Your Salford University Athens account will allow you to log in and view the full text of a huge number of paid-for subscriptions for example eBooks and eJournals. You can find out more about accessing material that requires a password in a previous blog article.
However, there are a number of places you can go to search and access articles that are freely available online. This article provides a summary of some of those resources.
PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.com/)
Part of the PubMed database provided by the National Library of Medicine in America, PubMed Central catalogues articles with free full text.
Enter search terms in the box and click ‘Find Articles’; under each reference are links to the full text / PDF file for that article.
DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/)
DOAJ provides access to free full text material across a range of academic subject areas, including ‘Biology and Life Sciences’, ‘Health Sciences’ and ‘Social Sciences’. The search box on the homepage is searching at Journal Title level – i.e. identifying publications relating to or matching your keywords.
To search for articles, click the Find Articles link on the left and use the search boxes provided. You can enter several keywords across the two boxes, and can choose to limit to specific fields.
Free Medical Journals (http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/)
Does what it says on the tin! Free access to medical journal articles. There is a google-powered search box on the left to search by keywords.
Alternatively, navigate through the subject areas to find journals under the scheme (click on ‘more’ for a full list of subjects. Once you find a relevant journal, click the title to open the journal website.
BioMed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com/)
An open access publisher that makes content freely available online. Access the Journals A-Z option in the navigation bar at the top to view titles, or use the QuickSearch box on the homepage for a keyword search. You have to register in order to use the search function, but it is free to join. Alternatively use the browse features to locate articles without logging in.
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