Databases

*Please note: Here you will find the largest collection e-books offered by NHL Stenden!

This database includes e-books in almost all academic disciplines of great scientific publishers. So online versions of a large number of books.

Online collection of audiovisual material for education from the archives of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid)

The BoomPortal from Boom Publishers offers e-books (Dutch) in the fields of Public Administration, Communication, Coaching, Criminology, Healthcare, Education, Research, Law, Psychology and Technology.

The e-books are available for one simultaneous user and it is not possible to print pages.

Database of journals in communication, mass media and other closely related fields of study.

Discovery service of the OAPEN Foundation for e-books made accessible in open access by scientific publishers.

Full text journals on a variety of subjects including:

• Business and Economics
• Health Sciences
• Law and Political Science

Theses, studies, qualifying reports, papers and articles from students, lecturers and associate professors of the Universities of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands.

Study selection guide for Bachelor courses (full time, part time and dual). Contains descriptions of the courses by subject and comparisons between Universities of Applied Sciences that offer the same or related studies.

Access is possible with your NHL Stenden email or through a VPN connection.

Study selection guide for Bachelor courses (full time, part time and dual). Contains descriptions of the courses by subject and comparisons between Universities of Applied Sciences that offer the same or related studies.

Study selection guide for Master's degree programmes.

Study selection guide for Master's degree programmes available online from 5 March 2026

News database with business information including local, regional, national and international newspapers with archives.

The Dutch research portal NARCIS has been replaced by the research portal OpenAIRE. This portal presents Dutch research results and research projects as a sub-section in the OpenAIRE Graph. This research graph is actively fed by Dutch institutional repositories, data and software repositories and Research Information Systems (CRIS) that comply with the OpenAIRE metadata Guidelines.

National Open Access platform for practice-oriented research in the Netherlands. It is a collaborative initiative by Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (HBO), the Association of Universities of Applied Sciences, the Taskforce for Applied Research (SIA), and SURF. The platform is designed to make applied research output visible, findable, and shareable for everyone.