Utilizing the Directory of Open Access Journals, the list of journals Dr. Medina contributes to, posted previously, was once again employed to find out which, if any, of the journals are open access. Perhaps there are more comprehensive tools than this directory available, however the site claims to cover some biology and life sciences scholarly journals. Using this directory it was found that she has contributed to two open access journals: BMC Genomics and Emerging Infectious Diseases.
I then explored the UC Merced Libraries website to see if any of the databases utilized in a previous posting are available to the faculty there. All but ProQuest Direct were present in their A-Z database list. This however does not prove she has not used it for research because during the time period she has been publishing, she has been associated with different universities and organizations that may have a different variety of databases available.
While I was at the UC Merced University Library I happened to check the Biological Sciences pathfinder I found there. Below is the list of suggested databases:
-BioOne
-BioSIS (via Web of Science)
-Current Protocols Collection
-Karger Online Journals
-MEDLINE (via PubMed)
-National Center for BiotechnologyInformation Bookshelf
-Public Library of Science (PLOS)- Biology
-PubMed
-Web of Science
-Zoological Record
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I find it sometime amazing that we are study buzz-worthy scientists, yet they have little contribution (at least in my searches)to open access journals. US News and World Reports had an article this week how everything is mitigrating to the Internet. Everything will done in/on cloud. A lot is on the Internet, but it is still at a price.
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