OPEN ACCESS? Online availability of full-text journals and databases at ITM Dirk Schoonbaert, 3/3/5 ITM Library

Bibliographical databases n Structured description of a well-defined universe (e.g. the local book collection, all articles in selected journals) n Available online since over 40 years n No digital full-text, but (seamless?) interlinking (article vs. journal level)

Library databases (12) n ITG Book and Document Holdings n ITG Student Dissertations (1912-present) n ITG Staff Publications (1900/1930-present) n Ebola and Marburg Virus Disease Literature n Health Care in Developing Countries n …

Linking to electronic full-text y Article level: FTXT: Full-text link yCurrently limited to major international databases (e.g. Medline, Global Health, Veterinary Science Database, … y Journal level: *LHM: Local holdings message y‘Check electronic journals list’, where relevant y+ indication of printed collection, if available

Citation databases n Bidirectional retrieval n Multidisciplinary contents n Bibliometric assessment tool n Science Citation Index (1970’s) => Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge, incl. Journal Citation Reports => Impact factors) n Alternative: Scopus (Elsevier, 2004) n Free alternative: Google Scholar (2004)

Current awareness n Current Contents Connect (ISI, 1960’s): [browse contents vs. search keywords] n TOCAS – Table of Contents Alert Service (ITM) [clickable; incl. new books] n Various: individual journals or publishers, via , etc. [contents pages vs. keyword searches]

Electronic full-text – what is available ? n ITM journals list [+ intranet] n ITM AtoZ list n PubMed Central + BioMed Central n Free Medical Journals; Scielo, …

Electronic full-text – additional ITM resources n ASM journals n Blackwell Science n Ebsco Biomedical Collection n Cochrane Library n Clinical Evidence n Harrison’s Internal Medicine n Mandell’s Infectious Diseases

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