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RoMEO – Helps you check if a journal allows archiving of your paper

RoMEO – Helps you check if a journal allows archiving of your paper

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You wish to decide which journal to send your paper to. There are several factors involved here. One important factor is if a journal permits archiving your paper. After all you want people to read your paper! And if the journal is not open access or does not make articles freely available, you want the choice of archiving it somewhere. Check out the RoMEO initiative at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.phpEnter the name of the journal or its ISSN and search. RoMEO will tell you instantly about its archiving policies. Here is a sample result for the Indian Journal of Medical Research - http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php?issn=0971-5916Ideally we all need to…
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Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine, USA

Digital Collections of the National Library of Medicine, USA

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This one is for anyone interested in Historical works in Medicine. Here is something from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), USA - "Digital Collections" a free online resource of biomedical books, still as well as moving images. Unless mentioned specifically, the content is totally free. Wish to read about Semmelweiss' work on puerperal infections? Just search by the name Semmelweiss and you get 35 items. You can filter by the format option on the left side, and get images or his works - full books to download! The coverage of items is from - hold your breath - before 1600! There is such a…
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Delving into the minds of our target audience

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For nearly nine years, we at QMed, have been teaching, either by delivering lectures, or conducting workshops. In addition, we have helped people with their literature searches for their theses, articles they write, and even systematic reviews. It is indeed wonderful that we have reached out to a huge audience. The crying need in the country is however, tremendous. And we deliberate as to why we are unable to reach out to more, when everyone has praised our programs and sworn that they are very important. While there are several specific reasons for our workshops not reaching large enough numbers, we…
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