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ABSIS
ABSIS is a database with records from articles about architecture, construction and urbanism. It contains projects from Belgian and Dutch designers, and from foreign designers in Belgium and the Netherlands.

ACM Digital Library
The Association for Computing Machinery is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. The ACM Digital Library is a vast collection of citations and full text from ACM journal and newsletter articles and conference proceedings.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

ADB (V-link)

ADB - Article Database
The one-stop shop for searching and getting (electronic) journal articles - V-link available

ADS Astronomy Abstract Service
Search in a database with references to astronomical articles and books. For some journals papers can be obtained in electronic format.

AGRICOLA (AGRICultural OnLine Access)
Search in a database with references to agricultural articles and books.

ARIBIB - ARI Bibliographical Database for Astronomical References
Search in a database with references to astronomical articles and books.
! Only accessible via the VUB campus.

Abraham
Abraham is an online bibliography of newspapers printed in Belgium in the period 1830-1950, kept in Flemish institutions.

Abstracts in Social Gerontology
Bibliographic records covering essential areas related to social gerontology, including the psychology of aging, elder abuse, society and the elderly, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Academic Search Elite
Academic Search Elite provides (scanned) full text for over 1,530 academic journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers abstracts for 2,720 journals.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Acland's Cross-Sectional Navigator
Human anatomy: intuitive navigation system to high-resolution cross-sectional images from the U.S.National Library of Medicine's Visible Human (Male) project.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Alerting services
Tracking changes in WWW pages

Annotated leading cases (ALC)
Annotated leading cases of international criminal tribunals contains the text of and expert commentaries on the most important decisions of international criminal tribunals.
! Only access on the VUB campus.

Antilope (V-link)

Antilope - Collective catalogue of periodicals

Article Database (ADB via Vubis)
Descriptions of articles published in more than 14.000 important periodicals. When available, abstract and/or full text is shown.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Article@INIST
Search the catalog of Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique.

ArticleDataBase
The one-stop shop for searching and getting (electronic) journal articles - V-link available

AskERIC (Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database)
Search in a database with references to educational articles and books.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals is a bibliographical database (of + 2,500 US and foreign journals) for research in architecture, urban design, historic preservation, and urban planning history.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

arXiv.org e-Print archive
Eprint archive (preprints and postprints) of Physics, Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences and Computer Science.

Belgische Bibliografie
The Belgische Bibliografie (Belgian Bibliography) is the source for Belgian publications.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Bibliographical services
User assistance

BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house providing open access to peer-reviewed biomedical research.

Books
How to get books - VUB catalogue - ULB and KBR - Other (Belgian) catalogues

Brinkman's Cumulatieve Catalogus op cd-rom - Nationale Bibliografie van Nederland
This CD-ROM contains information on books, journals, electronic publications, musical scores, and dissertations. It contains the complete archive of works published in the Netherlands since 1981.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier, contains 2,710 full text scholarly journals and business periodicals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business, etc.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Business Source Premier via BusinessSearchingInterface
The new interface of Business Source Premier allows for better browsing of all different sources of full text material, especially country, market, and industry reports are now easily browsable too.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

CCB catalogue (V-link)

Central library

ChemFinder.Com
For physical properties of common chemical compounds. You may enter a chemical name, formula, molecular weight, or CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry Number.

ChemIDplus
Provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases.

Ciao (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO) includes access to working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Citation guidelines
The international standard for bibliographic references to electronic sources is ISO 690-2

CiteSeer
ResearchIndex (also known as CiteSeer) is a scientific literature digital library that aims to improve the dissemination and feedback of scientific literature, and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness.

Civil Engineering Database (CDEB) - ASCE'S Electronic Information Retrieval Service
Provides Access to bibliographic and abstracted records of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) publications since 1973.

