Section D Free E-journals Access Directory of Open Access Journals BioMed Central PubMed Central HighWire Press PubMed search options

Displayed is the Search page of DOAJ - the gateway to almost 10,000 OA journals and 1.7 million articles. Note the access via Subject, Journal Language and Journal Country plus a keyword search tool.

Displayed is the Journals A-Z listing for BioMed Central. BMC is a STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher with a large portfolio of peer-reviewed open access journals including many in biology, medicine and health subject areas and also contains a keyword search option.

PubMed Central PubMed Central (PMC) is an archive of articles that have been deposited in this free repository. Over 2.3 million articles are available. Access is via journal A-Z listing and keyword searches for articles are entered into the PMC search box.

HighWire Press 3 Displayed is the HighWire Press initial page. The Free Access to Developing Economies link is located on this page. Also of interest is the Free full-text content link. There is a link to both pages in the Other Free Collections drop down menu on HINARI’s Full-text Journals, databases and other resources page.

Now displayed is the Free Access to Developing Economies list of HighWire Press – journals that are available for many HINARI eligible countries. For eligibility, see and-lending-groups#Low_income The access is based on the computer's IP Address and you can go directly to the site using the url.

The PubMed database is an excellent source of free full text articles. We will complete the HIV AND pregnancy search.

In this example, the Free full text available filter has been activated. The search results are 2714 citations. If you keep this filter on, it will limit all future searches to Free full text articles. In the initial page of the HIV AND pregnancy search results, there are links to Free Article(s) and Free PMC Article(s).

Consumer Health/Patient Education HIV/AIDS, Nutrition Public Health Infectious Diseases Section E - Health Information Sources by Subject (a very brief sampling)

(US) National Library of Medicine’s Disaster Information Management Research Center is a vast resource dealing with this topic. The left column box contains key subject links. Note the Emergency Access Initiative for post-earthquake Nepal.

The HIVInSite is a comprehensive, up-to-date resource on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and policy. It is maintained by the University of California San Francisco (USA).

Eldis has numerous topical resource guides including one on Food Security. See the list in the left hand frame for other nutrition topics of interest.

Emergency Infectious Diseases is an open access e-journal from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USA). It focuses on numerous issues of value to health practitioners in low-income countries.

The Supercourse is a repository of over 5000 lectures on global health and prevention with many related to public health topics. It is a useful tool for lecturers and students.

Section F – Grey Literature Search Tools and Additional Resources: Grey Literature Databases Useful Databases PubMed Pre-formulated Searches Other Resources (annotations) Appendix: DSpace

The WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway comprised of 99 national and international scientific databases and portals. Search hiv AND pregnancy.

The 2572 search results include journal articles, technical reports, conference papers and other technical information.

The results are divided into Topics, Countries, Authors, Publications, Publishers and Dates. Displayed is the Full Text Available sub-topic.

Displayed is the search page of the Networked Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations (NDLTD) search page. Note the Advanced search tips. Database has over 4,000,000 documents.

The results of the climate change AND health search are displayed. Note the Language and Tagged with options. Click on Read more for the full abstract and access to the full-text when available.

Now displayed is the full abstract with the Links & Documents option.

Open Grey is a database of 700,000 grey literature references in Europe plus links to many full-text documents - technical or research reports, doctoral dissertations, conference papers and official publications.

Results for the hiv AND pregnancy search are displayed. The results are organized by author, organization, discipline, keyword and year.

OpenDOAR is a directory of over 2600 academic open access repositories. Displayed is the Country and Organizations access page.

Displayed is the Search Repository Contents page.

Section G - Annotated Bibliography of Additional Resources: Grey Literature Databases Grey Literature Resource guide guides.lib.umich.edu/greyliterature Contains annotated links to Grey Literature gateways including a subject based topical list and also How to Search for Grey Literature sources. Developed by University of Michigan Taubman Health Sciences Library. Grey Literature - part II hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Grey_literature_-_part_II Dean Giustini's comprehensive guide to grey literature resources includes links to many full-text documents. Also provides tips on search strategies and links to additional guides. GreySource - Index to Web based Resources in Grey Literature International list of organizations that produce or process grey literature. Organized by topics that include agriculture, environment, humanities and social science, biology and medicine, earth science, engineering, and more.

Other Useful Databases United States National Institute of Health (NIH) Databases and Resources wwwcf2.nlm.nih.gov/nlm_eresources/eresources/search_database.cfm Alphabetical listing of links to all NIH databases and resources; can search by subject Public Health Databases library.umassmed.edu/ebpph/freephdbs.cfm Links to FREE public health databases compiled by the Evidence-Based Practice for Public Health Project Databases for Research in Health 20research%20in%20health.pdf A comprehensive guide to a wide range of research databases in the health sciences. Includes links to global resources for both black and grey literature

PubMed Comparative Effectiveness Research Queries Pre-formulated filters that search for comparative effectiveness research: resources that can be searched are PubMed, the HSRProj and the ClinicalTrials.gov databases. PubMed Health Services Research Queries Specialized PubMed searches on healthcare appropriateness, process and outcomes assessment, cost, qualitative research and quality improvement. Pre-formulated PubMed search strategies for Healthy People 2020 topics phpartners.org/hp2020/index.html Contains strategies that search high-quality, peer- reviewed scientific literature; topics include access to health services, adolescent health, food safety, genomics, disease topics, and much more. PubMed Pre-formulated Searches

Developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, DSPACE ( is a software to build open access repositories - for academic and non-profit organizations. The software is free/downloadable from this site, can be installed ‘out of the box’ and customized locally. Appendix: DSPACE Repositories

From this DSPACE page, you can download the software and documentation plus learn about new features and improvements.

Displayed is the initial page of Makerere University Institutional Repository (MAKIR). Note the Communities within this repository.

This is the initial page of the College of Health Sciences Community. Note the various Sub-community – units in the College of Health Sciences. Material also is accessible by Date, Authors, Titles, Subjects and a keyword search tool.

Karin Saric, MLIS, University of Southern California, assisted with the revision of this module especially the annotated bibliography. This is the end of HINARI Advanced Course Module 4 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