingsforhandlingene 1814-2005.
• Lovdata Pro (in Norwegian)
  Norwegian laws, regulations, rulings, Lovtidende, treaties, etc. .
• NOU - Norges offentlige utredninger (in Norwegian)
  NOUs are Norwegian government reports (e-access especially from 1994-).
  Hearing documents can be found at regjeringen.no (especially from 2005-).
• Videoguide (in Danish)
  AU Library's video guide for searching Norwegian parliamentary documents.
• Partidokumentarkivet (Parties)
  A collection of Norwegian election manifestos and party documents from 1884-present. The collection is available on Sikts Data om det politiske system - Polsys (in Norwegian).
  See also the Manifesto Project Database for analyses of the Norwegian parties' election manifestos from 1945-.
• Norwegian election studies
  Election studies and statistics from valgforskningsprogrammet i Norge (in Norwegian).
• SurveyBank
  Sikt's survey bank provides, among other things, access to Gallup polls (1964-2010), to the Norwegian Citizen Panel (2013-2024) and to the Norwegian Election Survey (1957 - 2021).

Norwegian search databases

• Oria 
  Entry point for searching the materials of the National Library of Norway and the Norwegian subject and university libraries, i.a. books and articles.
• Cristin
  Entry point for searching for Norwegian published research, i.a. articles, books, theses, conference contributions, book chapters and reports. The Norwegian parallel to Denmark's Research Portal.
• NORA (in Norwegian)
  Access to search for Norwegian scientific and freely available publications, i.a. books, articles, theses, reports, theses, etc.
• Scandinavian University Press (previously Idunn)
  Database with Norwegian journals and books, e.g. within Social Studies. A large part of the content is accessible.

Legislation, parties, elections, and voters

• Riksdagen.se
  Information about the Riksdag and its work, bills, parliamentary questions, etc. The National Library of Sweden provides access to the digitized parliamentary print for the period 1521-1970 (in Swedish). 
• SFS - Svensk Författningssamling (in Swedish)
  Overview of current Swedish laws and regulations. You can search for historical laws in the Government Offices’ legal databases (in Swedish).
• Lagrummet (in English and Swedish)
  Website for the Swedish public administration’s legal information, including links to various parliamentary documents. Also includes a Swedish glossary of parliamentary and legal terms.   
• SOU – government reports (in Swedish)
  SOUs are Swedish government reports along with the Department Series (Ds) (e-access mainly from 1999-, in Swedish). The National Library of Sweden provides access to the digitized SOUs for the period 1922-1999 (in Swedish).
  Hearing documents (remisser) can be found on regeringen.se (mainly from 2014-, in Swedish).
• Video guide (in Danish)
  AU Library’s video guide for searching Swedish parliamentary documents.
• Swedish party programmes (in Swedish)
  Digital collection of Swedish party programmes from 1897-present.
  See also the Manifesto Project Database for analyses of Swedish party electionmanifestos from 1948-.
• Swedish election studies (in Swedish)
  Election studies primarily from the Swedish National Election Studies. Data from the election studies can be requested from SND.
• Swedish trends (in Swedish)
  Annual survey of the Swedes’ attitudes towards selected topics. The survey is conducted by the SOM Institute (Society, Opinion, Media), which also publishes Public Opinions on Political Proposals (in Swedish).

Search databases

• LIBRIS
  Entry point for searching materials from Swedish libraries, for example, books and articles.
• SwePub
  Entry point for searching Swedish published research, for example, articles, books, dissertations, conference papers, book chapters, and reports. The Swedish parallel to Research Portal Denmark.

• Publications Office of the European Union
  The main access point for EU publications, data, legislation, research results, etc.
• Find-eR
  Entry point for searching materials from the EU Commission’s libraries, for example, books, articles, EU publications, and government documents from the EU countries about the EU and European integration.
• EUR-Lex
  Portal with access to EU legislation, the Official Journal of the EU, etc.
• Data and statistics about the EU (in Danish)
  In the Department of Political Science’s database, you will find a number of links to data and statistics about the EU, including Eurostat.
• Eurobarometer
  Surveys of the Europeans’ attitudes towards various topics. Data can be downloaded from the EU’s open data portal data.europa.eu.
• EU-oplysningen (in Danish)
  The Danish Parliament’s EU information office, which answers factual questions about the EU.