Classification system
The library uses a simplified version of the Universal Decimal Classification (abbreviated UDC)

Clinical Oncology (cd-rom)
8th Edition (2001) - Philip Rubin (Ed.) - A Multidisciplinary Approach for Physicians and Students: Contains all of the latest clinical, technologic and scientific developments in the field of oncology.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Codes Belges (cd-rom)
Consolidated Belgian legislation (Bruylant) - French language only.
! Maximum one user.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Conditions
Conditions

Consulting the collection on the spot
House rules -- Open shelf storage -- Classification system -- Seminars and floorplans

Databases
Access to important secondary sources linke Medline, Web of Science, Econlit, Sociological Abstracts etc.

Delphion Intellectual Property Network
Patents.

Departments
Management and secretariat -- Collection building and subject indexing -- Documentation and information department -- Technical departments

DialogSelect Open Access - Business & News
Business News, Business Research, Company Financials, Company Product Lines, Demographic Data (U.S.).

DialogSelect Open Access - Chemistry
Chem Research, Chem News, Company Information, Associations and Organizations, Books, Upcoming Events.

DialogSelect Open Access - Engineering
Tech Research, Tech News, Company Information, Reference Information, Books, Directories.

DialogSelect Open Access - Environment
Energy & Environment Research, Energy & Environment News, Company Information, Associations and Organizations, Books, Upcoming Events.

DialogSelect Open Access - Government
Commerce Business Daily, Government News, Regulations, U.S. Defense Program Summaries, U.S. Government Contract Awards.

DialogSelect Open Access - Intelectual Property
Patents.

DialogSelect Open Access - Medicine
Med Research, Med News, Company Information, Associations and Organizations, Books, Upcoming Events.

DialogSelect Open Access - Pharmacology
Pharma Research, Tracking Drugs, Pharma News, Company Information, Associations and Organizations, Books, Upcoming Events.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Van Dale, Encyclopædia Britannica, etc.

Digital library
Ezproxy, V-link, V-spaces, RSS

Directory of Published Proceedings (DoPP)
A free Interdok database of conference proceedings.

Discussion groups (archives)
E-mail based interest groups and Usenet

Documentation ISI information session
ISI information session Web of Science -- Current Contents -- Journal Citation Reports

E-Print collections
Consulting eprints (post + preprints) via eprint archives

EBSCOhost
General access to the EBSCO databases.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

ERIC
Search in a database with references to educational articles and books.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

EconLit
EconLit is a comprehensive, indexed bibliography with selected abstracts of the world's economic literature.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Electronic book collections
Several books are available online

Electronic journals catalogue (V-link)

Encyclopædia Brittanica
Includes the complete encyclopaedia (with more than 72 000 articles, 10 000 illustrations, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year).
! No off-campus access.

Encyclopédie DIDEROT
L'Encyclopédie de Diderot et d'Alembert: encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

EndNote Web
EndNote Web

Ergonomics Abstracts Online Database
Search in a database with references to ergonomics articles and books.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

European Pharmacopoeia
The European Pharmacopoeia is an official listing containing directions for preparing and testing pharmaceutical products in the European Community.
! No remote access.

Extension, renewal and reservation

esp@cenet
Use the esp@cenet network to search patent applications in their original language and patent applications with an English abstract and title.

FictieRom
Information on novels and stories from Belgium and abroad.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Financial Times
Access to the Financial Times online (FT.com).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Finding Software
List of sites where software can be downloaded (Tucows, etc.)

Finding journals on the Internet
Access websites with overviews of interesting sources available on the WWW (PubList, jake, etc) and free electronic journals (eg The Free Medical Journals Site)

Floor plan

Frantext
The Frantext database consist of 3737 text in the domain of science, arts, literature,...which cover 5 centuries of literature (centuries XVI-XX).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Future Drugs
Future Drugs provides healthcare practitioners and research professionals with a source of information on emerging trends in healthcare and advances in the major therapeutic areas through the Expert Review series.

Future Medicine
information on medical advances in the post-genomic era, delivering forward-looking perspectives on the scientific, clinical, economic and policy issues in modern healthcare.

