Belgium
Heel Belgium - Library & Documentation Centre
Address: Booiebos 25, B-9031 Drongen
Phone: +32 (9) 265 95 65
Fax: +32 (9) 223 00 76
Email: c.vandeschoor@heel.be
Web site: http://www.heel.be
Contact person: Caroline Vandeschoor (documentalist)
Financed by: Heel Belgium n.v./s.a.
Target group: Physicians, homoeopathic practitioners, vets, dentists, pharmacists, nurses, students, pharmaceutical industry
Access library:
Library: by appointment with the documentalist.
Information service: by telephone, fax or email
Access fees:
none
Borrowing: No
Access database: Indirectly via the documentalist
Profile: Mainly homoeopathic publications (19th-20th C.), also related alternative medicine, reference works on pharmacy, chemistry & botany.
Books mainly in English, also many in French and German, some in Dutch and a few in Spanish.
Journals on homoeopathy, other alternative medicine & pharmacy, in English, French, German, Dutch & Spanish.
No. books: 4,600
No. hom. books:
No. hom. reports: 200
No. vol. hom. per.: 450
Database name: LIBRARIUS (for Windows)
Database content: 70% references of book titles; all with author, title, classification code, volume, publisher, date of publication, edition, language, publication type, date of input (+other possibilities); 15% of the book collection (mainly Materia Medica) with key words (still indexing).
30% references of journal articles and lectures, with key words (still indexing).
Extensive database with key words & synonyms.
Journal database
Database records: 15,900
Search options: Author, title, key words, classification code, publication type, publisher, journal name or series title, classification number, location, date of acquisition; search options can be combined
Indexing system: Self-built controlled key word list with synonyms (incl. ECH Homeopathic Thesaurus), completed with AMED/CATS
Last update info: 10/2011
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Société Royale Belge d'Homéopathie - Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Homeopathie
Address:
1) Society: Rue du cuisinier 149, B-1420 Braine l'Alleud (chairman: Dr. Patrick Detand)
2) Library: Chaussée de Mons, B-6150 Anderlues
Phone: +32 (71) 54 09 03
Fax: +32 (71) 52 94 35
Email: saelens@homeobel.com
Web site: http://biblio.homeobel.com
Contact person: Dr Daniel Saelens, Chausse de Mons 58, B-6150 Anderlues, Belgium
Financed by: Membership fees
Target group: Physicians, vets, dentists
Access library: By appointment
Access fees: None for members
Borrowing: No
Access database: No database
Profile: Mostly old books and periodicals, on homoeopathy, mainly in French.
No. books: ca. 1,000
No. hom. books: ca. 1,000
No. hom. reports: 50
No. vol. hom. per.: 500
Database name: None
Database content: None
Database records: None
Search options: None
Indexing system: None
Last update info: 05/2003
