University of Zambia Medical Library

• Amadeo: The Medical Literature Guide
  "site contains subject based links to overviews (abstracts) of the medical literature published in relevant journals over the past 12 to 24 months; for subject based updates, site includes an email service that includes a weekly E-mail with bibliographical/abstract details and links to related abstracts"
• BioMed Central
  "site publishes peer reviewed research across all areas of biology and medicine, with immediate, barrier-free access for all; contains link to sub-subject categories in biology and medicine; initial page features links to 'hot research' full text articles from current journals; contains keyword search index"
• BioMedNet: Full-Text Library
  "contains over 170 biological and medical journals, with abstracts and some articles available for free; individuals must complete logon procedures on initial page to access this 'free' resource"
• Grey Literature Report: Index of Issues
  "an electronic bibliography with issues devoted to grey literature about health issues; contains links to many full text publications; grey literature is defined as non-conventional, fugitive, and sometimes ephemeral publications including reports, theses, conference proceedings, technical standards, non-commercial translations and bibliographies; produced by the New York Academy of Medicine"
• Hardin MD Full-text Ejournal Search - Infectious Diseases
  "PubMed Medline searches in prominent medical/health journals that have all, or most, of their articles freely available on the Web; 30-60 day searches on bacterial infections, mycoses, and parasitic diseases, virus diseases, AID/HIV and antibiotics and other anti-infective agents"
• Internet Scientific Publications
  "initial link to a series of 10+ health related, electronic journals that is expanding monthly; individual can subscribe for free to any or all of the publications; click on "subscribe" to access the required webpage; articles, reviews, multimedia presentations and case reports are peer-reviewed"
• PubMed Central: An Archive of Life Science Journals
  "is digital archive with free and unrestricted access; organized by journal name, site lists available issues of each title; also has author and journal title search engine; managed by the (U.S.) Center for Biotechnology Information and the National Library of Medicine"
• WebMedLit
  "presents topic categorized hyperlinked article titles recently posted to the web; includes articles with abstracts and full text from 23 prominent journals (05/08/98); developed by Web Medical Literature Service"

• see also: Directories of Medical Journals (metasites)
• For a comprehensive, up-to-date list of linked ejournals for these and related subjects, see:
• For a list of ejournal publisher programs for developing countries, see: Licensing Digital Information: Developing Nations Initiative
• For an extensive list of links to free fulltext books, see

Last updated April 11, 2002

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