From: SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 7: Finding systematic reviews
Mechanism | Comments |
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HINARI | Who is eligible to use it? |
 | • Institutions in selected low- and middle-income countries have either free access or low-cost access. To check if an institution is already registered or if an institution is located in a country that is eligible for free or low-cost access, go to: HINARI |
 | How can it be accessed? |
 | • An institution must register and all staff are then given unlimited access |
 | • Alternatively if a computer is recognised as being based in an eligible country, users may access HighwireFreeAccessforDevelopingCountries (which includes HINARI and other selected resources) |
 | What resources are provided for research results? |
 | • A scientific abstract and full-text article for all included journals |
Cochrane Library | Who is eligible to use it? |
 | • Institutions in selected countries have free access - to check if a country (or region) is covered by a programme for low-income countries or by a subscription, go to: CochraneLibrary |
 | How can it be accessed? |
 | • Country-or region-specific access details are available at the same site |
 | What resources are provided for research results? |
 | • A scientific abstract, lay summary, and full-text review for all Cochrane reviews, as well a summary of some form for the three most relevant constituent databases described in Table 1 |
 | Note |
 | • The Cochrane Library can also be accessed through HINARI |
Journals | Who is eligible to use them? |
 | • Anyone |
 | How can they be accessed? |
 | • Websites of open-access journal publishers |
 |    - BioMedCentral (journals beginning with BMC and select others) |
 |    - OpenJournalsPublishing (many journals beginning with 'South African' and select others) |
 |    - PublicLibraryofSciences (journals beginning with PLoS) |
 |    - SciELO(ScientificElectronicLibraryOnline) (many journals from Latin America and the Caribbean) |
 | • Directories of open-access and/or free journals |
 |    - DirectoryofOpenAccessJournals |
 |    - FreeMedicalJournals |
 |    - OpenJ-Gate |
 | • Repositories through which journal publishers make available articles (often after a defined time period) |
 |    - PubMedCentral |
 |    - BiolineInternational (journals from Brazil, Cuba, India, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe) |
 | What resources are provided for research results? |
 | • A scientific abstract and full-text article for all included journals |