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Accessing full text of journal articles. Finding Online Health Information Workshop I Vietnam National Training Programme. End-users often want and need full-text journal articles. But finding these can be confusing. Partly because there are so many different access systems.
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Accessing full text of journal articles Finding Online Health Information Workshop I Vietnam National Training Programme
But finding these can be confusing Partly because there are so many different access systems
Individual libraries can pay for access to full-text articles
Or full-text articles may be accessed via externally financed programmes Aimed at ’bridging the digital divide’
These provide full-text articles either free or at low cost • To lower income countries (LICs) throughout the world • Or to most LICs • Or to LICs in one region • Or to other specific countries
Some are joint initiatives of UN agencies and journal publishers • HINARI (WHO) • AGORA (FAO) • OARE (UNEP)
One is run by a British charity and financed by development agencies INASP/PERI Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information
Some are initiatives of individual publishers • JSTOR access programme • Oxford Press access programme • Highwire journals for developing economies
Some are arranged by nongovernmental organisations, universities, or libraries • TALC • INFO Project • Global Development Network DocumentDelivery Service
Furthermore, some articles are available free to everyone Free-access articles are free to everyone, everywhere......
There is often some way to reach full-text articles, even if it is roundabout!