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Free electronic journals in Medicine & Health - E-journal showcase

This is a selected list of free-to-all full-text medical journals. Most of them have no trial period stated by the publisher, and will presumably be available permanently; a few are available on free trial basis. The second column has links to back issues (archives), links to a representative recent issue (with all articles full-text unless noted as selected), and a sample article from the issue.

Search all titles below in Medline for 1 year - To search for a subject in the list that's retrieved in the new PubMed - Go to "History" - Type the set number and a subject term. Example - #1 AND heart (Note - AND must be upper case.)

Search titles with Medline links to full-text articles - Journals in shaded rows have direct full-text links for most articles in PubMed.

American family physician     Publisher: AAFP	Back issues : June 15 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~360 articles
American medical news     Publisher: AMA      [free trial]	Back issues : July 3 [selected] : sample article	Not in Medline
Annals of internal medicine     Publisher: ACP/ASIM     [free trial, all full-text, Jan, 2000+]	Back issues : May 16 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~500 articles
Archives of family medicine     Publisher: AMA      [free trial]	Back issues : June : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~120 articles
Archives of internal medicine     Publisher: AMA      [free trial]	Back issues : June 26 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~450 articles
British medical journal     Publisher: British Med Assoc / HighWire	Back issues : July 1 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~3500 articles
Canadian Medical Association journal     Publisher: Canadian Med Assoc	Back issues : June 13 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~550 articles
Chronic diseases in Canada     Publisher: Health Canada	Back issues : Spring 2000 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~20 articles
Emerging infectious diseases     Publisher: CDC	Back issues : March/Apr : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~140 articles
FDA consumer     Publisher: FDA	Back issues : Mar/Apr : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~75 articles
Family practice management     Publisher: AAFP	Back issues : June : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~30 articles
Geriatrics     Publisher: Advanstar	Back issues : May [selected] : sample article [PDF]	1 yr of Medline:      ~80 articles
Health progress     Publisher: Catholic Health Assoc of the US	Back issues : May-June : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~70 articles
Healthcare informatics     Publisher: McGraw-Hill	Back issues : June [selected] : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~60 articles
Hospital practice     Publisher: McGraw-Hill	Back issues : May 15 [selected] : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~100 articles
JAMA     Publisher: AMA      [free trial]	Back issues : June 28 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~1400 articles
Journal of clinical investigation     Publisher: Amer Soc Clin Invest / HighWire	Back issues : July 1 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~450 articles
Journal of neurochemistry     Publisher: ISN / Highwire   [free trial ends 2.01]	Back Issues : July : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~550 articles
Journal Amer Med Informatics Assoc     Publisher: AMIA / HighWire   [free trial ends 9.00]	Back Issues : Jan-Feb : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~60 articles
MMWR     Publisher: CDC	Back issues [Current | past] : June 30 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~175 articles
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz     Publisher: Cruz Inst	Back Issues : July/Aug : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~250 articles
Microbiology     Publisher: Soc Gen Micro / HighWire    [free trial]	Back Issues : July : sample article [PDF]	1 yr of Medline:      ~400 articles
Mount Sinai journal of medicine     Publisher: Mt Sinai Sch Med	Back issues : May : sample article [PDF]	1 yr of Medline:      ~60 articles
Online journal of issues in nursing     Publisher: Kent State Univ / ANA NursingWorld	Back issues (Topics/Authors) : Sample article (May)	CINAHL only
Postgraduate medicine     Publisher: McGraw-Hill	Back issues : June [selected] : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~225 articles
Proc Natl Academy of Sciences     Publisher: NAS / HighWire  [free after 1 month]	Back issues : May 23 : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~2800 articles
Proc Soc Exp Biology & Med     Publisher: SEBM / HighWire   [free trial ends 11.00]	Back Issues : July : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~160 articles
Southern medical journal     Publisher: Southern Med Assoc	Back issues : June : sample article [PDF]	1 yr of Medline:      ~250 articles
Toxicological sciences     Publisher: Soc Tox / Oxford / Highwire      [free trial]	Back Issues : July : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~300 articles
Western journal of medicine     Publisher: BMJ / HighWire      [free trial]	Back issues : July : sample article	1 yr of Medline:      ~250 articles

To suggest additional journals, send a message to Eric Rumsey. Almost without exception, all titles submitted for the list should be currently indexed in Medline or CINAHL. Titles with direct full-text links in PubMed will be given special priority.

A complementary list: FreeMedicalJournal.com