Medicine, pharmacy, sports

These databases (selection) support you in your studies and research:

• external page Web of Science – Interdisciplinary database including the Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science Core Collection (journal articles), MEDLINE, CAB Abstracts® and Journal Citation Reports biomedicine – Further information
• external page MEDLINE – Produced by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM), this is the world’s most important bibliographical database for medicine and biomedicine – Further information
• external page Embase – After PubMed, this is the most important biomedical literature database. In addition to the articles indexed by MEDLINE, it includes over twelve million records from 3,300 mainly European journals. Also comprised are all Cochrane reviews and, since 2009, conference proceedings. Thanks to the Emtree thesaurus, specific searches are possible.
• external page PubMed – Freely accessible version of MEDLINE, external page differences between MEDLINE and PubMed – Further information
• external page Scopus – Interdisciplinary, the most comprehensive bibliographic database with respect to the number of journals covered, particular focus on non-anglophone literature, enables citation analyses and includes unique author IDs, provides full MEDLINE coverage – Further information
• external page Human Anatomy Atlas (from Visible Body) – A comprehensive 3D atlas of the human body with the appropriate names and descriptions of possible injuries and diseases, plus quizzes to test your knowledge
• external page SURF – Sport Information Portal provided by the Federal Institute of Sport Science (BISp); literature on biomechanics, sports training instruction, sports medicine, sports psychology, sport for the disabled and leisure sport in the database SPOLIT
• external page SPONET – The training science database for sports scientists, trainers and athletes from the Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT) Leipzig with the sport-specific search engine external page LIDA
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Analog or digital, the most important reference books are available for you:

• external page Pschyrembel online – The standard reference work for medicine contains expert information on the most important diseases and latest treatments
• external page Encyclopaedia of Medical Physics – Contains cross-referenced entries relating to medical physics, radiology and radiation protection
• external page Handbook of Epigenetics – Provides a comprehensive analysis of epigenetics, from basic biology to clinical application
• external page Encyclopedia of Cancer – Reference work on oncology and cancer research
• external page Encyclopedia of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms – Large reference on the subject of sleep
• external page Concise Medical Dictionary – covers all aspects of medical science and terminology
  
• external page A Dictionary of Biomedicine – contains entries on all areas of biomedicine, but with a focus on rapidly developing areas such as genomics
  
• external page Comprehensive Gut Microbiota – provides new insights into gut microbiota as a critical mediator of human health and well-being
  
• external page Comprehensive Pharmacology – comprehensive reference work on pharmacological research dealing with the therapeutic use of drugs, their mechanisms of action and their therapeutic value
  
• external page Comprehensive Precision Medicine – provides information on all disciplines that contribute to precision medicine  

• external page University Medicine Zurich – An initiative set up by the University of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the University Hospital Zurich to support the three institutions in research and training
• external page Cochrane Library – Compilation of systematic reviews reflecting the current state of knowledge in medical research
• external page German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (DIMDI) – Internet portal, access to databases on medicine, pharmacology and toxicology
• external page Animal toxin annotation project – Protein sequences of animal venoms, provided by UniProt Consortium
• external page Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen (SFISP) – Leading Swiss training centre for sport at all levels, wide range of documentation and consultancy services