Databases of the week
Week 7
Use the HBO Knowledge Base as a source of inspiration for your own research!
The HBO Knowledge Base is a multidisciplinary database with theses/graduation products from students and (scientific) articles, books and reports from researchers at The Hague University of Applied Sciences and 28 other universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. In the HBO Knowledge Base you will find more than 70,000 publications, the majority of which are freely accessible (Open Access).
Exchange of knowledge
Within universities of applied sciences, many publications such as articles, research reports and graduation projects are produced by lecturers, teacher-researchers and students. The HBO Knowledge Base provides access to research publications and graduation products from participating universities of applied sciences and makes them available for reuse. In this way, the HBO Knowledge Base facilitates the exchange between research, education, business and professional life and society.
Great value
The publications produced within universities of applied sciences are of great value to the social and economic development of the Netherlands. The HBO Knowledge Base is therefore focused on free access to results of practice-oriented research, so that they can be (re)used by everyone. Research publications from research groups are also made visible on Publinova and Google Scholar via this database.
For and by students
As a student, you can make your thesis or other graduation product available on the HBO Knowledge Base, but also gain inspiration and find relevant sources (articles, research reports, graduation projects) for your own study or research. A student can have his thesis included in the HBO Knowledge Base, if the client and/or the program approve this. The student can submit his thesis via OnStage, if his course has made this possible in OnStage, or submit it via the HHs library.
Searching
Searching for publications in the HBO Knowledge Base is quite simple. On the homepage, you can search in the search bar by keyword, title, lectorate, author or program. If you do not enter anything and click directly on the orange ‘Search’ block, you will see all entered publications and you can filter further here.