WEB-BASED LITERATURE RESOURCES

The following websites offer full-text, free-of-charge articles in multiple Medical specialties. This should be helpful for locating the references.

http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Provides access to over 990 full-text free-of-charge medical journals arranged alphabetically and by specialty.

http://www.otago.ac.nz/surgery/1journals.html
Provides access to a number of full-text journals, a list of journals providing abstracts only, and a list of journals only providing contents pages.

http://www.elsevier-international.com/
Provides access to books and journals arranged by specialty. The journals usually offer sample issues online. This website also links to sample chapters of multiple recently published books in the health sciences, downloadable for free in PDFformat.

http://matweb.hcuge.ch/Medical_journals/Free_medical_journals.htm
Provides access to free sites, free full-text articles, free trial periods, abstracts, etc. Organized by specialty.

http://www.hunter.health.nsw.gov.au/index.php?p=100
Provides access to alphabetically arranged journals that range from full-text, free-of-charge to tables of contents.

http://www.idealibrary.com/servlet/useragent?func=showHome
Provides access to sample issues of multiple journals.

http://www.medscape.com/homepage
Provides access to free-of-charge CME courses and a number of full-text medical journals. Requires registration.

http://www.mmhc.com/
Provides access to four full-text geriatric and home health journals.

http://link.springer.de/ol/medol/index.shtm
Provides access to sample issues of Springer Publishing Company journals.