PhD Training at ITM Scientific Literature: Retrieval & Access Dirk Schoonbaert, ITM Library, 29/01/2015
AJTMH: subscription; includes full collection (1921- ) TM&IH: subscription; OA after 12 month embargo TRSTMH: subscription (1995- ) – print: OUP: subscr. (1996- ) – e.g. Health Policy & Planning ASM: subscription + OA after 4 months embargo Medline with Full Text: 0 to 24 months embargo AIDS: LWW vs. (= institutional, 2 users) Open access: DOAJ, PLoS, BMC = BioMed Central, … 2 E-Journals
Collections: Ebsco Clinical eBooks, Expert Consult, MyiLibrary, ITGPress, Springer, … Many options: buy once, annual subscription, open access, large vs. small, full vs. limited access, … E-Books list: some individual examples. ITM Library Catalog: over 2,500 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). 3 E-Books
12 ITM Library databases: 5 catalogs + 7 themes ITG dissertations: master theses (full text) vs. PhD ITG Staff Publications (vs. TropMed Central Antwerp) PubMed ( + PubMed Central: open access full text) ISI Web of Knowledge: multidiscipl. citation analysis Incl. JCR = Journal Citation Reports: impact factors ITM’s Discovery Service: combines all ITM e-resources! AtoZ list of over 10,000 e-journals open to ITM 4 Databases
VPN login from outside ITM: Reference Manager Web Publisher: upload records! Selected theme websites: Reading, writing, information retrieval, open access, bibliometrics: Comprehensive ITM Library website: 5 Additional e-resources