Audio, video and scores

In the Humanities Library there are two large collections vinyl records. The collections are indexed in Grammofonkatalogen and Skivkatalogen. You can listen to the records in a media studio at the Humanities library.

You can use the Library's list of databases and e-resources to find audio and video recordings of music, drama, dance, radio and tv. Use the Media type limiter Audio recordings or Video recordings.

Databases with audio recordings
Databases with video recordings

Accessing databases

Students and staff at the University of Gothenburg can access the databases through the university network, or by logging in with the GU account when outside of campus. Everyone visiting the University Library can use our computers to access the databases.

About accessing e-resources off-campus

Suggest a purchase

If you need an audio or video recording which is not in the University Library's collections, you can make a purchase suggestion.

About suggesting purchases

Find recordings on The National Library

The National Library of Sweden has large audiovisual collections. The collections consist mainly of material from 1979 and onwards. The holdings include Swedish records, television and radio programs broadcasted from Sweden, cinema film and video film distributed in Sweden. The collections also include recordings until 2010 from Göteborgs stadsteater, Backa teater och Folkteatern.

Use The Swedish Media Database (SMDB) to find material from the audiovisual collections. You request the material yourself. The National Library will then send a copy to the Humanities Library where you can listen to or watch the recording in the library's media studio.

To The Swedish Media Database (SMDB)