MSPH @ ITM : Scientific Literature - Retrieval & Access Dirk Schoonbaert, ITM Library, 7-8/09/2015
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E-Journals http://lib.itg.be/journals.htm AJTMH: subscription; includes complete archive: 1921-now TRSTMH: subscription: 1995-now – print: 1906-now TM&IH: subscription; OA after a 12 month embargo Lancet: subscription; weekly: 1995-now – print: 1945-now ASM: subscription + OA after 4 months embargo Medline with Full Text: 0 to 24 months embargo Open access: DOAJ, PLoS, BMC = BioMed Central, … Free for LMC: Hinari: http://www.who.int/hinari/
E-Books http://lib.itg.be/ebooks.htm Collections: Books@ovid, Ebsco Clinical eBooks, Expert Consult, MyiLibrary, ITGPress, Springer, … Different options: buy once vs. annual subscription vs. open access, large vs. small, full vs. limited access, … E-Books list: some individual examples. ITM Library Catalog: over 2,800 individual e-books ITM Discovery Service: many more, e.g. >2,000 Ebsco clinical e-books – but also: 28,000 library print books (evidently, most are without digital full text).
Databases http://lib.itg.be/datab.htm 12 ITM Library databases: 5 catalogs + 7 thematic ITG Dissertations: master theses (full text) vs. PhD ITG Staff Publications (vs. TropMed Central Antwerp) PubMed: open access + PubMed Central: full text ISI Web of Knowledge: multidisciplinary citation analysis Incl. JCR = Journal Citation Reports: e.g. impact factors Knowledgebases: Cochrane Library & UpToDate ITM’s Discovery Service: combines all ITM e-resources! AtoZ list of over 10,000 e-journals open to ITM
Additional e-resources Comprehensive ITM Library website: http://lib.itg.be/ Selected theme websites: http://lib.itg.be/biblinks.htm Reading, writing, information retrieval, open access, bibliometrics: http://lib.itg.be/literature/writing.php VPN login from outside ITM: http://e-lib.itg.be/