Open Space
Science and Health Research
In this section we continue to divulge online resources, which may be personal web pages, blogs, institutional portals, etc. We shall give preference to those of simple and intuitive use, preferably free of charge. A large part will be dedicated to the medical sciences
In the present edition, we offer some more suggestions, which may also be added to the favourite pages link.
The page Free Medical Journals is a must in the field of medical sciences. According to the publishers, «Over the next years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge - the new standard in medical publishing - will have a major impact on medical practice.»http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
From the same publishers, see also eBooks, which are free, or partially free of charge: http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/
Scitable is a page of the Nature group, whose Access is free, containing several educational resources, particularly in the areas of genetics and cell and molecular biology.
Scitable also includes resources that are useful for the management of science-related careers and communication.
Although Open Access took place between 18 and 24 October, it is worth checking the page to follow a global debate of interest to all. This open week has been going for four years, and it is believed that about 20% of articles published in all subjects are now available online, free of charge: http://www.openaccessweek.org/
If you wish to read about this issue in Portugal, we suggest an article by Ricardo Pereira, written with the contribution of Eloy Rodrigues: http://projecto.rcaap.pt/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=startdown&id=96&lang=pt
National Library of Medicine: Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects. In addition to all other interesting resources we can find at the National Library of Medicine, in this edition we particularly stress the virtual exhibitions and digital projects, all as part of History of Medicine, where we can find images kept in the massive archives of this superb library, firms, etc.. To whet your appetite, we leave you with the possibility of “browsing” through a publication by Vesalius from the 16th century: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/vesalius/vesalius.html
PLoS ONE, is a scientific periodical published exclusively online since 2006, and it encompasses several scientific subjects. On its publishing policy, one reads, in Wikipedia, that «PLoS ONE … does not use the perceived importance of a paper as a criterion for acceptance or rejection. The idea is that, instead, PLoS ONE only verifies whether experiments and data analysis were conducted rigorously, and leaves it to the scientific community to ascertain importance, post publication, through debate and comment.»http://www.plosone.org/home.action
In the present edition, we offer some more suggestions, which may also be added to the favourite pages link.
The page Free Medical Journals is a must in the field of medical sciences. According to the publishers, «Over the next years, the most important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge - the new standard in medical publishing - will have a major impact on medical practice.»http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
From the same publishers, see also eBooks, which are free, or partially free of charge: http://www.freebooks4doctors.com/
Scitable is a page of the Nature group, whose Access is free, containing several educational resources, particularly in the areas of genetics and cell and molecular biology.
Scitable also includes resources that are useful for the management of science-related careers and communication.
Although Open Access took place between 18 and 24 October, it is worth checking the page to follow a global debate of interest to all. This open week has been going for four years, and it is believed that about 20% of articles published in all subjects are now available online, free of charge: http://www.openaccessweek.org/
If you wish to read about this issue in Portugal, we suggest an article by Ricardo Pereira, written with the contribution of Eloy Rodrigues: http://projecto.rcaap.pt/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=startdown&id=96&lang=pt
National Library of Medicine: Online Exhibitions and Digital Projects. In addition to all other interesting resources we can find at the National Library of Medicine, in this edition we particularly stress the virtual exhibitions and digital projects, all as part of History of Medicine, where we can find images kept in the massive archives of this superb library, firms, etc.. To whet your appetite, we leave you with the possibility of “browsing” through a publication by Vesalius from the 16th century: http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/vesalius/vesalius.html
PLoS ONE, is a scientific periodical published exclusively online since 2006, and it encompasses several scientific subjects. On its publishing policy, one reads, in Wikipedia, that «PLoS ONE … does not use the perceived importance of a paper as a criterion for acceptance or rejection. The idea is that, instead, PLoS ONE only verifies whether experiments and data analysis were conducted rigorously, and leaves it to the scientific community to ascertain importance, post publication, through debate and comment.»http://www.plosone.org/home.action