Biomedical Literature Resources for Libraries Outside the U.S.

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• Search for a library that provides document delivery service to your country via Loansome Doc, a document ordering feature of PubMed. Some libraries may charge for service.
  
  
• Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
  • provides free or low-cost online journal access to institutions in developing countries
  • Information on eligibility and registration, plus information on searching PubMed as a HINARI user, can be found at http://www.healthinternetwork.org
  
  
  
• International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)
  • Provides services to improve health information access in developing countries at http://www.inasp.info
  • See their health links section at http://www.inasp.info/health/links/contents.html
  • See their full-text journals section at http://www.inasp.info/health/links/ejrlsdir.html
  
  
  
• Global Development Network/British Library of Development Studies (GDN/BLDS)
  • Provides services to research institutes in developing and transition countries
  • See information on eligibility, journal access and document delivery services at http://www.gdnet.org/online_services/journals/gdn_journal_services/
  
  
  
• Highwire Press Free Access to Developing Economies
  • Highwire provides free online access to its journals for selected countries at http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl
  
  
  
• BMJ Journals Online (British Medical Journal)
  • Free online access to BMJ journals is provided to selected countries listed at http://www.bmjjournals.com/subscriptions/countries.shtml
  
  
  
• POPLINE, Information & Knowledge for Optimal Health (INFO) Project, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs
  • Free delivery of full-text articles to developing countries at http://db.jhuccp.org/popinform/aboutpl.html
  • Subjects covered: reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, population, demography, and environmental health
  
  
  
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria Communications Network (MIMCom) Research Resources
  • See information on publications and document delivery at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mimcom/pubs.html