BioMed Central
BioMed Central is an independent publishing house committed to provide immediate free access to peer-reviewed biomedical research. BioMed Central publishes more than 50 on-line journals covering the whole of biology and medicine. The service includes support for journal editors in developing countries. http://www.biomedcentral.com/

Biomedical Journals from India (IndMED)
This site contains links to fulltext articles in over 25 peer reviewed ejournals from India. The titles are listed alphabetically and the site has a keyword search engine. It is maintained by the Indian Medlars Centre. http://medind.nic.in/

BIREME
The Latin American and Caribbean Center for Information (or BIREME as it is widely known from its previous name 'Biblioteca Regional de Medicina') is the regional centre for technical co-operation in health sciences information. It coordinates a network of libraries, documentation and information centres on health-related technical and scientific information. It is developing a virtual library that includes full-text electronic journals from the region (SCIELO) and is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese http://www.bireme.br/bvs/I/ihome.htm

BMJ Journals: Countries with Free Access
The site contains full-text access to 25 journals published by the BMJ Publishing Group. Access is available to ‘low income’ and ‘low middle income’ economies as defined by the World Bank. Via IP address, Internet links from eligible countries automatically will have free access. http://www.bmjjournals.com/subscriptions/countries.shtml/

British Medical Journal
The BMJ website provides access to the full text of the BMJ, plus 'Collected Resources', a comprehensive collection of BMJ articles by specialty and topic - see http://www.bmj.com/collections. The BMJ Publishing Group has led the way in improving access to information for health professionals in developing countries. The Group publishes a wide range of specialist journals, which are available free to users in low-income countries. http://bmj.com/

Directory of Open Access Journals
This site is a listing of links to open access, fulltext, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Within the ‘health sciences’ category, there are links to over 175 titles, all available in full text, free of charge. This section is subdivided into specific clinical subjects and also contains an alphabetical listing. The site is maintained by the Lund University Libraries, Sweden. http://www.doaj.org/ljbs?cpid=20

Ejournals
The website contains a list of links to Internet sites that discuss key issues of the ejournal revolution. Topics covered include: what is an ejournal, use of PubMed, and bridging the digital divide. The site also serves as a 'super-gateway' with links to a range of gateways and initiatives that offer free access to electronic journals. It is maintained by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, U.S. http://www.nnlm.gov/libinfo/ejournals/

FreeMedicalJournals.com
The site is a comprehensive, up-to-date list of medical journals availiable free on the Internet. The list is organized into multiple subject categories, by alphabetical order and by language (French, Spanish, Portuguese). The site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet. http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/htm/special.htm

Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
HINARI provides access to over 2000 scientific publications for developing and transitional countries. The participating publishers include Blackwell, BMJ, Elsevier Science, Harcourt, JAMA, Kluwer, Nature Publishing, New England Journal of Medicine, Oxford University Press, Springer Verlag, Taylor & Francis and John Wiley. The access is by journal title, subject and language or link to the participating publishers' websites. The site is accessible in English, French and Spanish. Institutions are required to register (see: http://www.healthinternetwork.org/src/registration.php or email [email protected]). The site includes links to other sources of free access to ejournals and regional ejournal indexes. http://www.healthinternetwork.org/scipub.php

Highwire: Free Access to Developing Economies
The site contains links to free access journals published online by HighWire Press including titles from the BMJ. Access is for all countries that appear in the World Bank's list of "low income economies," plus Djibouti. Individuals do not need to register since the software automatically detects the country you are connecting from and grants access accordingly. http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/devecon.dtl

INASP: Programme for the Enhancement of Research Information (PERI)
PERI is an INASP sponsored programme of support for information production, access and dissemination for research partners in developing and transitional countries utilising new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It provides a range of capacity building services, including access for developing countries to a wide range of major scientific, technical, medical, social science and humanities materials. The site describes the programme, and details of materials available to eligible countries and is available in English, French, Spanish and Russian. Institutions are required to register for access. http://www.inasp.info/peri

La Santé Tropicale sur Internet
This is a French-language site, run by a France-based publisher NG Com Santé Tropicale. The site is dedicated to health issues in francophone Africa and Maghreb. It provides access to pdf files of 1800 African medical articles from three of its journals: Médecine d'Afrique Noire, Médecine du Maghreb, and Odontologie-Stomatologie Tropicale. The site includes an email discussion forum and links to other francophone African health web sites. http://www.santetropicale.com/

The Lancet
This site provides search facilities, free access to selected full-text articles, free access to the Electronic Research Archive (ERA), and free full-text global news. Registration is required (free). Other content is currently only available by paid subscription or 'pay-per-view'. http://www.thelancet.com/registration

Licensing Digital Information: Developing Nations Initiatives
The site identifies programmes that bring high quality, peer-reviewed sciences journals to developing and transitional countries for free or minimal cost. It is organized alphabetically by publisher/organization with links to information on access procedures. The site is maintained by Yale University Library, U.S. http://www.library.yale.edu/~llicense/develop.shtml

Medical Journals: Subject Index
This is an alphabetical list of links to journal home pages. It includes general medical journals (eg JAMA, BMJ, NEJM), nursing journals and books on medical writing. http://www.sciencekomm.at/journals/medicine/med-bio.html

Medworld Research Corner: Biomedical and Clinical Journals Online
This is a comprehensive list of medical journals on the Internet. There is a brief description and link to each journal. The site is maintained by Stanford University, U.S. http://www-med.stanford.edu/medworld/research_journals.html

pm2mail
pm2mail (PUBMED-TO-EMAIL) is a free software that allows email access to PUBMED and to full-text articles of scientific and medical journals indexed by Medline. This is a useful tool for all professionals with slow access to the Internet. It can also be used to access articles via HINARI. Users that have questions about the program and use for access to HINARI or want to download it should contact Kurt Brauchli, Department of Pathology, University of Basel, Switzerland, the developer of the program. http://ipath.krot.org/cgi-bin/pm2mail/pm2mail

Ptolemy Project
This project provides access to popular, full-text medical journals, indexes and other health information resources located within the University of Toronto Library. These resources are available, on request, to medical researchers and physicians in developing countries, provided that the users agree to certain criteria (eg non-profit use only). The project hopes to widen the network to permit access for libraries and other organizations in developing countries. http://www.utoronto.ca/ois/myweb9/index.htm

Public Library of Science (PLOS)
PLOS is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians. Its aim is to make the world’s scientific publications and medical literature a public resource, freely available to all. This endeavor is planning to be a repository of ‘open access’ ejournals and began publication with the October 2003 PLOS Biology. The program is based in San Francisco, U.S. http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/

PubMed Central: An Archive of Life Science Journals
This digital archive provides free and unrestricted access to full-text journal articles. The site includes an author and journal title search engine. It is managed by the Center for Biotechnology Information and the National Library of Medicine, U.S. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/

Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO)
This site contains full-text electronic journals from the Latin American and Caribbean region. Some of the journals are in English, Spanish and/or Portuguese. Access is by country, title, subject and author. The site is maintained by BIREME. http://www.scielo.org/

Yahoo: Health/Medical Journals
Yahoo provides an alphabetical, keyword and subject index with links to full-text journal articles and abstracts. http://dir.yahoo.com/health/medicine/journals/