McGraw Hill Medical is an online platform for the study, teaching and practice of pharmacy, featuring peer-reviewed and up-to-date reference content.
It brings together full-text textbooks and key works, a drug database, clinical cases, multimedia resources, and learning and study tools (e.g. quizzes and exam preparation).

Access restricted to users with an @iqs-blanquerna.url.edu domain only

A key platform in computer science offering full-text access to all publications of the Association for Computing Machinery (journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters and multimedia), including the ACM Guide to Computing Literature. It covers material from 1958 onwards and topics such as AI, data science, software engineering, security, networking and human-computer interaction.

The American Chemical Society’s publishing platform, which brings together leading scientific journals in chemistry and related disciplines, alongside e-books (ACS eBooks) and the trade journal Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). It offers peer-reviewed research and up-to-date content for teaching and research.

A platform for legal information that brings together legislation (EU, national and regional), case law and legal doctrine in full text, alongside journals and practical content, designed to support legal research and practice in Spain.

The Official State Bulletin of Spain, in which legislation (laws, royal decrees-laws, regulations), official acts and notices are published; publication in the Bulletin is mandatory for their validity and public awareness. The electronic edition of the BOE is official and authentic, and is published every day of the year except Sundays (with the possibility of special editions).

EBSCO database for business and economics research, offering the largest collection of full-text academic journals within the Business Source family and international coverage for analysing business trends and topics. It includes key titles (e.g., Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, MIS Quarterly, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, and others).

Cambridge University’s platform for peer-reviewed academic journals. The catalogue covers over 420 journals in humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine, with some content available as Open Access and a searchable archive.

A free database from the Royal Society of Chemistry that allows users to search for and view chemical structures, properties and associated information for over 130 million compounds sourced from hundreds of references. It offers searches by text and chemical identifiers, as well as quick access to records with links to the original sources.

The official public database of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS), which compiles information on medicines for human use authorised in Spain. It allows users to consult summary of product characteristics (SPCs), patient information leaflets, authorisation and marketing conditions, safety notices and supply issues, with daily updates.

A collection of databases containing independent, high-quality evidence to support healthcare decision-making, owned by Cochrane and published by Wiley. It includes Cochrane Reviews (CDSR), the Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) and Cochrane Clinical Answers for clinical questions at the point of care.

The institutional repository of Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). It collects, preserves and disseminates the scientific and academic outputs of the URL (articles, conference papers, reports, undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, etc.).

A bibliographic portal run by the Dialnet Foundation (Universidad de La Rioja) designed to raise the profile of Spanish-language academic literature, with a particular focus on the humanities, social sciences and law. It is one of the largest resources in its field.

A unified searching tool that allows you to locate and access, in a single search, books and e-books, journal articles, theses and final-year projects from the URL libraries, with direct links to the full text where available.

A community-driven discovery service that indexes open-access, peer-reviewed academic monographs and edited volumes and provides links to the full text on publishers’ websites or in repositories. Its services are free of charge and all data is reusable. It currently holds over 103,500 books.

A global and community-driven directory that indexes peer-reviewed open-access academic journals and offers a search function for journals and articles with links to the full text. It provides its services and data free of charge and currently lists 22,633 journals, with over 12.3 million article records, in 91 languages and across 140 countries.

The Official Bulletin of the Government of Catalonia, in which laws, general provisions and administrative acts are published; publication in the DOGC is what gives them legal effect.
The digital edition is the only official and authentic version, published daily (Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays) in both Catalan and Spanish.
Access is open online, with a search function, archive and alerts; the portal allows users to consult provisions dating back to 1977 (Section 1) and offers notification services by subject or body.

A platform for e-books and supplementary materials in Medicine and Health Sciences from the Editorial Médica Panamericana.
The collection comprises approximately 27 book titles that form part of the core reading lists for various levels of study in the health sciences.

