Open Access Links
Below is a list of Open-Access electronic journals and books evaluated and selected by the library staff to provide additional sources of information for researchers.
Most of the electronic resources you will find in these sites are free and openly available for public use.
Link and Description
- Global Help Health education using low cost publications. Free access to health related publications. This site has a variety of types of information.
- International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics Professional Association for Prosthetic/Orthotic related rehabilitation disciplines. Aimed at the Multi disciplinary team this organization provides access to education materials, guidelines and national members societies etc. Look for consensus conferences, publication and events. Some information is limited to members.
- Oandp.com A commercial driven site with links to online education material. The link provided is the reference library which allows access to several books and journals. Aimed at P/Os be careful on this site to use education material not advertisements…i.e. not self promotion or commercial.
- Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) KIT aims to contribute to sustainable economic development, health, poverty alleviation, sharing knowledge, cultural preservation and cultural exchange. An online searchable library some content free full text is available
- George Brown College Student presentation from the George Brown College Prosthetic and Orthotics programs. A series of presentations occurring monthly includes various guest speakers from the Prosthetics Orthotics Community. Also available as a live Feed and Blog during the monthly event.
- Grand Rounds This site is part of the Sunny Brooke Health Science Centre (Toronto,. Canada) one of Canada's largest teaching hospitals media site where a variety of other health science presentations are archived at ; http://alex2.sunnybrook.ca/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/default.aspx
- American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists Much of the content of this site is free and readily available. This site includes online peer reviewed journal (Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics), access to online course content and various other Prosthetic/Orthotic related research and information. Some information is "locked" for use by members only
- Recal Database The University of Strathclyde's Prosthetic/Orthotic database legacy.
- BioMed Central - Online publisher of free peer-reviewed scientific articles in all areas of medical research and biology.
- Free Medical Journals - Dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet.
- Journal of Korean Medical Science - The Journal of Korean Medical Science (JKMS) is an international, peer-reviewed bimonthly journal of medicine published in English. It aims to publish evidence-based, scientific research articles from various disciplines of the medical sciences.
- PLoS Biology - Peer-reviewed open-access journal featuring research articles of exceptional significance in all areas of biological science, from molecules o ecosystems.
- PLoS Pathogens - Open-access journal that publishes important new ideas on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and viruses that contribute to our understanding of the biology of pathogens and pathogen-host interactions.
- PubChem - Free database of chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people, providing credible information to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships.
The Institute of Human Genetics (IHG) remains committed to increasing awareness on the role of Genetics in the field of basic and clinical research towards improvement of health among the Filipino population. Their website provides information about genetic services and researches of the Institute.
DiagnosisPro is a site designed primarily as a reminder database system for use by qualified physicians and other medical professionals. It is a wonderful diagnosis and clinical support tool which is easy to use and very transparent, being offered for free to any and all individual medical professionals including students, PA's, and nurses.
Asian Bioethics Review (ABR) is an academic journal providing a forum to express and exchange original ideas on all aspects of bioethics, especially those relevant to the region. Published quarterly, the journal promotes multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary studies and will appeal to all working in the field of ethics in medicine and healthcare, genetics, law, policy, science studies and research.
- PubMed Central - Free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
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MedWorm - is a medical RSS feed provider as well as a search engine built on data collected from RSS feeds. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it is a technology used to simply publish and gather details of the very latest information on the internet. MedWorm collects updates from over 6000 authoritative data sources (growing each day) via RSS feeds
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Free Books:
http://www.gutenburg.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.gutenburg.ph/
Other Free Reference Materials
http://dictionary.reference.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook