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
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": "...", "feedback": "..."}
}
Form for manual use
The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.
Result
- total:
- 60
- page:
- 0
- size:
- 10
- items:
10 results
- id:
- 42e2b691f1e6efc8d12a4a73d8a848bc
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026061606033
- title:
- Personality traits, subjective health complaints, experimental pain sensitivity, and psychophysiological responding in female temporomandibular disorder (TMD) patients
- creators:
1 results
- Mohn, Hanne Christine
- year:
- 2008
- publisher:
- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2026061606033_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/42e2b691f1e6efc8d12a4a73d8a848bc
- id:
- 11481823af83cc095f1dc632bc4d8f0f
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2024052848035
- title:
- Large carnivore responses to human activity and infrastructure at multiple scales in Scandinavia = : Store rovdyrs responser til menneskelig aktivitet og infrastruktur over flere skalaer i Skandinavia
- creators:
3 results
- Thorsen, Neri Horntvedt
- Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet
- Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet Fakultet for miljøvitenskap og naturforvaltning
- year:
- 2021
- publisher:
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2024052848035_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/11481823af83cc095f1dc632bc4d8f0f
- id:
- 27d1244cc592146f7832af0515c99faa
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025102406015
- title:
- Behavioral ecology of the African wolf (Canis lupaster) and its implication for Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) conservation in the Ethiopian highlands
- creators:
1 results
- Tariku Mekonnen Gutema
- year:
- 2020
- publisher:
- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2025102406015_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/27d1244cc592146f7832af0515c99faa
- id:
- d4dd512f0a962b2babbe40f5b1758f76
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000046142
- title:
- Unraveling the microbial eukaryotic parasites of copepods : from individual fitness costs to seasonal dynamics
- creators:
1 results
- Eliassen, Lasse Krøger
- year:
- 2025
- publisher:
- Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_000046142_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/d4dd512f0a962b2babbe40f5b1758f76
- id:
- f3161c6da105ac678934e97901f0c820
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000087636
- title:
- Teachers assessing computational thinking : an analysis across contexts
- creators:
1 results
- Ukkonen, Aino
- year:
- 2026
- publisher:
- Faculty of Education and International Studies, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_000087636_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/f3161c6da105ac678934e97901f0c820
- id:
- 30f9af2c025df8eaf236a44db15b5578
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2024013148023
- title:
- Deus ex machina : synchronization strategies in mixed music
- creators:
3 results
- Lacroix, Mathieu
- Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
- Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Institutt for musikk
- year:
- 2022
- publisher:
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Music
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2024013148023_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/30f9af2c025df8eaf236a44db15b5578
- id:
- 86fee2cf21bf084abe0f9d71b5fb367a
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000050761
- title:
- Norwegian forest face-off : behavioral and physiological responses of free-ranging cattle to carnivores
- creators:
1 results
- Niccolai, Laura Jeanne
- year:
- 2025
- publisher:
- University of Inland Norway, Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_000050761_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/86fee2cf21bf084abe0f9d71b5fb367a
- id:
- 107c46620f0dd1cc57a34d04f1a92aed
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2025012148011
- title:
- The influence of prey distribution on marine top predator movements
- creators:
2 results
- Vogel, Emma F.
- UiT Norges arktiske universitet Institutt for arktisk og marin biologi
- year:
- 2023
- publisher:
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Bioscience, Fisheries and Economics, Institute of Arctic and Marine Biology
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2025012148011_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/107c46620f0dd1cc57a34d04f1a92aed
- id:
- 2d8960c169dfc884f9e533b29661c338
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_pliktmonografi_000075717
- title:
- The influence of prey distribution on marine top predator movements
- creators:
1 results
- Vogel, Emma
- year:
- 2023
- publisher:
- UiT Norges arktiske universitet
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_000075717_0001/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/2d8960c169dfc884f9e533b29661c338
- id:
- f7879f299956494eef15b164166878ba
- urn:
- URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2026012706038
- title:
- The effect of berry abundance and mortality risk on behavior and life history in Scandinavian brown bears = : Effekten av bærproduksjon og risiko for dødelighet på atferd og livshistorie til bjørn i Skandinavia
- creators:
1 results
- Hertel, Anne Gabriela
- year:
- 2017
- publisher:
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management
- media_types:
1 results
- bøker
- languages:
1 results
- 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_2026012706038_C1/full/0,128/0/native.jpg
- viewer_url:
- https://www.nb.no/items/f7879f299956494eef15b164166878ba
- limit:
- 25
- offset:
- 0
- returned:
- 10
- has_more_results:
- yes
- truncated:
- yes
- next_offset:
- 10
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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.
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