Future Trends
The OECD Future Studies Information System, Future Trends, covers thousands of published and unpublished sources in over a dozen languages. This unique collection of citations is a vital resource for those looking into long-term issues facing the public and private sectors.
! No remote access.

Gemeenschappelijke catalogus van de bibliotheken van de Federale Overheidsdiensten
In this union catalogue you can find the books, journals, articles and series of the libraries of the federal public sevices.

General alphabetical overview
This page contains an alphabetical list of important secondary databases like Medline, Web of Science, Econlit, Sociological Abstracts etc.

General information

Google Scholar
Google Scholar is not an ordinary search engine, but was especially developed for higher education and sciences. Now with V-link!

Google Scholar (V-link)

HealthGate
Search in AIDSDRUGS, AIDSTRIALS, AIDSLINE, MEDLINE, CancerLit, BIOETHICSLINE, HealthSTAR, and Diagnostic Procedures

Historical Abstracts
Over 2,000 journals published since 1954 covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

House rules

How to get articles
Articles from journals which are available in the VUB university library can be photocopied or viewed electronically -- Materials which are not available in the VUB university library can be requested from national and international libraries (interlibrary lending ILL).

How to get books
Lending books from the VUB, ULB and KBR - ILL

ILL request (self-service)
If the document cannot be found in the catalogues, the user may use the self-service of the university library personalized services via an online form (for documents not available in the VUB library).

ILL request (via Vubis catalogues + V-link)
It is recommended to use the Vubis catalogues to formulate an ILL request. Use the retrieval software for an ILL request for listed documents via V-link.

INSPEC (via WoK)
INSPEC (Institution of Electrical Engineers) consists of bibliographic records pertaining to physics, electrical engineering, electronics, telecommunications, computers, control technology, and information technology.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

INVERT
INVERT (Index van de Nederlandstalige verpleegkundige tijdschriftliteratuur) is an index to the literature published in Dutch and Flemish nursing journals.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Information about the Internet
Interesting page about the Internet (LivingInternet.com: Bill Stewart - US - http://www.livinginternet.com/)

Infotrieve
Infotrieve is a database of current article information taken from well over 20.000 multidisciplinary journals.

Inter-library lending (ILL)
Books, journals and other works which are not available in the VUB unversity library can be requested from national and international libraries (interlibrary lending ILL).

Inter-library lending rules (PDF)

Interactive Internet services
Overview of some remarkable, new, advanced tools, techniques, services, and document types, which have appeared in the Internet.

International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD)
IBTD is a new theatre and dance database with full text from 100 journals and 50 books.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

International Financial Statistics (IFS) (cd-rom)
IFS contains approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries. This includes all series appearing on the IFS Country Pages; exchange rate series for all IMF member countries; major IMF fund accounts series; and world, area and country series from the IFS World Tables.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA)
IPSA provides abstracts of political science articles. Topics include method and theory; political thinkers and ideas; political and administrative institutions; political processes (public opinion, attitudes, parties, forces, groups, and elections); international relations; and national and area studies.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

International catalogues
Consulting catalogues worldwide and catalogues of online bookshops

ingentaJournals
IngentaJournals is a database of current article information taken from over 2600 journals. In March 2000 ingenta merged with the UnCover Company.

JSTOR
JSTOR offers full text access to journals in several scientific disciplines. The organization digitizes articles from the first volume onwards. In agreement with the editors, the last volumes are not accessible.
The collections Arts and Sciences I and Arts and Sciences II contain 243 journals in fifteen disciplines.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Job Vacancies
Job vacancies in the library

Journal Citation Reports (via WoK)
JCR Web provides access to data that helps you evaluate and compare scholarly journals (citation data on journals).
! Do not forget to log out after a JCR session! The number of simultaneous users is restricted.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Journal articles
How to get articles - ADB and electronic journals - Antilope - External databases - E-print collections

Judit Banque de Données Information et Documentation Juridiques (cd-rom)
Judit contains about legislation and law published since 1980.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Judit Databank Rechtsdocumentatie (cd-rom)
Judit contains about legislation and law published since 1980.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Jura
Jura.be is a legal database containing all sources of law and up-to-date information about legislation, jurisprudence and legal doctrine.
! Access only for the Faculty of Law and from the Central Library.

