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Chapter 03

Chapter 01 - DEFUNCT

**Abstracts databases**
Resource	Produced by	Examples of access	Free Access*	URLs
PubMed/MEDLINE	The National Library of Medicine (NLM)	PubMed	Yes	http://www.pubmed.gov
		BioMedNet	Yes	http://research.bmn.com/medicine
		Ovid	No	http://www.ovid.com
		BIDS	Yes	http://www.bids.ac.uk
ISI citation database (Web of Science)	Insitute for Scientific Information (ISI)	Web of Science	No	http://www.isinet.com/isi/journals
ISI citation database (Web of Science)	Insitute for Scientific Information (ISI)	Current Contents Connect	No	http://www.isinet.com/isi/journals
Current Contents (R)	Insitute for Scientific Information (ISI)	Ovid	No	http://www.ovid.com
Current Contents (R)	Insitute for Scientific Information (ISI)	SilverPlatter	No	http://www.silverplatter.com
BIOSIS Previews (R) (comprising biological abstracts and biological abstracts/RMM (R)	BIOSIS	BIOSIS	No	http://www.biosis.org
		Ovid	No	http://www.ovid.com
		SilverPlatter>	No	http://www.silverplatter.com
Pascal	Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique	BIDS	Yes	http://www.bids.ac.uk
Pascal	Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique	SilverPlatter	No	http://www.silverplatter.com
EMBASE	Elsevier Science	EMBASE.com	No	http://www.embase.com
		Ovid	No	http://www.ovid.com
		SilverPlatter	No	http://www.silverplatter.com
The Cochrane Reviews (abstracts)	The Cochrane Library	The Cochrane Library	Yes	http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/Default2.htm

* In cases where access to the databases is not free, consult your library for subscription information.

**Full-Text Journal Articles**
Resource	Produced by	No. of journals*	Free access�	URL
Science Direct	Elsevier Science	1100	No	http://www.sciencedirect.com
Ideal	Academic Press	200	No	http://www.idealibrary.com
Link	Springer-Verlag	500	No	http://www.link.springer.de
Interscience	Wiley	300	No	http://www.interscience.wiley.com
BioMed central	Current Science	60	Yes	http://www.biomedcentral.com
Society and small publisher online journals�	Highwire Press	240	Some	http://highwire.stanford.edu/ and individual journal URLs
PubMed Central�	The National Library of Medicine	25	Yes	http://pubmedcentral.gov

*Journal figures given in round numbers. Figure represents the total number of journals in each resource; not all of these may be life science journals.

�In cases where access to the database is not free, consult your library for subscription information

�HighWire Press enables small publishers to make their journal content available online. It is not the publisher of these journals.

�PubMed Central is an active archive for journal content; it is not a publisher.

**Online Books**
Resource	URL
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
Online books at NCBI	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books