An online portal for reading academic monographs, launched by Documenta Universitaria, featuring multidisciplinary titles in Catalan, Spanish and English available in EPUB/PDF formats. It was established in collaboration with the University of Girona (UdG) Library Service, departments of the University of Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and the Catalan Government’s Institute of Cultural Industries.

A curated collection of essential European data resources for the life sciences, selected by ELIXIR on the basis of indicators relating to scientific quality, the community served, service quality, governance/funding and impact. Committed to open access and the long-term preservation of biological data; the list is reviewed periodically.

Emerald‘s publishing platform for discovering and accessing scientific journals, books and case studies, with a growing collection of open-access content. Its main coverage spans Business and Management, Economics and Social Sciences, and extends to areas such as engineering, education, health and logistics.

Base de datos de educación con cobertura desde 1966; reúne artículos de revistas y literatura gris (informes, ponencias, documentos de política), con abundante texto completo. Incluye filtros por nivel educativo y público, limitador peer‑reviewed y el Thesaurus ERIC para búsquedas precisas.

Acceso mediante la plataforma EBSCO institucional.

Portal oficial para acceder al Derecho de la Unión Europea, gestionado por la Oficina de Publicaciones de la UE. Ofrece el acceso más amplio y oficial a los documentos jurídicos de la UE y está disponible en las 24 lenguas oficiales; se actualiza a diario.

The official compendium of the EDQM–Council of Europe, containing monographs, chapters and methods that set the quality standards for medicines and substances in Europe; legally binding in the member states and within the EU.

An open-access publisher of peer-reviewed journals in science, engineering and health; it promotes Research Topics and APC publication models. It is noted for its peer review times and transparency in editorial processes.

Website of the National Institute of Statistics (Spain) featuring official statistics by topic and region: time series, tabulated data, microdata and methodologies. A key resource for demographic, economic and social analysis.

An online platform offering university and professional textbooks in Spanish covering a wide range of subjects (engineering, health sciences, economics and business, social sciences, etc.). The licensed or free titles can be read via streaming directly in the browser.

An open-access platform known for its extensive programme of academic books in science, technology and medicine, and, since 2022, also for Open Science journals focusing on fast-growing fields such as AI/Computer Science & Robotics, Digital Medicine & Healthcare, and Green Energy & Environmental Technology. The journals are peer-reviewed, adhere to open science policies, and feature author guidelines, transparent editorial processes and (for some titles) an APC-free model to encourage participation.

A suite of trade intelligence tools from the International Trade Centre (UN/WTO) that enhances trade transparency and facilitates market access: it enables users to identify export and import opportunities, compare market access requirements and monitor trade performance, drawing on global databases of statistics, tariffs and rules of origin.
It includes Trade Map (statistics and demand/competition indicators), Market Access Map (tariffs, quotas, remedies and non-tariff measures), Export Potential Map (opportunities and diversification), as well as Rules of Origin, Investment Map, Procurement Map and Global Trade Helpdesk.


Free registration. Users in the European Union have full access at no cost until 30 November 2028 (thanks to EU support).

JCR is Clarivate’s journal intelligence tool, based on the Web of Science Core Collection, featuring publisher-neutral data and profiles with visualisations that link to article details.
It includes indicators such as the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), the Journal Citation Indicator (JCI, normalised by field), quartiles/percentiles and open access statistics on each profile page.

JCR promotes responsible use by combining metrics with descriptive data and links to the citation corpus in WoS.

Francis Lefebvre provides online access to the Accounting Handbook, the Corporate Handbook and the Tax Handbook, all of which are updated weekly with the latest regulatory, doctrinal and case-law developments as they are adopted throughout the year.


Access restricted to teaching staff.

An open platform that integrates patents and academic literature, featuring patent-to-paper links, citations and technology landscape analysis. Useful for technology watch, freedom-to-operate assessments and impact evaluation.

Edicions UPC’s catalogue of publications, featuring textbooks, monographs and technical works linked to the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. It covers fields such as engineering, architecture, technology and higher education.

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) platform for multi-asset financial data and analytics, featuring Reuters News, Datastream, I/B/E/S, fundamentals, real-time prices and an Excel add-in.


