Databases
Ghent University offers a wide selection of databases, ranging from interdisciplinary to more content-specific databases. Below you find an overview of databases that are relevant for Ghent University Hospital and the faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences and Pharmaceutical Sciences. You can find more databases on the University Library page.
The two tables at the bottom give overviews of sources of guidelines and systematic reviews.
When accessing most of the databases, you need to be logged in to the UGent network. More information about access can be found here. The KCGG offers courses about how these databases work.
| DATABASE | SUBJECT AREA | KCGG INFORMATION SHEET | KCGG MATERIAL | PUBLISHER TUTORIAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acland Anatomy | Anatomie | |||
| CINAHL | Nursing | |||
| Cochrane Library | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| Complete Anatomy (iOS App) | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| Embase | Medicine and Health Sciences / Pharmaceutical Sciences | |||
| ERIC | Education | |||
| European Pharmacopoeia | Pharmaceutical Sciences | |||
| Gideon | Infectious Diseases | |||
| Google Scholar | Multidisciplinary | |||
| NetAnatomy | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| OTseeker | Occupational Therapy | |||
| Ovid MEDLINE | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| PEDro | Physiotherapy | |||
| PsycBITE | Brain Impairment | |||
| PubMed | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| Scopus | Multidisciplinary | |||
| SpeechBITE | Speech Pathology | |||
| SPORTdiscus | Sports Medicine | |||
| UpToDate | Medicine and Health Sciences | |||
| Web of Science | Multidisciplinary |
Sources of guidelines
| BELGIAN GUIDELINES |
|---|
| Domus Medica |
| Ebpracticenet |
| Federaal Kenniscentrum voor de gezondheidszorg (KCE) |
| INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES |
| ECRI Guidelines |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE, Engeland en Wales) |
| Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN, Schotland) |
| World Health Organisation (WHO) |
| GUIDELINES AT THE POINT OF CARE |
| UpToDate |
Sources of systematic reviews
| SUBJECT AREA | SEARCH TIP | |
|---|---|---|
| Campbell Collaboration Online Library | Education, social sciences and nutrition | |
| Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | Medicine and Health Sciences | |
| Embase | Medicine and Health Sciences / Pharmaceutical Sciences | Add [cochrane review]/lim OR [systematic review]/lim OR [meta analysis]/lim to your search query. Alternatively, select the EBM filters |
| Epistemonikos | Medicine and Health Sciences | |
| Google Scholar | Multidisciplinairy | Add intitle:(“systematic review” | meta-analysis) to your search to increase specificity. |
| PubMed Clinical Queries | Medicine and Health Sciences | |
| Trip Medical Database | Medicine and Health Sciences | Select ‘Systematic reviews’ as evidence type. |