Databases

Databases are not only useful for efficiently searching through a lot of information, but are often the way to find current information on topics that are constantly changing. Unlike print media, you are not tied to a particular edition.
Some online databases can only be consulted on campus, others everywhere after registration, and some are completely free. An overview of all databases per educational cluster can be found below. These links can be used on campus. Click on the banner for off-campus access to the databases.

 

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Open access e-resources can be accessed anywhere, without signing in.

Not on campus? Certain databases can be consulted from home.

Business Administration

  • EBSCO databases: Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate and e-books

  • Elsevier ScienceDirect: multidisciplinary full-text database 

  • Jura.be: legal library of Kluwer 

  • monKEY.be: Kluwer's library of accountancy, taxation, audit and company law (sign in with your Odisee email address)
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  • SpringerLink: e-books and e-journals, including Dutch-language professional journals from Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL)

  • Statista: database for market and consumer data with more than one million statistics from over 22,500 sources

  • TrendsTop: Belgian business information 

  • Van Dale Woordenboeken: online version of Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse Taal and Van Dale Grote Vertaalwoordenboeken

  • Wiley Online Library: multidisciplinary e-journals 

(Bio)Technology

  • Chemische Feitelijkheden: up to date encyclopedia of molecules, people, materials and environment

  • EBSCO databases:  Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate and e-books

  • Elsevier ScienceDirect: multidisciplinary full-text database 

  • Facto: article database for Facto magazine, trade journal for facility and procurement

  • FactoMediaBase: knowledge database on facility management and procurement 

  • MyNBN Standards Database: read-only, login via Association KU Leuven

  • SenTRAL Electricity: database on safety around electricity and electrical installations

  • SpringerLink: e-books and e-journals, including Dutch-language professional journals from Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL)

  • Van Dale Woordenboeken: online version of Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse Taal and Van Dale Grote Vertaalwoordenboeken

  • Warenwetgeving: laws and decrees concerning the food industry  

  • Wiley Online Library: multidisciplinary e-journals 

  • BBRI: online documentation of the Belgian Building Research Institute, request your login with a ticket

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Health Care

Education

  • Archief voor Onderwijs: image and sound bank of the public broadcasting network

  • DramaOnline: drama lessons, music, game cards and instructional videos for preschool and elementary schools 

  • EBSCO databases: Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate and e-books

  • Elsevier ScienceDirect: multidisciplinary full-text database 

  • KlasCement: learning resources network for all Flemish teachers and educators (support from the Flemish Government).  

  • SpringerLink: e-books and e-journals, including Dutch-language professional journals from Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL)

  • Van Dale Woordenboeken: online version of Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse Taal and Van Dale Grote Vertaalwoordenboeken

Digital learning platforms

  • Bingel: supplement to the print versions of the primary education collection of publisher Van In, login via Academic Software

  • Didit: supplementing the print versions of the secondary education collection from Van in, login in via Academic Software

  • Disco: learning platform from Averbode publishers, log in via Academic Software

  • Kabas: learning platform primary education from publisher Die Keure, login via Academic Software

  • Pelckmans Portaal: request the code for a specific manual, learning workbook ... to a library staff member

  • Polpo: learning platform on secondary education of publisher Die Keure, only consultable on a fixed PC in the learning center, ask a staff member to log in

  • Scoodle: digital versions of the print methods for primary and secondary education of publisher Plantyn, login via Academic Software

  • WeZoozAcademy: online study aid for secondary education, login via Academic Software

Social-Agogic Work

  • EBSCO databases:  Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate and e-books

  • Elsevier ScienceDirect: multidisciplinary full-text database 

  • SpringerLink: e-books and e-journals, including Dutch-language professional journals from Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (BSL)

  • Trefzeker: database for social legislation and personnel taxation 

  • Van Dale Woordenboeken: online version of Van Dale Groot Woordenboek van de Nederlandse Taal and Van Dale Grote Vertaalwoordenboeken

  • Wiley Online Library: multidisciplinary e-journals 

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