Growing numbers of scientific publishers are making their articles and publications available online for free. Others will allow you to read an article for a short period, usually 24 hours for around $3.
Ever come across a literature citation that sounded like it was just what you needed to understand a health or behavior issue in your shelter, only to find that just reading the article was going to cost $35 or more?
Growing numbers of scientific publishers are making their articles and publications available online for free. Others will allow you to read an article for a short period, usually 24 hours for around $3.
These opportunities are the result of a growing movement toward open access in scientific research. Expect to see this list expanding dramatically in the coming years, especially for articles more than one year post-publication.
Veterinary Medicine from Free Medical Journals
Veterinary publications from the Directory of Open Access Journals
Public Library of Science Journals (PLOS)
Elsevier's "Top 25" on Science Direct
All Elsevier veterinary journals; those with open access articles are marked
Free journal articles from Stanford University, including Veterinary Pathology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
Deep Dyve – low-cost rental of articles, with some free
BioMedCentral – Scroll down to "veterinary research" for a list of open-access veterinary journals
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