Health Sciences

Find the most important databases, encyclopedias and other sources for the discipline Health Sciences.

Books (print and digital)

The digital library
Google Books fragments available free access
Bookshelf bij Pubmed

Medical encyclopedias

Merckmanual.nl free access
Medlineplus.gov free access
A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia free access

Most important databases with abstracts of scientific papers

Scopus multidiscipinary
Google Scholar free access

Medline with abstracts of medical papers

Op het PubMed platform with MeSH headings as search tool free access
Integrated within Scopus

Full text databases

Science Direct by Elsevier
Wiley online library
Springer
Pubmedcentral free access
Europe Pubmedcentral free access
Biomedcentral free access

Systematic reviews

Cochrane Library

Volksgezondheid Nederland

Richtlijnen (Nederlands)

Richtlijnendatabase free access

Gegevens gezondheid (Nederlands)

RIVM free access
CBS met Statline free access
Farmacotherapeutisch Kompas free access
Volksgezondheid en Zorg free access

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Last edit: 26 November 2025

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