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Global Professional e-Libraries
Global: Professional Reference Centre (e-Library)
Provided as a free service to Global Agency staff and professional colleagues and students.
NOTE: Some references may move location or become out-of-date. To request an addition to this web page and possible inclusion in the Global e-Gazette: Disability & Aged Care e-newsletter please email GlobalAdvantage.Education@gmail.com
Sections:
- Journal Searches
- Medical Search Engines
- Journals Online
- Libraries Online
- eBooks
JOURNAL SEARCHES
ERIC Database http://ericir.syr.edu/Eric/
BioMedNet Search http://research.bmn.com/ (includes free medline)
Free Medical Journals Online http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com.au/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws
Entrez Home. A tool from PubMed that searches PubMed for the articles that are freely available online. http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pmc
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Search tool for the information in the journals in DOAJ. (Added
MEDICAL SEARCH ENGINES
HONselect
Medical terms & definitions
MedHunt -
Medical search engine
MedNets -
Medical search engine and health portal
SearchMedica -
Medical search engine
Web4Health -
Psychology/psychiatry
JOURNALS ONLINE (some selected articles)
RACGP | Free online medical journalsRoyal Australian College of General Practitioners web site links to free online medical journals around the world. You will not need to pay, ... Directory of Electronic Health Science Journals (WWISH List) ... www.racgp.org.au/library/freejournals
Free medical journal
The New England Journal of Medicine E-mail Table of Contents - Free! www.nejm.org
Free Medical Journals
links to free online full-text journals, including nursing titles
BMC Nursing
BioMed Central United Kingdom
The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
Internet Scientific Publications, LLC United States
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
Kent State University School of Nursing : United States
Open Nursing Journal
Bentham open United States
Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing
Medscape United States
Cancer Journal Online for Clinicians
http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/
Journal of Clinical Investigations
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?action=archive&journal=120
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/
Public Library of Science
http://medicine.plosjournals.org/
New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org/
Online Journal of Clinical Innovations. (OJCI) This journal, sponsored by CINAHL, provides up-to-date access to research reports and innovation implementation from conferences and communication with investigators and clinicians. Cost is $12 per article, or $40 for an individual subscription ($100 for institutions.) http://www.cinahl.com/cexpress/ojcionline3/index.html
British Medical Journal. All articles are freely available online at time of publication in the print journal. http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/
Electronic Journal of Health Informatics (eJHI). Open access healthcare informatics journal. (Added April 1, 2006) http://ejhi.net/ojs/index.php/ejhi
Free Medical Journals. This site provides access to any medical journals that are available online without any cost or registration process. Has a list of journals that gives information about how long after publication articles are freely available. http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Journal of Community Informatics. This journal, started in 2004, is published by The Canadian Research Alliance for Community Information and Networking. They publish three issues a year. To read the complete article, you must click on Abstract, then select the full article from that screen. (Added
http://ci-journal.net/index.php
PubMed. Although PubMed finds articles that are not open access, if you select the "Limits" tab and check "Links to full free text" the search will produce only those articles that are "open access" to all. To reach the article from the list click on Links opposite the title, click on LINK OUT, and then follow the directions. (Added July 24, 2007) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses of Washington State. Archives from 1996 are available. (Added January 9, 2006) http://www.nurse.org/wa/arnpcare/
AHRQ Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web. This is monthly publication of cases submitted by clinicians of errors and near errors. You can register (free) and get notices each month when it is posted. You can read the cases without registering. (Added
http://webmm.ahrq.gov./
Alternative Journal of Nursing.
