Fellow Librarians,
A friend named Prof. Charles Steele, former Science Librarian of the
Northern Ohio University, and volunteered consultant of Visayas State
University, unselfishly shared to the V S U Library some free
online-databases/resources.
Now, it is my honour to share his and my own collection with my fellow
Filipino Librarians for them to share these to their respective customers.
All these resources had undergone his thorough evaluation.
Thank you.
Vic
DATABASES
*http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/current/fulltext.htm* ABC Chemistry Free
full-text chemical journals. It tells you which journals and what years are
free.
Articlesbase *http://www.articlesbase.com/* Broad range of free articles.
Many articles are of a popular rather than an academic nature
Bibliomania (free online books) These are mostly established classics of
their genre. For example: The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins is one of the
earliest detective stories. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is another
“original.” Other authors well represented are Lewis Carroll, Charles
Dickens, Mark Twain, and Joseph Conrad. *
http://www.bibliomania.com/0/0/frameset.html*
*BioMed Central
**http://www.biomedcentral.com/*<http://www.biomedcentral.com/>– most,
but not all articles are full text and free.
Directory of open access journals. *http://www.doaj.org/*Largely scholarly
arranged by subject.
ERIC *http://www.eric.ed.gov/* Excellent source for articles and other
materials related to education on all levels (preschool through university).
Europeana
*http://www.europeana.eu/portal/<http://www.europeana.eu/portal/Europeana>
* Tons of stuff on a wide range of topics. Not all in English. Subject
matter tends to be of a cultural rather than of a scientific nature.
Find articles *http://finddarticles.com/ <http://findarticles.com/>* The
articles here are more of a popular than scholarly nature.
Google Book Search *http://books.google.com/googlebooks/about.html* Many
full text rare and important books. Not all books here are free, but if they
are in the public domain (the copyright has expired) they probably are.
Highwire Press *http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl* This is a
great source for academic journals. Many of the articles aren’t free for a
stated period of time. Note that for developing economies, including the
Philippines that certain journals articles are free sooner than they are for
developed economies. Beside the citation is the price of the reprint. If
there is no price, then it’s free.
*http://www3.nsta.org/freearticles* (National Science Teachers Association)
Journal articles on teaching science.
Online Books Page *http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/* This database is a
good source for both full text books and free journals.
Open J-Gate *http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspx* J-Gate
requires a subscription, but Open J-Gate is free and gives access to
thousands of open access (free) journal articles. It is produced in India so
the spelling will have a British flavour.
Public Library of Science (several journals including one on tropical
diseases) The articles are free *http://www.plos.org/*
RefSeek Search engine. Academically orientated. A good site – Many full text
scientific articles. *http://www.refseek.com/site/about.html*
Science Links Japan *http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/* Free English
translations of Japanese journals in a number of mostly scientific fields.
It’s well worth looking into.
University of Adelaide eBooks (Literary classics, often the translations are
quite old) *http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/*
REFERENCE DATABASES
Answers.com (online encyclopedia) *http://www.answers.com/*
Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (1919 ed.)
*http://www.bartleby.com/100/*Quite a few notable quotes since 1919,
so keep that in mind.
Free Dictionary *http://www.thefreedictionary.com/* In addition to being a
dictionary and thesaurus it has links to medical, legal, financial,
acronyms, idioms, and an encyclopedia or two and dictionaries in other
languages.
Greenfile (things environmental). You have to sign in and much of the
material isn’t free. *
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=101&sid=326d9d0c-6c3a-40ea-8781-3828b557f642%40sessionmgr104<http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=1&hid=101&sid=326d9d0c-6c3a-40ea-8781-3828b557f...@sessionmgr104>
*
Knowledgestream: a variety of different audio and video lectures. Ohio based
and biased. *http://www.knowledgestream.org/kstream/index.asp*
Free Dictionary *http://www.thefreedictionary.com/* In addition to being a
dictionary and thesaurus it has links to medical, legal, financial,
acronyms, idioms, and an encyclopedia or two and dictionaries in other
languages.
Medical and scientific literature on the Internet – Some of the databases
listed in here have been previously noted, but there are some in here that
look interesting. This is a where to look type database. *
http://www.llrx.com/node/2102/print*
Medline plus Dictionary (dictionary of medical terms) *
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html*
Medline plus A.D.A. M. Encyclopedia (Over 4,000 articles about diseases,
tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. Many entries are illustrated. *
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html*
Medpedia (very new source of medical information) *http://www.medpedia.com/*
Merck Manual (drugs) *http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html*
Scholarpedia *http://www.scholarpedia.org/* Like Wikipedia only more
academically inclined
SciFlo *http://sciflo.jpl.nasa.gov/* Heavy on earth and environmental
science. Produced by NASA.
Structurae (structural engineering) Gives information on specific structures
such bridges, stadiums, buildings. Both current and historical. *
http://en.structurae.de/*
Twain quotations He has opinions on a wide rage of topics. One of the most
important writers the U.S. produced. *
http://www.twainquotes.com/quotesatoz.html*
Wikipedia *http://www.wikipedia.org/*Almost anyone can add to this, so don’t
put your absolute trust in what you find there.
JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS (free full text articles):
Asia Times Online: *http://www.atimes.com/* A good source for area news.
*http://jbiol.com/* Free articles from the Journal of Biology
Business week *http://www.businessweek.com/index.html*
*CNS Spectrums (neuropsychiatric medicine.)
http://www.cnsspectrums.com/default.aspx*
Christian Science Monitor (national newspaper not usually doctrinaire) *
http://www.csmonitor.com/*
Chronicling America - Digitized newspapers mostly of historical interest. *
http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/*
Free Dictionary *http://www.thefreedictionary.com/* In addition to being a
dictionary and thesaurus it has links to medical, legal, financial,
acronyms, idioms, and an encyclopedia or two and dictionaries in other
languages.
Historic American Newspapers *http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/* A
limited number of newspapers, but free from the Library of Congress
*http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/articles.html* Materials science and
metallurgy. The name of the journal is JOM and back issues are free after a
number of years.
National Geographic Daily News
*http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/#<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/>
* The National Geographic is criticized as “science light,” but it contains
interesting articles on a variety of subjects and the organization sponsors
many projects of benefit to the planet.
New York Times *http://www.nytimes.com/* Daily news from very important
newspaper.
The Onion (satire) Sometimes the humor is crude or sophomoric, but fun *
http://www.theonion.com/content/premercial?target=L2NvbnRlbnQvaW5kZXg*
Physical Review Archive 1958- *http://prola.aps.org/* Primarily physics and
some physical chemistry.
Science Now *http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/* Published by the AAAS
(American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Times Online *http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/* This is the premier
British newspaper. It’s been around under various names since 1785, so
they’re probably doing something right. It is now owned by the News
Corporation (Rupert Murdoch), so it might be developing a conservative bias.
US News & World Report *http://www.usnews.com/* Weekly news magazine
Wall Street Journal *http://online.wsj.com/public/us* This one recently
started charging for some articles. Thank you Rupert Murdoch.
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