Databases

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.

The CINAHL database contains references to articles from almost all English-language journals in nursing related fields such as physiotherapy and speech therapy.
More information in Training CINAHL (in Dutch).

Full text journals on a variety of subjects including:

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

American database with bibliographic records of journal articles about education.

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

Open access books in the subject areas of physical sciences, engineering and technology, life sciences, health sciences, social sciences and humanities.

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

Overview of Dutch-language measurement instruments with over 400 questionnaires (PROMs) and observation and performance tests for use in health care.

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The Dutch research portal NARCIS has been replaced by the research portal OpenAIRE.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.

Database with quotes from and links to fulltext (bio)medical and life science journals.
Having difficulties searching in PubMed? The Utrecht University Library tool can help you, but make sure to use our link to PubMed. Wageningen University (WUR) has also produced a u usefull PubMed from tutorial.
A free Pubmed app, PubMed On Tab is also available for iPhone/iPad or Android.

A Dutch tutorial for PubMed is available.