AHILA-WHO-INASP workshopDar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005 Martha J Garrett, Director, INFORM

Journal articles by other routes

Searching in publishers’ databases

• Most relevant if eligible for INASP/PERI

• If so, must be registered with publisher

• Go to publisher site • Look for information about

access• Do search, limit to full text

Searching via free journal lists

• See INASP Health Links for sites

• Examples: GFMER and Freemedicaljournals

• Include information on embargo times

How it works at GFMER

• Go to www.gfmer.ch, click on ’English’• Click on ’Databases, links’• Click on ’Free medical journals…’• Select a topic• On new page, free journals will be listed first,

with access and embargo details• Click on link to reach journal site

How it works at freemedicaljournals

• Go to www.freemedicaljournals.com• Click on ’Speciality’.• Click on topic of interest• Click on journal to reach link

Accessing full-text articles by national provision

• Some free materials just to certain countries

• Physical form of delivery varies

• Examples: Highwire, Popline

How it works at Highwire

• Go to highwire.stanford.edu• Click on ’For Institutions’• On new page, scroll to ’Useful Lists..’• Click on ’Journals free to developing…’• On next page, just click on desired journal

How it works at Popline

• Go to www.popline.org• Read ’Document Delivery Policy’• Read ’Popline Search Results on CD-ROM’• Register• Do search

When to use these routes

• After you have used subsidized access

• If you don’t have subsidized access

• If you want free journals by topic

• If you want materials in print/CD form