Public Domain Books

Authorama is a site for completely free books from a variety of different authors.

Bharat Operating System Solutions

BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) is a Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of Free / Open Source Software in the country. Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain.

Cite Bite

Cite Bite - Link directly to specific quotes in web pages

Paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the text and in return
get a link that opens directly to your selection and highlights it.

Creative Commons - India

Creative Commons Worldwide: India

Creative Commons is working with IIT Bombay to create India jurisdiction-specific licenses from the generic Creative Commons licenses.

Journal article is now only the first step in disseminating one's work.

E-LIS - The rise and rise of citation analysis

With the vast majority of scientific papers now available online, the author describes how the Web is allowing physicists and information providers to measure
more accurately the impact of these papers and their authors. Provides a historical background of citation analysis, ISI's citation databases, and the impact factor. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Web of Science and other more recent citation data sources (e.g., Scopus and Google Scholar), the impact of the Web on citation analysis, and the emergence of new citation-based research assessment measures (e.g., h-index). Argues that the use of multiple Web-based citation tools allows more accurate visualizations of scholarly communication networks. Also argues that publishing a journal article is now only the first step in disseminating one's work.

UK PubMed Central (UKPMC)

UKPMC Home Page

Based on PubMed Central (PMC), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) provides a stable, permanent, and free-to-access online digital archive of full-text, peer-reviewed research publications.

Guide to the Invisible Web

The Ultimate Guide to the Invisible Web | OEDb

How Web 2.0 is changing medicine

How Web 2.0 is changing medicine -- Giustini 333 (7582): 1283 -- BMJ

"..In the past year, several doctors and medical librarians have put Web 2.0 in the spotlight8; one excellent article even discusses its impact in clinical practice.9 What is obvious is that doctors are seeking new methods of information discovery because of the limitations of search engines.."

OA Pathfinder

Open Access Initiative Pathfinder

Library Student Journal

Library Student Journal - A peer-reviewed student publication
of the University at Buffalo
Department of Library and Information Studies.

DivShare

DivShare is a free file hosting service.

Koha or Evergreen?

I wonder if someone do a comparative study of two Library Automation Open Source Softwares - Koha and Evergreen. Evergreen by design is meant for very large public library and state-wide consortium environments with tens of millions of records and hundreds of libraries. Koha has been around for some time now and appears to be time tested having better market share.

CSS Cheat Sheet

CSS Cheat Sheet

'Free' access to research should not be limited

'Free' access to research should not be limited - SciDev.Net

All scientists — rich or poor — should have free and open access to published data; any attempt to restrict such access is unacceptable, argues Donat Agosti.

Google Librarian

Google Librarian: The Librarian's Guide to Google is a guide to Google, especially for Librarians and information professionals.