NOTE: This resource is only accessible from the Finance Lab.

MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a multidisciplinary open-access academic publisher offering rapid publication and peer review, incorporating article metrics and open data policies.

MERIT is the research portal of Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). The aim of this portal is to disseminate information about the research carried out at URL and to highlight the work of its research staff.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information portal, featuring resources such as PubMed, GenBank, BLAST and Bookshelf. A key resource for sequences, alignments and biomedical references.

OAPEN is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the open-access publication of academic books. OAPEN provides a platform for the dissemination of full-text books on a variety of subjects, predominantly in English, under an open-access model, complete with high-quality metadata and long-term preservation. It incorporates DOIs and is aligned with DOAB, which facilitates its inclusion in catalogues.

A market intelligence database featuring statistics, analysis and dashboards on industries, economies, channels, consumers and companies worldwide. It covers over 210 national markets, with country-specific reports, market size data, brand/company market shares, forecasts and consumer trends; widely used in universities and business schools for applied research.
In addition to web access, it offers data integration/APIs to transfer data series to spreadsheets and corporate BI systems.


NOTE: The first time you access the resource, after URL validation, you must enter a series of details to complete registration.

A platform from Johns Hopkins University Press that brings together academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences, with an extensive open-access collection from university presses and academic societies.
The OA content is DRM-free, with unlimited downloading and printing and no registration required, and is integrated into the same search and navigation tools as the rest of the catalogue.
It allows you to browse by subject and title from the Browse view (books, journals, case studies, speeches and more) and apply filters by access type and research area.

The American Psychological Association’s bibliographic database of abstracts and indexing, a leading resource in psychology and behavioural sciences: over 5 million records, covering content from 2,400 journals, with historical coverage dating back several centuries and updated twice a week.
It includes journal articles, book chapters and theses/dissertations, and allows for highly precise searches thanks to the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms and specialised fields such as Index Terms, Tests & Measures and Classification Codes.
PsycINFO does not provide full text (it functions as an index with abstracts and references), but provides links to the full text via the Library.

A free search engine and database of references and abstracts from the biomedical and life sciences literature, maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Its core is MEDLINE (records indexed with MeSH), and it also integrates citations from PubMed Central (PMC) and the NCBI Bookshelf; many records include links to the full text (publisher, PMC or library).
It allows basic and advanced searches with filters, and offers tools such as citation detection and recommendations for similar articles to support reviews and clinical practice.

RACO (Catalan Open Access Journals) is a cooperative repository providing open access to full-text articles from Catalan scientific, cultural and scholarly journals, with the primary aim of increasing their visibility.

View our journal AFINIDAD (IQS) via RACO.

RECERCAT, the Research Repository of Catalonia, is a cooperative repository of digital documents that includes research literature from universities and research centres in Catalonia, as well as unpublished articles (preprints), conference papers, research reports, working papers, final-year projects, technical reports, etc.

This project is promoted by the universities of Catalonia and the Library of Catalonia, managed and coordinated by the Consortium of University Services of Catalonia (CSUC), sponsored by the Government of Catalonia, and involves the participation of other Catalan institutions.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes a portfolio of 57 peer-reviewed journals covering all areas of the chemical sciences and related fields (materials, energy and the environment, biosciences, engineering, education, etc.).

Moody’s (previously Bureau van Dijk) database of companies in Spain and Portugal, produced in collaboration with INFORMA D&B. It enables users to locate, analyse and compare companies using standardised financial statements, ratios, shareholding structures and corporate groups, executives and contacts, brands, news and M&A transactions, with tools for advanced segmentation, charts, alerts and data export.

Plataforma de Elsevier que ofrece acceso al texto completo de artículos científicos y capítulos de libros revisados por pares en áreas como ciencia, tecnología, salud y ciencias sociales. Es una herramienta clave para la investigación académica y el estudio universitario.

CAS SciFinder es la plataforma de descubrimiento e inteligencia química de ACS (American Chemical Society), con información curada por científicos y herramientas asistidas por IA para investigación. Permite buscar y conectar sustancias y reacciones (incluido CAS REGISTRY®) por estructura, nombre, CAS Registry Number® o datos espectrales; integra acceso a literatura científica, patentes e información relacionada dentro del mismo flujo de trabajo; e incluye funciones avanzadas como retrosíntesis/predicción de rutas y datos de proveedores para localizar disponibilidad y comparar opciones de compra.


Consulta las Instrucciones de registro antes de acceder por primera vez.

SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR) es un portal abierto y gratuito que ofrece rankings e indicadores bibliométricos de revistas científicas y países, calculados a partir de datos de citación de Scopus®.
Su métrica principal, el SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), estima la influencia/visibilidad de una revista ponderando las citas (no todas valen lo mismo) con un enfoque inspirado en PageRank, y permite consultar cuartiles (Q1–Q4) y métricas por área, categoría, país o región.

Base de datos de resúmenes y citas de Elsevier que integra revistas, libros y actas de congreso con perfiles de autores/afiliaciones y análisis citacionales; en conjunto, combina una cobertura multidisciplinar amplia con curación experta (CSAB) y métricas (CiteScore, SJR, SNIP, PlumX) para descubrir literatura, seguir el impacto y tomar decisiones.

Plataforma de Springer Nature para buscar y acceder a revistas, libros, obras de referencia (Springer reference works) y protocolos de sellos como Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, Adis y BMC, con cobertura multidisciplinar tanto en STM (Science, Technical and Medical) como en HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences).

Plataforma de datos estadísticos y de inteligencia de mercado que reúne cifras, gráficos y análisis de miles de fuentes fiables, con cobertura global y previsiones por sectores. Es especialmente útil para trabajos académicos, docencia y toma de decisiones basada en datos.

Repositorio digital de acceso abierto que reúne tesis doctorales de universidades catalanas y de otras comunidades. Su objetivo es difundir la investigación universitaria, aumentar la visibilidad de los autores y garantizar la preservación digital. Las tesis están protegidas por derechos de autor y suelen usar licencias Creative Commons. Todas las tesis presentadas por los centros de la URL están incluidas.

Enciclopedia de referencia de Wiley sobre química industrial e ingeniería química, con artículos revisados por pares, tablas/figuras y bibliografía, disponible online con búsqueda avanzada y actualizaciones regulares.

Compendio de United States Pharmacopeia que reúne monografías y capítulos generales con especificaciones y métodos para evaluar la identidad, potencia, pureza y calidad de medicamentos, excipientes y otros productos sanitarios.
Incluye también estándares clave para preparación magistral/compounding y recursos asociados para apoyar el cumplimiento y la práctica segura.


Acceso limitado a personal docente/investigador.

Plataforma de descubrimiento y análisis de literatura científica de Clarivate. Su núcleo es Web of Science Core Collection, una base de datos de citas y referencias cuidadosamente curada por editores internos para garantizar rigor y neutralidad editorial, que conecta artículos, actas de congresos y libros a través de una red de citaciones para facilitar la búsqueda, el seguimiento del impacto y la evaluación bibliométrica.

Plataforma de Wiley para buscar y acceder a revistas científicas, libros electrónicos y obras de referencia en múltiples disciplinas (ciencias, salud, ciencias sociales y humanidades).
Ofrece herramientas de búsqueda y filtrado, y permite crear alertas y guardar búsquedas si te registras.

Iniciativa del Banco Mundial que ofrece acceso libre y gratuito a miles de conjuntos de datos sobre desarrollo —desde economía y pobreza hasta salud, educación, clima, deuda, gobernanza y más— para todos los países y regiones del mundo. Su portal principal permite explorar indicadores, descargar datos y acceder a herramientas de análisis y APIs.

Gestor bibliográfico que permite insertar citas y generar bibliografías automáticamente en Word. Entre sus principales funciones se incluyen: