HINARI Advanced Course Part B Table of Contents: Section B Internet Resources (a sampling of gateways and portals) Booksee.org FreeBookCentre.net FreeBooks4Doctors.com Hesperian Online Library National Academies Press BookShelf (MY NCBI) WHO Health Topics: Publications

We now view some Internet-based sources of E-books besides those available from HINARI. Using the Internet Addresses (url) at the top of the slides, you will have access to these free E-books. The initial site is a gateway titled Booksee.org, a source to over 2,400,000 e-books. Access is by keyword and broad subject categories.

We have completed a search for infectious diseases titles. For all the e-books, you are able download a PDF version. Note that these are very large files and will take considerable time to download.

Displayed in the pdf version of the table of contents for Infectious Diseases, 2 nd edition., the downloadable PDF version is 50.8 Megabytes.

For each keyword search, 100 books are listed so precise searches are required. We have completed a search for health and developing countries.

We have displayed the Medicine category and the various broad sub-topics.

We now view some Internet-based sources of E-books besides those available from HINARI. Using the Internet Addresses (url) at the top of the slides, you will have access to these free E-books. We start with the FreeBookCentre.Net We have opened the Medical Books category. Note that these links are organized by broad subject category plus there is a keyword Search engine. You can access this category from the drop down menu using the simpler url.

Below the broad subject categories is a list of Recently Added medical books.

This contains the subject listing for pediatrics online Books. Note that the [Language] is listed.

This is the display for Pediatric Emergency Medicine and includes the rating and the download option

The gateway is titled FreeBooks4Doctors! that links to 365 health–related E-Books. This site can be accessed from the HINARI Other Free Collections drop down menu.

This slide lists the Pharmacology E-books from the gateway. You can access the titles by topic, impact factor, stars (rating system), language and year. The site notes which titles are PDF files. To access the full-text books, you will be redirected from the MedicalBooks4Doctors gateway to the website of the specific resource.

Another excellent source of E-books for health practitioners in low-income countries is the Hesperian Health Guides. From this page, there is the option to download chapters of each book. The books are geared toward primary health care and are in several languages.

When attempting to download a book, this page will display. You must download the material chapter by chapter.

We have opened Where There is No Doctor. You can view the contents chapter by chapter. Chapter 2 has been downloaded.

The National Academies Press grants free access to all its electronic books. Titles in the Health and Medicine and Food & Nutrition topics are relevant.

We have opened the Health and Medicine topics page.. Note also the keyword search box.

We have completed a pregnancy and complications search. The books are displayed by most current publication date and each has a downloadable PDF version.

From any individual title’s page, you can click on DOWNLOAD FREE PDF link and obtain the full-text. You will need to register but that is free. To download a book you must Log in to MyNAP. Registration is free via the I don’t have an account link.

From or the link from the Databases drop down menu (highlight and click on search), the NCBI Bookshelf can be opened.

The NCBI Bookshelf contains access to e-books in life science and healthcare including books, collections, databases, documentations and reports. We will open the Browse Titles option.

The initial list of titles is Sorted by Pub Date (reverse). The NCBI Bookshelf titles also can be accessed by Types, Subjects and Publishers. Or by keyword Search.

Now completed is a pregnancy complications search that includes 467 books, collections, databases, documentations and reports.

Another good resource for E-books is the World Health Organization’s Health topics A-Z list. By clicking on one of the links to a specific topic, you will be redirected to a page that includes WHO publications in multiple formats including E-books. Once again, this is accessible from the URL at the top of the slide and you do not need to be logged into HINARI to access these resources.

We have opened the Adolescent Health page from the WHO Health Topics subject listing. Note that there are links to various WHO documents including E-books under the Publications sub-heading.

We have opened the Comprehensive cervical cancer prevention and control publication. It can be downloaded from this page.

This is the end of HINARI Advanced Course Module 7 There is a Work Book to accompany this part of the module. The workbook will take you through a live session covering the topics included in this demonstration with working examples. Updated