Together with the PPHS (PhD Program Health Sciences), we offer two introductory courses (blended learning) in systematic reviewing for doctoral students: one with focus on systematic literature searching  and one that covers all the steps of a systematic review. 

• Every April/May:Literature search for systematic reviews
• Every Nov./Dec.:An introduction to systematic reviewing: From literature search to meta-analysis

Recordings of the UB online training courses: PubMed, Embase, PsycInfo, EndNote, Zotero and more

Personal assistence with your literature searches.

• Medicine: 1^st and 3^rd year (introduction to the library, catalogue, PubMed); WiMo (citing, PubMed, EndNote); Wiko-Flex (various courses)
• Dentistry: 1^st year (EndNote)
• Nursing: 1^st and 2^nd year (introduction to the library, PubMed, systematic searching)
• Pharmaceutical sciences: 1^st year (introduction to the library)

The Campus Muttenz Library, together with the University Library of Medicine, offers a certified continuing education program for research and publication support of evidence-synthesizing secondary studies at the School of Life Sciences FHNW. The interdisciplinary CAS program includes the learning of systematic literature searches, the creation of transparent and reproducible reporting as well as the teaching of specific methodological advice.

The CAS program is aimed at university graduates from all empirical disciplines. Particularly addressed are persons in scientific libraries, universities and research institutions who are confronted with the preparation of systematic reviews in their daily work.

More information and registration

We are happy to offer further training courses for students and researchers if required. The training content and location can be agreed on individually. Contact: monika.wechsler@clutterunibas.ch Tel. 061 207 32 46

Medline via PubMed 
Medline via OVID

Focus on pharmaceutical research
Embase via Elsevier
Embase via OVID

EBM literature database
Also available for the layperson

Focus on nursing and other healthcare professions

Focus on psychology

Multi-disciplinary literature database. More information.

Multi-disciplinary literature database. More information

Physiotherapy Evidence Database (open access)

Suchportal der ZB Med Köln mit 58 Mio Nachweisen aus fast 70 verschiedenen Datenquellen aus Medizin (zB PubMed), Ernährung, Umwelt, Agrar. Beinhaltet Artikel aus deutschsprachigen Zeitschriften und Projekten.

Licenced access within the network of the university and the University Hospital Basel

Learning programme and reference work for medical students.

Learning tool integrated in AMBOSS

Citation style guide of the American Medical Association

Further citation style information about APA Standard

Interactive anatomy atlas and reference work. App available.

Assistant for dermatology diagnosis, differential diagnoses and therapies. Available as app, too.

"Point-of-Care" database for evidence-based medicine in the clinic.
Access available only through the computer network in the medical library and the University Hospital Basel. VPN access from the university’s network is not possible.

Guidance articles for study design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, reporting and other methodological topics relevant to health researchers

Reference work for medical professionals in the emergency room developed and distributed by the University Hospital Basel. m
medStandards can be accessed within the network of the University of Basel.

For viewing e-books, filter the results with "Uni Basel -Online" at the top right

For semester literature (print and e-books) recommended by lecturers

Browse, read and monitor your journals: Digital journal shelf for e-journals licensed by the University of Basel, also available as an app.

Licenced access within the network of the university and the University Hospital Basel

To search for impact factors and journal rankings

Lists reports on dubious, pseudo scientific journals. In addition to positive lists (DOAJ, JCR, Scopus).