Jura Databank Rechtsdocumentatie

Jurisquare
Jurisquare is a database which contains data of more than 70 journals and reviews of different Belgian publishers.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

LISTA
Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA)

Larcier Wetboeken op cd-rom
The Larcier Wetboeken on cd-rom contain Civil and Judicial Law - Penal Law - Commercial, Financial and Economic Law - Social Law - Fiscal Law - State and Administrative Law - Environmental Law.
! Maximum one user.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Leisure Tourism Database
The Leisure Tourism Database is the leading database on leisure, tourism, hospitality and recreation information.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Library services
Consulting the collection on the spot -- Using the infrastructure (informatics) -- Getting documents

LiteRom
Interviews and reviews of Dutch literature (1900+).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Loan rules (PDF)

Loans
Registration of readers -- Loan -- Extension -- Reservation -- Loan rules

MLA Directory of Periodicals
The MLA Directory of Periodicals offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the MLA International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MLA International Bibliography
MLA (Modern Language Association of America) International Bibliography consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MR Lookup
A tool for verifying references and for adding links to MathSciNet.

MathSciNet
MathSciNet is the searchable Web database providing access to Mathematical Reviews and Current Mathematical Publications (from 1940 to the present).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Mathematical Servers
(Belgian Mathematical Society) databank With links to more than 30 mathematical journals.

Mathematics ArXiv
Mathematics arXiv (Cornell University). The arXiv has 35654+4940 mathematics articles (primary+secondary) as of December 9, 2004.

Mathematics on the Web
(American Mathematical Society) Content: Guides to the Mathematical Literature, Mathematical Literature on the Web, Mathematics by Points of View, Mathematics People, Reference Literature, Web servers, Related Resources.

Meaning of the dots

Mediargus
Access to the archive of 7 Flemish newspapers and the Roularta publications (everything older than two days).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.
! External access to 30 June 2009.

Medical library

MedicinesComplete: AHFS Drug Information
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: British National Formulary
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: British National Formulary for Children
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Dietary Supplements
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Handbook on Injectable Drugs
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Herbal Medicines
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Pharmaceutical Excipients
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Rules and Guidance for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Distributors
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Stockley's Drug Interactions
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

MedicinesComplete: Stockley's Interaction Alerts
A database with up-to-date information about medicines, and with rules and guidance concerning their use.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

More...
Direct access to frequently used applications: ULB catalogue, CCB catalogue, Article catalogue (ADB), Antilope, Web of Science, PubMed...

NBB Balanscentrale
Search for the annual accounts or consolidated annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium in the last five calendar years and the current calendar year.

NLM Gateway
NLM (National Library of Medicine) Gateway (formerly known as Internet Grateful Med) simultaneous searches in MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, AIDS Meetings, HSR Meetings, HSRProj, MEDLINEplus and DIRLINE. Further access to other NLM databases.

OECD Factbook
OECD Factbook is a comprehensive and dynamic statistical annual from the OECD. More than 100 indicators cover a wide range of areas: economy, agriculture, education, energy, environment, foreign aid, health and quality of life, industry, information and communications, population/labour force, trade and investment, taxation, public expenditure and R&D. Data are provided for all OECD member countries with area totals, and for selected non-member economies.
! No remote access.

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard
The OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard brings together the latest internationally comparable data to explore the growing interaction between knowledge and globalisation at the heart of the ongoing transformation of OECD economies. It draws mainly on OECD databases, indicators and methodology developed by the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry.
! No remote access.

