Access to documents in The Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)

Scientific publications, such as articles and chapters

If these have delayed availability (embargo), they will only be accessible from the specified date.

Student theses published from 1 September 2025 onwards

These are published after the transition to NVA, and it is only possible to read the ones that have openly available files in NVA. There is no possibility to request a printout of those that do not have an open file.

This includes theses that have delayed availability specified in NVA. The theses will only be available from the specified date.

Student theses published up to and including 31 August 2025

These documents have been transferred to NVA from the previous DUO Research Archive. Some of them have restricted availability, and for these it may be possible to gain access to a printout. Common to all of them is that one of the texts below appears. The texts are unfortunately only available in Norwegian.:

• "Dette dokumentet er ikke elektronisk tilgjengelig etter ønske fra forfatter." This is how you can gain access to theses in this category.
• "Kun forskere og studenter kan få innsyn i dokumentet." 
  This is how you can gain access to theses in this category.
• "Dokumentet er klausulert grunnet lovpålagt taushetsplikt" 
  This is how you can gain access to theses in this category.
• "Klausulert: Kan bare siteres etter nærmere avtale med forfatter"
  This is how you can gain access to theses in this category.
• "Klausulert: Kan bare tillates lest etter nærmere avtale med forfatter"
  This is how you can gain access to theses in this category.

This document is not electronically available, in accordance with the author's wishes

(In Norwegian)

• You may request access to a printed copy at the relevant library (see list below).
• Expect a few days waiting time until the document is ready. You will receive a message from the library when the document is ready.
• The order can be sent by e-mail or delivered to the library.
• The thesis is printed on demand, and you will be notified when the document is ready.

Patrons affiliated to other libraries than the University of Oslo Library:

• Your local library may request a copy for you, and will be invoiced according to current rates. The borrowing library should not return the copy, it must be destroyed when the borrower is finished reading the document.

To find the correct library to contact, you need to see which faculty the thesis belongs to.

For documents belonging to:

• The Faculty of Law, contact the Law Library in Domus Juridica
• Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Educational Sciences, contact the Humanities and Social Sciences Library in Georg Sverdrups hus.
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, contact the Science Library in Vilhelm Bjernes' hus.
• Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry, contact the Medical Library at Rikshospitalet.

Delayed access: Only researchers and students may view the document

(In Norwegian)

• Access to theses with delayed access can only be given to persons who can prove their status as a student or researcher.
• Contact the relevant library to apply for access (see list below).
• Expect a few days waiting time. You will receive a message from the library when the document is ready.
• The copy is only available for use within the University Library and only during staffed hours. You are not allowed to take the copy home.
• Deposit your valid student or staff identity card at the circulation desk when reading the document.
• You can read the theses, but not use it in your own work (quoting, referring, etc.) without the consent of the author. You must contact the author and obtain consent. The library has no contact information for the author.
• Theses with delayed access are not sent as interlibrary loans.

To find the correct library to contact, you need to see which faculty the thesis belongs to.

For documents belonging to:

• The Faculty of Law, contact the Law Library in Domus Juridica
• Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Educational Sciences, contact the Humanities and Social Sciences Library in Georg Sverdrups hus.
• Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, contact the Science Library in Vilhelm Bjernes' hus.
• Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Dentistry, contact the Medical Library at Rikshospitalet.

Restricted: The document is restricted because of a statutory duty of confidentiality

(In Norwegian)

• Access to the document can only be granted by permission from the author. If you wish to use it in your work, for example by quoting and referring to it, you also need the author’s permission.  It is essential that the confirmation from the author specifies what kind of use is permitted. The library has no contact information for authors.
• The author needs to fill out a web form to give the permission: https://nettskjema.no/a/99062. Login with electronic id, i.e. BankID.
• You will receive a message from the library when the document is ready. Expect a few days waiting time from the time the author completed the form.
• The copy is only available for use within the University Library and only during staffed hours. You are not allowed to take the copy home.
• Restricted documents are not sent as interlibrary loans.
• Please note that you may have to deposit a valid library card at the counter, and / or have to read the material in a designated reading room

Any questions? Send an email to: duo-hjelp@ub.uio.no

RESTRICTED: May only be quoted by permission of the author

(In Norwegian)

• Access to the document can only be granted by permission from the author. If you wish to use it in your work, for example by quoting and referring to it, you also need the author’s permission.  It is essential that the confirmation from the author specifies what kind of use is permitted. The library has no contact information for authors.
• The author needs to fill out a web form to give the permission: https://nettskjema.no/a/99062. Login with electronic id, i.e. BankID.
• You will receive a message from the library when the document is ready. Expect a few days waiting time from the time the author completed the form.
• The copy is only available for use within the University Library and only during staffed hours. You are not allowed to take the copy home.
• Restricted documents are not sent as interlibrary loans.
• Please note that you may have to deposit a valid library card at the counter, and / or have to read the material in a designated reading room

This clause was in use until 2006.

RESTRICTED: May only be read by permission of the author

(In Norwegian)

• Access to the document can only be granted by permission from the author. If you wish to use it in your work, for example by quoting and referring to it, you also need the author’s permission.  It is essential that the confirmation from the author specifies what kind of use is permitted. The library has no contact information for authors.
• The author needs to fill out a web form to give the permission: https://nettskjema.no/a/99062. Login with electronic id, i.e. BankID.
• You will receive a message from the library when the document is ready. Expect a few days waiting time from the time the author completed the form.
• The copy is only available for use within the University Library and only during staffed hours. You are not allowed to take the copy home.
• Restricted documents are not sent as interlibrary loans.
• Please note that you may have to deposit a valid library card at the counter, and / or have to read the material in a designated reading room

This clause was in use until 2006.

Any questions?

Send an email to: duo-hjelp@ub.uio.no