University Library

Please find the books you want to borrow, on the shelves. However, you may reserve/order books that are on loan or not available on your campus. The book will then be reserved or ordered from another library, and you will receive an SMS or an email when you can collect the book at the University Library.

External users can only reserve items belonging to the University Library.

Find your curriculum

Information on how to find your reading list (student.oslomet.no).

Order books

• Search for the document in our search engine Oria (oria.no).
• If the book is checked out from the library, you can sign in to Oria (with the same username and password as in Canvas/Feide) and order by clicking the Request button. If the book is not owned by any of the OsloMet libraries, you can click on the Norwegian Academic Libraries in the drop-down menu, to see if the book is available at another library. You then order the book in the same way you order a checked out book.
• You will be notified by SMS when the book is ready and can be picked up. If you have ordered an article, this will be sent to you by post (internal mail to employees).

Employees: Please contact us if you have any problems with signing in. 

Inter library loans: If you have questions about inter library loans, please contact your faculty library. 

External users can only reserve OsloMet's material, we do not borrow items from other libraries for external users. 

Loan renewal

• Sign in to Oria (oria.no) in the top right corner, then click My loans. External users and students not connected to OsloMet must contact the library to renew loans.
• Click the Renew button on the loans you wish to renew. If the loan isn't renewable, you must return the loan to your library.

You can renew loans up to five times if there is no waiting list. Loans from other libraries can be renewed by contacting your faculty library.

Sign in help in Oria (unit.no, Norwegian only), also includes guidance for external users.

Employees: Please contact us if you have problems with signing in. 

Order articles in Oria

• Search the article title in Oria (oria.no).
• If you do not get a match for the article in Oria, check the box Include Material Your Institution Doesn't Have Access To, under Tweak My Results. You will then get articles OsloMet does not have access to, but can order. You can also try searching for the journal title. 
• If the journal is not available at OsloMet, choose the tab Norwegian Academic Libraries in the Search Scope drop-down menu.
• In the result list, locate and click the article you want, then choose the button called Resource Sharing Request".
• Make sure as many of the following fields as possible are filled in on the order form: article title, journal title, author(s), volume, issue, page number and year.

Note: Article copies can only be ordered if OsloMet does not have the article in printed or electronic form. 

Ordering via databases

1. Search for the article in your database of choice (oria.no).
2. Click on the icon @OsloMet in the results list.
3. Click on the Full Text link if possible. If it is not available in full text however, click Find And Order and fill out the order form. Then scroll down the page and click Order Document / Request.

Borrowing AV equipment

Did you know that students and employees at OsloMet can loan audiovisual equipment for projects? Borrow AV equipment.

Student theses, dissertations, scientific articles and more

OsloMet's institutional Repository, ODA – Open Digital Archive (oda.oslomet.no), includes academic work, report series, doctoral theses, passed master's theses and a selection of up to five bachelor's theses per year produced at OsloMet. Information about publishing (ansatt.oslomet.no).

Recordings of lectures, events and more

FilMet (film.oslomet.no) is OsloMet's portal for educational films. Here you will find videos that explain difficult topics and make it easier to study and revise. In addition, you can find recordings from events and the like. Information about FilMet (film.oslomet.no, Norwegian only).

Publishing reports, expositions, and dissertations

Skriftserien (skriftserien.oslomet.no, Norwegian only) publishes printed reports, expositions and other information related to OsloMet. Skriftserien also publishes PhD theses originating from OsloMet's doctoral programmes, in agreement with candidates who wish to publish further. On the website you can order printed editions or download PDF’s. Information about Skriftserien (ansatt.oslomet.no).

Open Access journals

OJS (journals.oslomet.no) is the publishing platform for OsloMet's scientific Open Access journals. About publishing Open Access journals (ansatt.oslomet.no).

Digital textbooks

OsloMetX (x.oslomet.no) is OsloMet’s digital publishing house for open source teaching material on OpenEdX. A team of 2,5 advisors / publicists support teachers in producing and publishing “digital textbooks” that encourage more active learning methods. Digital textbooks contain short texts, illustrations, short videos and quizzes; all under a Creative Commons-license.