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FAQ: Finding Full Text Articles - US and International Resources
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Some sites charge a fee for service or require registration. They are a part of to the National Library of Medicine® (NLM®). The NLM does not endorse any sites other than those produced by the NLM.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Resources
- PubMed®
PubMed is a database of biomedical and life sciences article citations, from 1948 to the present. Some journals cited in PubMed provide links to full-text articles which may charge a fee for full text. Contact your local library for interlibrary loan or contact the publisher to ask about getting whole article (if available).
http://pubmed.gov
Journals that provide some free full text through links in PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/linkout/journals/jourlists.cgi?typeid=2&type=journals&show=ALL&operation=Show
Obtaining the Full Text of an Article using LinkOut®
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=helplinkout.section.using.Obtaining_the_Full_T
- Pubmed Central® (PMC®)
Digital archive of free biomedical and life sciences journal literature
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov - NCBI Bookshelf
Full-text biomedical books
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=Books&itool=toolbar - LocatorPlus®, NLM online catalog
http://locatorplus.gov
Limit your search by:
- "Internet Resources." (Quick Limit) OR
- "Electronic Resource" (Medium/Format) under "Set Limits Before Searching" OR
- "Internet" (Location) under "Set Limits Before Searching"
- Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Communications Network (MIMCom) Research Resources
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mimcom/mimcomhomepage.html
- A local health sciences library in the US and US territories may also help you find free full text articles.
http://nnlm.gov/
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Resources
- BioMed Central (BMC)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/browse/journals/ - bnet, formerly FindArticles
http://www.findarticles.com/
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
(Click "Health Sciences")
http://www.doaj.org/
- FreeBooks4Doctors!
http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/ - Free Medical Journals.com
http://freemedicaljournals.com/
- Google Books and Google Scholar
Require free registration; Free full-text on selected content
http://books.google.com/
http://scholar.google.com
- Highwire Press
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
- Medscape
Requires free registration
http://www.medscape.com
- Oxford Open Access Journals
http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen
- PLoS - Public Library of Science
http://www.plos.org/journals/index.html
- Also, check your local public library
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries.shtml
- You may be able to get the article from the publisher
Some publishers charge a fee.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/publisher.html
International Resources
These organizations provide free or low-cost access to institutions or individuals in developing/transition countries and/or selected countries.
- BMJ Journals Online (British Medical Journal)
http://www.bmjjournals.com/subscriptions/countries.shtml
- Geneva Foundation Free Medical Journals
http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_journals/Free_medical.php
- Global Development Network/British Library of Development Studies (GDN/BLDS)
http://gdn-na.org/journals/
- Global HELP
http://www.global-help.org/ - Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
http://www.who.int/hinari/
- Highwire Press
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl
- International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
http://www.inasp.info
Partnerships and free access links
http://www.inasp.info/file/0bf4173e84e076b39ba98c46a0636972/publishers-working-with-inasp.html - JSTOR - African Access Initiative
http://www.jstor.org/page/info/participate/new/fees/africanAccess.jsp
JSTOR - Developing Nations Access Initiative
http://www.jstor.org/page/info/participate/new/fees/devNations.jsp - POPLINE: POPulation information onLINE, Johns Hopkins University
Reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, population, demography and environmental health
http://db.jhuccp.org/ics-wpd/popweb/
- SabreFoundation - Book Donations Program
http://www.sabre.org/programs/books/index.php - SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online)
http://www.scielo.org/php/index.php?lang=en
- WorldWideScience.org
"federated searching of national and international scientific databases and portals."
http://worldwidescience.org/ - If you are a health care professional or researcher, you can contact an International Medlars Center near you for help.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/intlmedlars.html
- The Health Sciences Library (HSL), University at Buffalo - Donations Program
HSL accepts donations of book, journals and other library materials and provides them to institutions and agencies around the world.
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/hsl/donationprograms.html
Document Delivery - US and International
- Find a library that provides document delivery service to your country through Loansome Doc®, a document ordering feature of PubMed. Some libraries may charge a fee for service.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/loansome_doc.html
US libraries that provide document delivery to other countries
https://docline.gov/loansome/r1_fl.cfm - Look in your telephone book yellow pages under "Library Research & Services." The NLM does not endorse these companies or the services they provide.
- A list of document delivery suppliers is available at http://library.med.utah.edu/docsupp/
The NLM does not endorse these companies or the services they provide.
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Last reviewed: 04 May 2009
Last updated: 04 May 2009
First published: 04 May 2006
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