Online Resources

Directories, News and Guides to Scientific Information on the web

• Science Publishing Quick Guide at SciDev.Net - original opinion pieces on the debate on access for developing countries and other features on the different models available
• African Journals On-Line at INASP - a comprehensive list of journals from Africa including abstracts & T.O.C.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - a Directory of Open Access Journals to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific journals.
• eJDS Web Portal - distributes individual scientific articles via e-mail to scientists in institutions in The Third World Countries who do not have access to sufficient bandwidth to download material from the Internet in a timely manner and/or cannot afford the connection
• HINARI (Health Internet) - UN/WHO initiative to provide commercial medical journals free to licensed countries in the developing world
• Latindex - On-line Information of Scientific Magazines from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal
• PERI - Programme to provide full text international journals online to developing countries at greatly reduced prices or free.
• SciDev.Net - news, views, and information about science, technology and development
• SciELO: Scientific Electronic Library Online- a wide selection of journals from Latin American countries

Subject-specific Websites

• AgriFor - guide to quality Internet resources in agriculture, food and forestry
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) - resource for reproductive health and population studies information, including open access journals, reports, and other publications.
• The Development Gateway Population and Reproductive Health Portal - an interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing on sustainable development and poverty reduction
• Filariasis.net - a website dedicated to providing open access to the lymphatic filariasis knowledge base.
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - makes publications and other information about sustainably meeting the food needs of the developing world available on an open access basis.
• International Rice Research Institute - a website dedicated to helping farmers in developing countries produce more food in limited land using less water, less labor, and fewer chemical inputs, without harming the environment.
• Microbes.info - The Microbiology Information Portal
• Reproductive Health Gateway - quick access to relevant, accurate information about reproductive health on the World Wide Web
• Stockholm Water Institute - provides valuable articles and reports related to water resources in the "Downloads and Resource Centre" section.
• TEEAL - The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library

Resources for Authors

• "Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals" - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (October, 2001) - a helpful resource for authors of medical research papers
• Writing for Change - an excellent resource for authors wishing to improve their writing skills, including a very valuable section focused on writing for science.