Russell Smith, FreeBooks4Doctors: Open Access Transcends Periodical Literature, Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries, 2, 4, (2005), pre-publication. Only this abstract is free online, at least so far: 'FreeBooks4Doctors.com is a Web site that offers over 600 links to a variety of resources. From its top level page, it states that it is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. The short URL for this Web site is . The resources that this Web site points to are multilingual, with English being the primary language. French and Spanish are also represented, but other languages, such as German, Norwegian, and Russian, are included as well. This Web site is a promising resource, especially from a global perspective. The purpose of this review is to evaluate FreeBooks4Doctors from the perspective of a medical librarian and its viability as a resource for medical librarians.'
Posted by
Peter Suber at 7/26/2005 10:05:00 AM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
