tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69736597951433860022011-06-07T23:12:42.233-07:00Open Access simply means free access to research. As said in PloS.org, "Published research results and ideas are the foundation for future progress in science and medicine. Open Access publishing therefore leads to wider dissemination of information and increased efficiency in science."Pashtoon Murtaza Kasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14357281849495788205noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973659795143386002.post-57612852040994998962007-08-05T23:07:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:35:32.881-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra-m3eE-bI/AAAAAAAAABc/DJlmaz55pfM/s1600-h/Plos.png"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra-m3eE-bI/AAAAAAAAABc/DJlmaz55pfM/s320/Plos.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095469603350706610" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> <b style="">PLoS: Public Library </b><b style="">of Science<o:p></o:p></b> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke 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shapes="_x0000_i1026" height="59" width="300" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/User/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image002.jpg" alt="Join the Public Library of Science" shapes="_x0000_i1026" height="59" width="300" /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/User/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image002.jpg" alt="Join the Public Library of Science" shapes="_x0000_i1026" height="59" width="300" /><br /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="first">“PLoS</span> is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.plos.org/">http://www.plos.org/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Accessed August 6, 2007. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><b style="">BioMed Central</b> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra8VneE-YI/AAAAAAAAABE/__CQgt3Fv48/s1600-h/bmclogo.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra8VneE-YI/AAAAAAAAABE/__CQgt3Fv48/s320/bmclogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095467107974707586" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Open Access Publisher</p> <p class="MsoNormal">“Publisher of 179 peer-reviewed open access journals”<b style=""> </b>Available:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.biomedcentral.com/">http://www.biomedcentral.com/</a> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Accessed August 6, 2007. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">PubMedCentral<o:p></o:p></b></p><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'width:108.75pt;height:56.25pt'"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\User\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.png" title=""> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra8eHeE-ZI/AAAAAAAAABM/b-aPuqp4uA0/s1600-h/pmclogo.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xNXa4JT2OzY/Rra8eHeE-ZI/AAAAAAAAABM/b-aPuqp4uA0/s320/pmclogo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095467254003595666" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">A free archive of life sciences journals <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">“PubMed Central (PMC)</span> is the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.”<b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/">http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Accessed August 6, 2007. </p><div 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