To Support the Instructional Needs of HSC Faculty, Staff, Students, and Healthcare Professionals in Kuwait

The HSC library offers training sessions on the following databases:

Access Databases

Includes Access Anesthesiology, Access Emergency Medicine, Access Medicine, Access Pharmacy, Access Physiotherapy, and Access Surgery. Each database contains the complete text of leading reference books, board review test materials, images, videos, and an integrated drug database.

BMJ Learning

Provides high-quality continuing medical education for doctors and healthcare professionals with modules reviewed by peers and evidence-based learning resources including videos, audio files, images, and text.

BMJ OnExamination

Leading resource for online assessment among health professionals and medical students, offering efficient question marking & analysis engine for exams such as Medical Student Years 1 to 5, MRCP, FRCP, etc.

BMJ Best Practice

Provides fast access to reliable, up-to-date information for treatment decisions, combining research evidence with expert guidelines on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, & prevention.

CINAHL Complete

Comprehensive nursing and allied health research database providing full-text journals, books, and monographs.

Clinical Key

First "Clinical Insight Engine" with access to clinical resources, books, top journals, and surgical procedure videos, delivering trusted, evidence-based clinical answers.

The Cochrane Library

Collection of databases in medicine and healthcare specialties with high-quality, independent evidence for decision-making.

EMBASE: Biomedical Answers

International biomedical database with precise drug and disease information from peer-reviewed journals, aiding biomedical research.

ISI Web of Science

Integrated platform for high-quality bibliographic content and research information management.

Off-Campus Access

Access library resources off-campus via Athens (VDiscovery) and VPN (Virtual Private Network).

Online Catalog

Information on HSCLA collection including books, journals, audiovisual materials, and eBooks with resource location and hold requests.

OVID Databases

Premier selection of online databases across disciplines assisting healthcare professionals in medical research and patient care.

Science Direct

Scientific database with full-text articles and book chapters from peer-reviewed sources, supporting research in scientific, medical, and technical fields.

SciVerse Scopus

Abstract and citation database for peer-reviewed research literature in scientific, technical, medical, social sciences, and humanities.