Databases

1177 Vårdguiden is the official site for patient information and healthcare in Sweden. Partly available in English.

AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Medical offers hundreds of medical e-books. Medical photos, illustrations and videos are also included.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Contains references to journals in physiotherapy, rehabilitation, occupational therapy and alternative medicine.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Provides three-dimensional (3D), interactive models of human anatomy. In “3D Atlas” you can choose which part of the body you want to focus on and show different views (anatomy, dissection, MRI, films). In “3D Real-time” you can add and remove layers of muscles, nervs, joints, and organs. Use Chrome, Firefox or Edge for best functionality.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Guidelines and standards for perioperative care developed by AORN – The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses – an association in the USA.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

A collection of dictionaries in different languages.

Provides quick references and information for healthcare professionals on effective and safe use of medicines.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Provides quick references and information for healthcare professionals on effective and safe use of medicines for children.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Provides systematic reviews within different topic areas, including social welfare, disability, crime and justice, and education.

Contains references to scientific articles in nursing, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, and health administration.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

A search tool in PubMed where you can search for systematic reviews or clinical studies in therapy, diagnostics etc.

Proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

Search for diagnosis or treatment to find research articles, medical e-books, images and treatment guides, so called Clinical Overviews.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Database of ongoing clinical studies in different countries.

Here you will find Cochrane Reviews, systematic reviews of high scientific quality. You will also find the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

DiVA portal is an institutional repository for research publications and student theses written at the majority of universities and research institutions in Sweden. Available in both Swedish and English.

Replaced by Svelic. Drugline is a full-text database with evaluated drug information. Partly in English.

Expert written summaries of current evidence (like UpToDate). Search for symptoms, conditions, drugs and more and get evidence-based recommendations about treatment, diagnosis and prevention.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Contains references to scientific articles in biomedicine with focus on pharmacology and toxicology including Medline citations.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

References to scientific literature in education, leadership and management from 1966 and onwards.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Information on approved medicines, only in Swedish.

Database of genes and their properties.

To access full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

Information on the genome of over 1000 species, including bacteria and viruses.

To access all materials, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

WHO statistics on diseases and health in the world. It is possible to produce statistics from, for example, specific countries or certain diseases.

Searching the internet for scientific material from academic publishers, universities and colleges worldwide.

To access full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

Encyclopedia with information on drug administration via enteral feeding tubes.

Encyclopedia with guidelines and information on herbal medicines, including information on herbal constituents.

HTA reports evaluates new methods and techniques in Swedish medical services from the best available evidence/research.

Enter clinical features of your patient and get a list of possible diagnoses, as well as drugs that potentially cause the same symptoms.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Janusinfo is the official website of Region Stockholm for approved and independent evidence-based drug information for health staff. Partly in English.

Contains information on more than 8000 scientific journals. Find journals within your subject and see what Impact Factor they have.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Kloka listan is a list of recommended essential medicines for common diseases in patients in Region Stockholm.

Colletions of statistics from municipalities and regions in Sweden, with the possibility to compare and analyse over 2000 key figures. Only in Swedish.

KPP, Cost Per Patient, is a method for calculating the cost for each individual patient and care contact. Partly in English.

Kunskapsguiden is a national website for healthcare professionals. The knowledge guide gathers quality-assured knowledge from the National Board of Health and Welfare and other authorities and actors. Only in Swedish.

Guidelines and recommendations for specialized care in the Stockholm region, developed in close consultation with experts and obtained from National Clinical Knowledge Support.

The LactMed database contains reviewed and fully referenced information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

Läkemedelsverket/The Swedish Medical Products Agency is the national authority responsible for regulation and surveillance of the development, manufacturing and sale of pharmaceuticals and other medicinal products. Here you find the current regulations available in Swedish.

LIBRIS is the Swedish national catalogue for books, journals, reports and dissertations.

Contains references to scientific articles in biomedicine, nursing, rehabilitation, psychiatry, dentistry and related subject areas.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Contains references to scientific articles in biomedicine, nursing, rehabilitation, psychiatry, dentistry and related subject areas.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Information about diseases, health and drugs. From The National Institutes of Health and The National Library of Medicine.

Medical dictionary.

Database package with drug information.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

The regions’ joint knowledge support for everyone who works in health care in Sweden. The content is written and quality assured by experienced healthcare personnel and includes care programs and guidelines. Only in Swedish.

The British institute, NICE, National Institute for health and Care Excellence, provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man – OMIM – is a catalog of human genes and genetic disorders.

