E-Literature at ITM: Access home & abroad

Dirk Schoonbaert, ITM Library, 25/11/2014

Examples

• Knowledge base UpToDate: e.g. “ebola”, “malaria”, … • Within the text: 1 or more references => PubMed (= bibliographic database, outside of UptoDate).

• Links to full-text: open access (e.g. PLoS), PubMed Central, subscribed content [?] or no link at all [?] => ITM Library website:

http://lib.itg.be

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• Reference list, e.g. at the end of an article: more or less the same, often no clickable link, just a reference => ITM Library website: http://lib.itg.be/. 2

E-Journals http://lib.itg.be/journals.htm

• Lancet: e-subscription (1995- ) [but print: 1945- ].

• Lancet Infectious Diseases; Lancet Global Health (OA); But not: Lancet Neurology; Lancet Oncology); … • NEJM (1993- ), Clinical Infectious Diseases (1997-), … • AJTMH: subscription; includes full collection (1921- ).

• TM&IH: hybrid model: OA after a 12 month embargo.

• Medline with Full Text: 0 to 24 months embargo.

• Open access: DOAJ, PLoS, BMC [= BioMed Central], … 3

E-Books http://lib.itg.be/ebooks.htm

• Collections: Books@ovid, Ebsco Clinical eBooks, Expert Consult, MyiLibrary, ITGPress, Springer, … Many options: buy once, annual subscription, open access, large vs. small, full vs. limited access, … • E-Books list: small selection of individual examples.

• ITM Library Catalog: over 2,600 individual e-books.

• ITM Discovery Service: many more, e.g. > 2,000 Ebsco clinical e-books – but also: 28,000 library print books (evidently, most are without digital full text).

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Databases http://lib.itg.be/datab.htm

• 12 ITM Library databases: 5 catalogs + 7 thematic.

• ITG Staff Publications (also: TropMed Central Antwerp).

• ITM’s Discovery Service: combines all ITM e-resources!

• AtoZ list of over 10,000 e-journals open to ITM.

• PubMed ( + PubMed Central: open access full text).

• ISI Web of Knowledge: multidisciplinary citation analysis.

Incl. JCR = Journal Citation Reports: impact factors.

• UpToDate: clinical knowledge base.

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Additional e-resources

• VPN login from outside ITM: http://e-lib.itg.be/ Essential: a valid ITM network account!

[not managed by the ITM library].

• ITM library document delivery: [email protected]. • HINARI: http://www.who.int/hinari/en/ .

• Selected theme websites: http://lib.itg.be/weblinks/tropical-medicine.php

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• Reading, writing, information retrieval, open access, bibliometrics: http://lib.itg.be/journals.htm

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• Courses@work: PhD session on 29/01/15.

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