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Health care databases

	Boomportaal 3.0. E-books, magazines and databases from publisher Boom Log in with SURFconext
	International nursing and paramedical literature
	Evidence based medicine-literature
	English and Dutch e-books
	Ebooks and videos about physiotherapy and sports
	JBI Evidence Synthesis, from 2020 until today
	Evidence-based physiotherapy: bibliographic references and summaries of trials, reviews and protocols
	(Bio)medical literature: abstracts and sometimes full-text articles. Search by keyword (MeSH), author or journal name
	500 international magazines on humanities and social sciences
	Online access to the journals of Elsevier ScienceDirect. Full-text articles from 1995 and younger. Abstracts from older articles
	Full-text articles and also books from Springer and Kluwer Academic on various topics Multilingual interface
	Meta search engine for various medical internet sources, such as clinical evidence, systematic reviews and guidelines
	Access to 400 English scientific magazines from Wiley. via Login -> Institutional login -> Federation and Institution -> The Netherlands-SURFconext

Last updated on 15 May 2023.

Health care web links

General
Pathology
Psychiatry
Physiotherapy
Nursing

General

BioDigitalHuman: Anatomy and Health	With a free login, you get access to a basic part of this website with human anatomy in 3D. It also contains an overall explanation of various diseases. Suitable for Firefox or Chrome browser
Directory op Open Access Journals - DOAJ	Overview of open access journals. With search.
Free Medical Journals	Alphabetical list of journals in full-text
Joanna Briggs Institute library	Systematic review protocols and reviews on healthcare research, set up according to the JBI methodology. Partly open access. Not included in PubMed, Cochrane or Trip
Nationaal Kompas Volksgezondheid	About public health in the Netherlands: health determinants, prevention, care, international comparisons and health inequalities
Nederlandse Patiënten Consumenten Federatie - NPCF	The national alliance of patients and consumers with current information on health care
NVVE	The Dutch society for euthanasia about the medical and legal aspects
RIVM - National Institute for Public Health and the Environment	Knowledge and research institute to promote health care and a healthy and safe environment
SUMSearch	One step searching in PubMed, National Guideline Clearinghouse, DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness) and the National Library of Medicine
Virtual Training Suite	Training for information retrieval on the web. Especially interesting are the following tutorials: Internet for Nursing Internet for Allied Health Internet for Medicine

Pathology

AIDSinfo	From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: HIV/AIDS medical practice guidelines, HIV treatment and prevention trails and research for healthcare professionals, researchers and patients
Centrum Infectieziektebestrijding	The CIB from the National Institute for Health and Environment supports the fight against infectious diseases. The site contains protocols, scripts, hygiene guidelines, checklists, quality profiles and all LCI guidelines
Diseases and conditions	Diseases and conditions in Medscape
HIV InSite	Comprehensive education about prevention and treatment of HIV and AIDS by UCSF, supported by pharmaceutical companies
Merck manual - professional edition	The Merck manual for professionals
Oncoline	Guidelines for oncology and palliative care

Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health - NIMH	Research about symptoms, treatment and prevention of mental illness
PsycNET	PsycARTICLES and PsycBOOKS from APA. Click right on Search. Under Term Finder you will find a glossary
Trimbos-instituut	The national center for mental health, addiction care and social care with information and referrals in the field of mental health and addiction

Physiotherapy

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation	The magazine from 2011
JOSPT	Journal of orthopaedic and sports physical therapy from 2010
KNGF	The Royal Dutch Society for Physiotherapy is the professional association for physiotherapists. The site provides information about the organization, research and jobs. The KNGF guidelines are also available full text

Nursing

Proefschriften Verpleegkunde	Dissertations on nursing in the Netherlands and Flanders
Werkgroep Infectie Preventie - WIP	Guidelines for infection control in health care. Also an overview of THIPDOCS as published in the Journal of Hygiene and Infection Control since 1996

Last updated on 27 May 2021.

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