A tool for fetching free articles

A tool for fetching free articles

Kopernio (previously known as Canary Haz ) is a browser plugin which enables researchers to surf multiple journal websites on a single interface. Behind the scenes Kopernio will search open databases and (where possible)  find the best version of the paper for you. It integrates with Google Scholar and PubMed so that it gives you a notification about the access/availability of an article, as you browse.  It also integrates with library subscriptions, so with a one time authentication you can access your library holdings anywhere and at any time. To ensure security of library data,  all sensitive details are encrypted using industry…
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Structured Abstracts – Some Interesting Learning

Structured abstracts are abstracts that have clear sections, and not just a full paragraph (as abstracts of the past used to be). These kind of abstracts first evolved in 1987. The IMRAD format is the most common structure for a structured abstract, but other formats are also used. Why did structured abstracts emerge? It made reading an abstract easier. It possibly made the writing of structured abstracts better, because the authors had a basis on which they would summarize their research article's contents. This also made it better for health professionals searching the literature in selecting clinically relevant and methodologically…
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Free public domain audiobooks: LibriVox

https://librivox.org/ The world of free audio-books opens up in this site, starting with children's literature. There are collections of various subjects, biographies and more. For the medical domain, click Browse by Genre, scroll down till you reach "Non fiction>Medical". Click this link and you find Grays Anatomy, works by Sir William Osler, Edward Jenner, Florence Nightingale's Notes on Nursing and more treasures!  
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