search

Search the National Library's catalog - books, newspapers, journals, photos, maps, music, manuscripts, radio/TV and more, both physical and digitized. Digitized text (OCR) is matched too by default, so a query can surface newspaper or book pages that mention a term even when it's not in the title.

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

Open this validated HTML GET URL

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search/?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {q}, {media_type}, {language}, {county}, {year_from}, {year_to}, {digital_only}, {sort}, {page}, {size} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0. Open this exact request as JSON.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`q`	required	string	Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.
`media_type`	optional	union	Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.
`language`	optional	union	Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.
`county`	optional	union	Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".
`year_from`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`year_to`	optional	union	Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).
`digital_only`	optional	boolean	Only items that have been digitized.
`sort`	optional	union	One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).
`page`	optional	integer	Zero-based page index.
`size`	optional	integer	Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number of list items to skip; default 0.

Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/nasjonalbiblioteket/search?q={q}&media_type={media_type}&language={language}&county={county}&year_from={year_from}&year_to={year_to}&digital_only=false&sort={sort}&page=0&size=10&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "nasjonalbiblioteket",
  "operation": "search",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "..."}
}

Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

q (required) Type: string. Free-text query. Supports field-restricted terms too, e.g. "subject:fiske year:1970" combined with free text.

media_type Type: string. Restrict to one type, e.g. aviser (newspapers), bøker (books), tidsskrift (journals), bilder (photos), musikk, kart (maps), film, plakater (posters), noter (sheet music), radio, fjernsyn. See get_aggregations(q="*", group_by="mediatype") for the full list with counts.

language Type: string. Language filter - values are inconsistent in the catalog (mixes codes like "nob" and labels like "Norsk bokmål"); check get_aggregations(q=q, group_by="languages") first if unsure.

county Type: string. Norwegian county name, e.g. "Troms", "Oslo".

year_from Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

year_to Type: integer. Restrict to items published/issued in this year range (inclusive).

digital_only Type: yes/no. Only items that have been digitized.

sort Type: string. One of date, title, otherid, firstDigitalContentTime, optionally suffixed ",desc" (default: relevance).

page Type: integer. Zero-based page index.

size Type: integer. Results per page, 1 to 100 (default 10).

Result

Source: National Library of Norway. Retrieved 2026-08-02T15:56:05Z in 0.207 seconds.

total:

page:

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items:

10 results

id:
c5c19e0c4b486f9316e0359c23325a05
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026070748049
title:
Automating BIM data integration through semantic web technologies
creators:
1 results
1. Guo, Dongming
year:
2026
publisher:
NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026070748049_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/c5c19e0c4b486f9316e0359c23325a05
id:
f71c6cbdd49eb1fda10f6e260783c426
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000045208
title:
Elevating standards : mapping and querying relational data on the semantic web
creators:
1 results
1. Thapa, Ratan Bahadur
year:
2024
publisher:
Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000045208_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/f71c6cbdd49eb1fda10f6e260783c426
id:
4083d3544fc6e3a30311f73d06ac502c
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025120948058
title:
SHACL for the practitioner
creators:
2 results
1. Heimsbakk, Veronika
2. Swanson, Lasse
year:
2025
publisher:
[Veronika Heimsbakk]
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025120948058_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/4083d3544fc6e3a30311f73d06ac502c
id:
cacfcccee50193e2937e59f5ceabf2b2
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024080680043_013
title:
Meta (Trondheim : trykt utg.) : a magazine. 2012 Nr. 3
creators:
2 results
1. Notur II Project
2. UNINETT Sigma2
year:
2012
publisher:
UNINETT Sigma2
media_types:
1 results
1. tidsskrift
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2024080680043_013_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/cacfcccee50193e2937e59f5ceabf2b2
id:
6a451255696e0249d1543503d61b9389
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018013048098
title:
Laying the foundations for gastrin systems biology : conceptual models and knowledge resources to enhance research on gastrin mediated intracellular signaling and gene regulation
creators:
2 results
1. Tripathi, Sushil
2. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Institutt for kreftforskning og molekylær medisin
year:
2013
publisher:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018013048098_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/6a451255696e0249d1543503d61b9389
id:
e596144a32937f12d1a99bfc6b3a05c8
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025071448058
title:
Intent-based management for next generation cellular networks
creators:
3 results
1. Mehmood, Kashif
2. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Institutt for informasjonssikkerhet og kommunikasjonsteknologi
3. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Fakultet for informasjonsteknologi og elektroteknikk
year:
2025
publisher:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. Department of Information Security and Communication Technology
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025071448058_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/e596144a32937f12d1a99bfc6b3a05c8
id:
d6e5f32c264f87425df20e3513d06cf6
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digiebok_9842
title:
Kunnskapsorganisering
creators:
1 results
1. Aalstad, Gunhild H.
year:
2014
publisher:
Nasjonalbiblioteket
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digiebok_9842_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/d6e5f32c264f87425df20e3513d06cf6
id:
472c0cabab1b6c4a66b2b2b0f20151ba
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025102106088
title:
Textual entailment recognition and logical-form meaning representations
creators:
3 results
1. Lien, Elisabeth
2. Universitetet i Oslo Institutt for informatikk
3. Universitetet i Oslo Det matematisk-naturvitenskapelige fakultet
year:
2018
publisher:
Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025102106088_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/472c0cabab1b6c4a66b2b2b0f20151ba
id:
93e503cba5bd68f5adf8ecd6552a2118
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025081806036
title:
Semantic search with knowledge bases
creators:
3 results
1. Hasibi, Faegheh
2. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Institutt for datateknologi og informatikk
3. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
year:
2018
publisher:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Department of Computer Science
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. eng
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
NONE
access_allowed_from:
NB
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025081806036_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/93e503cba5bd68f5adf8ecd6552a2118
id:
263a87329fe311c5295e0995e2db7abb
urn:
URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018062807132
title:
Kunnskapsorganisering
creators:
1 results
1. Aalstad, Gunhild H.
year:
2014
publisher:
Nasjonalbiblioteket
media_types:
1 results
1. bøker
languages:
1 results
1. nob
county:
not reported by source
digital:
yes
public_domain:
no
license:
copyrighted
viewability:
ALL
access_allowed_from:
EVERYWHERE
thumbnail:
https://www.nb.no/services/image/resolver/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2018062807132_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
viewer_url:
https://www.nb.no/items/263a87329fe311c5295e0995e2db7abb

limit:

offset:

returned:

has_more_results:

yes

truncated:

yes

next_offset:

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How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.