A wholistic journal of nursing that explores the evolution of the nursing profession. (Added
Biomed Central Nursing. This journal is one of many research journals in Biomed Central. The first article was published in April 2002. Since then there have been, and continue to be, many excellent research articles posted here. . http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcnurs/
Evidence Based Nursing Online. Articles are open access one year after publication. They are a selection from the health related literature reporting studies and reviews that warrant immediate attention by nurses attempting to keep pace with important advances in their profession. These articles are summarised in "value added" abstracts and commented on by clinical experts.
http://ebn.bmjjournals.com/contents-by-date.2005.shtml
Graduate Research in Nursing (GRN) & Research for Nursing Practice (RNP). These online journals are published by LLC . GRN publishes research and other scholarly writings of nursing graduate students, while RNP publishes research, case studies and other practice based work developed by nurses in the practice setting. Has had nothing published since June 2001, but archives are still posted. http://www.graduateresearch.com/
Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice. This journal is one of several health related online journals that are a part of the Internet Scientific Publications. Once there, drop down the box under Internet Journal of and select the above. Started in 1997, this journal publishes two issues a year.
http://www.ispub.com/
Journal of Undergraduate Nursing Scholarship. This journal is for publication of articles by students in any BSN program. Although sponsored by the University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona, USA) the members of the editorial board represent many different colleges. . It is peer reviewed and contains some excellent articles, plus provides a chance for undergraduate students to start publishing. http://www.juns.nursing.arizona.edu/
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Completely online journal that addresses issues in nursing such as managed care and nursing languages. Sponsored by Kent State University (Kent, Ohio USA), the American Nurses Association and Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing.
http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/index.htm
Open Medicine. Access is free to all, but you must first register. (Added August 3, 2007)
http://www.openmedicine.ca/
Australian e-Journal for the advancement of mental health (AeJAMH)
Australian Iindigenous health bulletin
Online publisher of free peer-reviewed scientific articles including medical research publications.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Provides access to over 400 free health sciences journals
Nursing Research
A directory of free full-text nursing research and review articles
LIBRARIES ONLINE
HealthInsite - your gateway to reliable health information
HealthInsite is a single gateway to quality consumer health information and provides links to some of Australia's most authoritative health organisations and their websites.
Department of Health and Ageing
The Department of Health and Ageing seeks to provide better health and healthier ageing for all Australians through a world-class health system.
Links to Useful Information for Individuals and Communities on Health
Community.gov.au is a portal to information relevant to individuals and community organisations across Australia. On this part of the Community Portal you will find links to health information including health networks.
www.community.gov.au
Current Clinical Strategies Publishing - Professional Online Journals
This site has many valuable items online, journals in many medical areas, a medical reference library of books online, color atlas of skin diseases, a manual of family medicine, and diagnostic history and physical exam. Online journals which are current, including Journal of AIDS/HIV, Journal of Current Emergency Medicine Management, and a Journal of Family Medicine online. All of these are available for the subscription price of $9.95 a year. Much information is in PDF format, which makes it useful only for printing and creates a longer download time - still a bargain. Subscribe online.
http://www.ccspublishing.com/
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Provides links to open access journals from many fields including nursing and public health. Contains 1107 journals. http://www.doaj.org/
Global Nursing Knowledge Network. A group working to make all nursing scholarly articles freely available on the Web. http://www.gnkn.org/
Medic8. Provides many helpful tools for healthcare professionals as well as publishing articles by professionals on various health-related topics. http://www.medic8.com/Search.htm
The University of Houston provides links to established Web-based scholarly journals that offer access to English language article files without requiring user registration or fees.
http://info.lib.uh.edu/wj/webjour.html
Wikipedia. An open access encyclopedia, not only for readers, but also for writers and editors. Articles are contributed by anyone anywhere on the globe, and can be edited by anyone. A record of the current status is maintained so if someone defaces or otherwise makes objectionable changes the original can be restored with just a click. This has been in operation since January 2001. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Ingenta.com - search for journal articles (was UnCover Plus): online articles searches of 5,500 electronic journals; fax/Ariel articles searches the Tables of Contents of c.28,000 print titles
Directory of Electronic Health Science Journals - information on the electronic versions of English-language peer-reviewed journals
National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the US National Institute of Health (NIH)
FREE BOOKS
This site lists many areas where books that are out of copyright can be accessed. Includes the Gutenberg Project books which has many classics. http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Freebooks4doctors Free medical books on the internet
Merck manuals
A series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers
Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th Edition
- A dictionary of nursing
- An A-Z of medicinal drugs
- The Oxford companion to medicine
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