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Journal articles using free full-text filters. AHILA-WHO-INASP workshop Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005 Martha J Garrett, Director, INFORM. Free full-text articles via Medline. About 1 million Includes PubMed Central + Link-Out. How it works at PubMed. Go to www.pubmed.org Do search
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Journal articles using free full-text filters AHILA-WHO-INASP workshop Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, July 2005 Martha J Garrett, Director, INFORM
Free full-text articles via Medline • About 1 million • Includes PubMed Central + Link-Out
How it works at PubMed • Go to www.pubmed.org • Do search • Add: AND Free Full Text [Filter]
Free full-text articles at PubMed via HINARI • About 2.8 million • Those free to everyone + those paid for by HINARI • Must be eligible and registered with HINARI
How it works at HINARI • Go to www.healthinternetwork.org • Log on! • Click on ’scientific publications’, then on ’search for articles through Pubmed’ • Do search and then add: AND (loprovhinari[sb] OR free full text[sb])
Pre-set searches for full-text articles • Use PubMed filter • Searches already formulated • Available at GFMER & INASP Health Links • Only for selected topics
How it works at GFMER • Go to www.gfmer.ch, click on ’English’ • Click on ’Databases, links’ • Click on ’Obstetrics, gynecology….’ • Select a topic • On new page, click on ’PubMed’ near top
How it works at Health Links • Go to www.inasp.info • Click on Health, then Health Links (2 x) • Scroll to Specific Health Resources • Click on topic • Click on Pubmed – Free Fulltext Articles
Free full-text articles via Google • Uses new feature called Google Scholar • Searches article databases & other sources • Covers all academic sectors
How it works at Google • Go to scholar.google.com • Click on ’Advanced Scholar Search’ • Type in search term(s) in top line • In second line type: free full text
Free full-text filters can be tricky • Results very exciting • But ask yourself if you are excluding: • Full text available via • subsidized access • Valuable information in • abstracts