To access a full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm

European database containing information on rare health conditions and their treatment.

A database of randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.

The Global Resource for Nutrition Practice. Evidence-based nutrition recommendations.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

The Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase. Information on the impact of human genetic variation on drug responses and the relationships between different drugs, diseases and genes.

An internet version of the book “PM Praktisk Medicin”. Mainly for healthcare staff in ambulatory care. Only in Swedish.

Scientific literature and information on DNA and protein. Entrez database from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

To access full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm

Links to specimen instructions and labs across Sweden. Only in Swedish.

Contains references to literature in psychology, speech therapy and related subject areas. Published by the American Psychological Association (APA).

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Information on the molecular composition of chemical substances. Developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

To access full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

Comprises more than 30 million references to scientific articles in biomedicine, nursing, rehabilitation, psychiatry, dentistry and related subject areas.

To access full text articles, proxy is required outside the IP-area of Region Stockholm.

The Protein Data Bank is the single worldwide archive of structural data of biological macromolecules. For studying macromolecules and their relation to diseases etc.

A database covering retracted articles in scientific journals, i.e. articles that have been withdrawn due to faults discovered in the research or article.

A national handbook for providing evidence-based knowledge- and methodological support in Swedish Child Health Services.

A collection of videos that cover the areas Counseling, Psychotherapy and Psychology. The videos contain tutorials, interviews and demonstrations. The videos aim towards students, academic researchers and practitioners.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

The National Board of Health’s knowledge database on rare health conditions. Contains information on more than 300 rare diseases and conditions. Only in Swedish.

A common search tool for the library’s e-resources. Simultaneously searches both e.g. PubMed, CINAHL, AMED and PsycINFO.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset and Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

SBU is an independent Swedish national authority, tasked by the government with assessing health care and social service interventions from a broad perspective, covering medical, economic, ethical and social aspects. SBU assessments are based on ‘systematic literature reviews’ of published research. You can search in English and most reports have a summary in English.

SIS participates in ISO and CEN, the global networks that create standards. Contains international standards with prefixes SS, ISO, IEC, SS-EN, SS ISO, SS IEC.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset and Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

Joint book catalogue for the libraries in Region Stockholm.

Swedish legislation on healthcare, social care, dentistry, public health and safety as well as forensic psychiatry. (HSLFS-FS och SOSFS). Only in Swedish.

Swedish statistics on abortions, cancer, deaths, births, heart disease, addiction, surgery etc. Partly in English.

Official Statistics of Sweden. Partly in English.

Encyclopedia with guidelines and information on drug interactions.

Encyclopedia with information on interactions of conventional drugs with herbal medicines, dietary supplements, and nutraceutical.

Svensk författningssamling (SFS) contains Swedish laws and regulations from the Swedish Riksdag.

Bibliografic database with references to articles, reports and policy documents published in Sweden within the medicinal field during the period 1663-1967. Only in Swedish.

The licensed Swedish translation of MeSH Database from the US National Library of Medicine. Can be used as a Swedish-English/English Swedish dictionary within medicine and related subjects. Produced by the Karolinska Institutet University Library.

Bibliografic database with references to Scandinavian articles within medicin, odontology, healthcare, nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Possible to search in English. Note! No new material is added to SveMed+ since January 2020. The content covers a time period from the 1980s to 2019.

Academic publications at Swedish universities. Search among scholarly articles, conference papers and dissertations etc.

Evidenced-based clinical search engine trawling the internet for evidenced-baced clinical research and related content, including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

Papers in fulltext from Swedish universities and colleges. Searches possible in Swedish only.

Contains statistics on waiting times and healthcare accessibility in Sweden in relation to government goals. Only in Swedish.

Official website for information and services for healthcare providers licenced to provide care and treatment within Region Stockholm, including regional guidelines. Only in Swedish.

“The Handbook for Healthcare” is based on the Swedish Health and Medical Service Act (HSL) and Social Services Act (SOL). It is designed to help meet national goals for health and medical care in Sweden. Its contents primarily concern the care of adult patients. Only in Swedish.

The official webbsite for primary care providers within the Stockholm Region, including regional guidelines. Only in Swedish.

Web of Science is a multidisciplinary database with references to scientific journals, books, reports and conference material. It holds citation indexes covering sciences, social sciences, medicine, technology and arts & humanities.

Accessible for employees at Danderyd hospital, Södersjukhuset and Karolinska university hospital and units with library agreement.

WHO is the World Health Organization library catalog covering WHO publications from 1948 onwards.