Online European Patent Register information
The Online Register contains data on all published European patent applications and international applications designating the EPO. As well as this bibliographic data, it also provides information about the grant procedure and the legal status of individual applications, from the date of publication to the grant of the patent, and about any opposition or appeal proceedings.

Open shelf storage and stacks

Opening hours and access
Public services opening hours -- How to access the VUB, the central library (Etterbeek) and the medical library (Jette)?

Organisation of the library
Staff and departments of the library

Other Belgian catalogues
Consulting the Collective Catalogue of Belgium (CCB), catalogues of other institutions and the catalogue of the Belgian online bookshop Proxis

Overview by subject (UDC)
This page contains a list by subject of important secondary databases (Medline, Web of Science, Econlit, Sociological Abstracts, etc.)

Peeters Online Bibliographies
The International Philosophical Bibliography is confined to philosophical literature published in the following languages: Dutch - English - French - German - Italian - Latin - Portuguese - Spanish and Catalan. It lists titles of books - congress proceedings - articles - critical notices and review articles published in the analysed periodicals.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Photocopy

PowerPoint presentations of information sessions

Principles of Citation Searching (PPS 3885 KB)
PPS = Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show by Sophie Panagi (ISI). Required configuration: Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 / 5. Notice: Netscape users are adviced to use the "Save Link As" option

ProQuest Digital Dissertations
As a visitor, you will be able to freely access the most current two years of citations and abstracts in the Dissertation Abstracts database.

Projects

PsycARTICLES
PsycARTICLES is a database of full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Hogrefe Publishing Group.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

PsycINFO
PsycINFO consists of bibliographic records pertaining to psychology.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

PubList.com
Find magazines, journals, newsletters, & other periodicals.

PubMed
PubMed provides access to bibliographic information, which is drawn primarily from MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, HealthSTAR, as well as Publisher-Supplied citations.

PubMed (V-link)

PubScience
PubSCIENCE is a World Wide Web service developed by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) to facilitate searching and accessing peer reviewed journal literature in the physical sciences and other energy-related disciplines.

RSS
More info about the RSS feed

Regional Business News
This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News incorporates coverage of 75 business journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. This database is updated on a daily basis.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Relevant Internet sources
Dictionaries, encyclopedias, information about the Internet, interesting Internet sites

Remote access
Remote access (EZProxy)

Required software
Overview of software necessary for viewing electronic publications -- Some solutions for regular problems

Royal Library catalogue (KBR)

Royal library catalogue
Consult the catalogue of the Royal Library Albert I - Only consultation on the spot

SPORTDiscus
SPORTDiscus is a bibliographic database covering sport, physical fitness, sports medicine and science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, sport law & legislation, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, health, and much more. With full bibliographic coverage, this database includes over 650,000 records with journal and monograph coverage going back to 1800; over 20,000 dissertations and theses and reference to articles in 60 different languages.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Say what we do, do what we say
Communications, projects and information about the digital library

SciFinder Scholar CAS (Chemical Abstract Service)
SciFinder Scholar provides integrated, user-friendly, point-and-click access to several Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) databases.
! Maximum one user.
! Only accessible on the VUB campus.

Scientific Institutions and libraries
Belnet sites, Belgian Online Libraries Directory...

Search engines
On this page we offer access to certain Internet indexes (global: Google, AltaVista - meta - Belgian) and general overviews of Internet indexes

Seminars and reference rooms

Short Title Catalogus Vlaanderen (STCV)
The Short-Title Catalogue Flanders (STCV) is an online bibliography of books printed in Flanders during the Ancien Régime.

Sociale Kaart
Information about social and medical nonprofit organisations in Flanders.

Sociological Abstracts
Search in a database with references to sociological articles and books.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Staff
Telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail adresses of library staff -- The online VUB telephone guide is also available

Strada
Portal site to Larcier publications. Cross search and online access to the full text of Larcier journals and lawbooks. Hyperlinks to free access external sites.
! Only accessible in the Law & Criminology Faculty, with the Central Library and the B-Building computer rooms.

Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts (SWA)
Search in a database with references to studies on women and gender

Subject directories
On this page we offer access to certain Internet subject guides (global: Yahoo!, BUBL - Belgian: Webwijzer) and general overviews of Internet subject guides

TOXLINE
Toxicology Literature Online (National Library of Medicine): a databases on toxicology.

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Reference work written by the world's most influential economists. The updated on-line format covers full text of the print edition with additional browse and search facilities (hyperlinked cross-references, links to related sites, etc.).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (cd-rom)
Electronic verion of Treasure trove of Latin Language

Trademark Information USPTO
Trademarks.

Trial
Trial

ULB catalogue
Consult the ULB catalogue (V-link @ VUB available) - Students and staff of the VUB may loan books

ULB catalogue (V-link)

UNBIS Plus (cd-rom)
Databases of the United Nations Bibliographic Information System consisting of: bibliographic files of United Nations documents and of non-United Nations materials and of speeches / the full text of resolutions / voting information / agendas / three authority control files of subject terms-names-geographic names / reference file with details of documentation series. (cd-rom)
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

USPTO Web Patent Databases
Patents.

UptoDate
A database of Clinical information, primarily in the domain of Internal Medicine, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics.
! Access only on campus Jette.

Using the infrastructure (informatics)
Photocopying -- Use of workstations and printer -- Floor maps

V-link
V-link the link generator

V-link LookUp

V-link LookUp (self service)
V-link LookUp self service: Query V-link directly in order to get context-sensitive relevant links for a material type. For every material type a specific form is offered which may contain received bibliographical metadata.

V-spaces
With V-spaces, the user can search multiple information resources simultaneously with a single query.

VLABIDOC-gids
The Vlaamse Archief-, Bibliotheek- en Documentatiegids (VLABIDOC-gids) is a directory of libraries in Flanders and Brussels.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

VUB catalogue
Consult the VUB catalogue (V-link available)

VUB catalogue (V-link)

VUB ejournals list
Electronic journals of the VUB

VUB ejournals: search via catalogue
Contains all e-journals of the VUB. Via V-link users can click through to the full-text and/or relevant links.

VUBIS catalogue
Catalogue (VUBIS)

Warenwetgeving
Warenwetgeving contains European, federal and regional texts of law and implementing orders on food.
! Maximum one user.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Web of Knowledge
Web of Knowledge

Web of Knowledge (V-link)

Web of Knowledge (WoK)
Web of Knowlegde is the new ISI interface through wich VUB-users can access the Web of Science, ISI Proceedings, INSPEC and Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Web of Science (WoS) (via WoK)
Web interface providing access to the Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.
! Don't forget to log out after completion of your WoS-session. The number of simultaneous users is restricted!
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Welcome to our website
Universiteitsbibliotheek, Vrije universiteit Brussel

Westlaw international
Westlaw International offers full text of legislation, case law, treaties and law reviews of the USA, Australia, Canada, the Uk and the European Union
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Wilson Art Abstracts
Art Index consists of bibliographic records pertaining to art history, antiques, archaeology, architecture...
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Wilson Education Abstracts
Wilson Education Index contains abstracts for over 475 educational periodicals and offers full text access to more than 150 titles.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal op cd-rom (WNT)
A historical, scientific and descriptive dictionary of the Dutch language from 1500 till 1976, containing the meaning and history of a huge number of words, illustrated with citations in old spelling from a variety of sources.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

Workstations and printer

World Banking Abstracts
World Banking Abstracts is a database of abstracts coming from 400 international financial journals.
! You can access this database only through the Blackwell-Synergy portal.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.

World Intellectual Property Organization PCT Database
This database contains the first page data (bibliographic data, abstract and drawing) of published PCT applications.

Zentralblatt MATH Database
Search in a database with references to mathematical articles and books. Equivalent of the Zentralblatt für Mathematik / Mathematics Abstracts on paper.
! Only accessible via the VUB network.