Section D
Free E-journals Access
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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.
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.
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.
HighWire Press 3
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
http://data.worldbank.org/about/countryand-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 the initial page of the HIV
AND pregnancy search results,
there are links to Free Article(s)
and Free PMC Article(s).
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.
Section E - Health Information
Sources by Subject (a very brief sampling)
• Consumer Health/Patient Education
• HIV/AIDS, Nutrition
• Public Health
• Infectious Diseases
Note: these highlighted sites are examples of useful
health-related sites on the Internet. For annotated
links to over 750 sites, go to the Essential Health
Links Gateway www.healthnet.org/essential-links/
Developed and maintained by the
National Library of Medicine (USA),
MedlinePlus is an invaluable resource
for consumer health information. Access
is by topic or keyword search engine.
(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
• WorldWideScience.org
• Open Grey
• Open Doar
• Annotated Bibliography – Additional
Resources
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.
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
www.textrelease.com/images/Tear_Sheet_2.pdf
• 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
www.flinders.edu.au/library/fms/pdf/medical/Databases%20for%
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 Pre-formulated Searches
• PubMed Comparative Effectiveness Research Queries
www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/cer/cerqueries.html
• 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
www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hedges/search.html
• 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, peerreviewed scientific literature; topics include access to
health services, adolescent health, food safety,
genomics, disease topics, and much more.
Karin Saric, MLIS, University of Southern California,
(ksaric@usc.edu) 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 2015 06