Open Access ON-LINE LIBRARY RESOURCES
~Business & Finance
Marketing & Advertising
KnowThis
URL: http://www.knowthis.com/
Provides the basic principles of marketing and advertising in clear,
concise tutorials. It also provides web resources for advertising, selling,
promotion and research.
Marketingsherpa.com
URL: http://www.marketingsherpa.com/library.html
Marketing Sherpa, Inc. is a research firm publishing case studies,
benchmark data, and how-to information for marketing, advertising and public
relations professionals; interviews and surveys and industry-wide data.
~Accounting and Taxation
Simple Studies.com
URL: http://simplestudies.com/
Offers free and subscription-based online accounting tutorials and lectures.
Great for the budding entrepreneur who wants to learn the basics of accounting.
~Business Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility
Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
URL: http://www.ethics.org/
An 87‐year old nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated
to independent research that advances high ethical standards and practices in
public and private institutions, ERC is the home of the biennial National Business
Ethics Survey.
~Hospitality
World Travel & Tourism Council
URL: http://www.wttc.org/
This site deals with international travel and tourism. Information is
provided for professionals, researchers and consumers. The site provides access
to travel and tourism market research reports and lots of specific reports from
various countries.
~Nursing and Allied Health
MedlinePlus
URL: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html
A consumer health resource that brings together information from the
National Library of Medicine, the National Institutes for Health, and others.
Medline Plus provides accurate health-related information for the general public.
Its medical encyclopedia, drug and herbal supplement information, current health
news, and superior interactive tutorials are excellent resources for nursing
students.
Online Journal of Issues in Nursing (OJIN).
URL: http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/
OJIN is a free, peer-reviewed, international journal addressing topics
affecting nursing practice, research, education, and the health care sector. OJIN
presents timely information required by nurses and other health care
professionals to provide current and informed patient care, to be socially
responsive health care professionals, and to meet professional development
needs.
RxList
URL: http://www.rxlist.com.
Information provided for each drug includes the description, clinical
pharmacology, indications and dosage, side effects and drug interactions,
warnings and precautions, drug overdosage contraindications, and patient
information. Words in the articles and descriptions are hyperlinked to Taber’s
online medical dictionary.
Nursing Crib
URL: http://nursingcrib.com
Nursingcrib.com aims to provide quality information and resources to help
nursing student achieve its goal of becoming a full-pledge nurse.
PLOS Public Library of Science
URL: http://www.plosmedicine.org/home.action
PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed
to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public
resource.
~Arts & Sciences
Directory of Open Access Journals
URL: http://www.doaj.org/
A database of the University of Lund (Sweden) which provides access to
quality controlled scientific Open Access Journals covering several subject areas
that does not charge the readers. Approximately 1,670 titles are available in full
text. Currently 1,305 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 220,010
articles are included in the DOAJ service.
Psych Central
URL: http://psychcentral.com/
Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental
health and psychology network. It is run by mental health professionals offering
reliable, trusted information and over 160 support groups to consumers.
Project Gutenberg of the Philippines
URL: http://www.gutenberg.ph/books.php
Project Gutenberg of the Philippines (PGPH) aims to make available to
as many people as possible, books on the Philippines and Philippine languages.
Although PGPH works closely with the original Project Gutenberg in the United
States (PGUS), it is a fully independent project.
International Journal of Communication
URL: http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/index
The International Journal of Communication is an online, multi-media,
academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and
engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world.
Science Daily
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/
ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web
sites. This award-winning site has earned the loyalty of students, researchers,
healthcare professionals, government agencies, educators and the general
public around the world.
~Education
Education World
URL: http://www.educationworld.com/
Education World, the Educator's Best Friend is a resource that includes a
search engine for educational Web sites only. It is a place where educators can
find original content, lesson plans, practical information for educators, information
on how to integrate technology in the classroom, and articles written by
education experts; Wire Side Chats with the important names in education.
E-Turo
URL: http://www.e-turo.org/
E-turo, a play on the words 'electronic' and 'turo' (meaning teach) is a
network of free and open educational resources. Filipino teachers and learners
can share and customize E-turo content for their own use. E-turo covers basic
education, alternative education, and continuing education.
Reading Online
URL: http://www.readingonline.org/default.asp
Reading Online is a free, online-only publication of the International
Reading Association (IRA), a professional organization of literacy educators. Its
focus is literacy practice and research in classrooms serving students aged 5 to
18.
~Law
HG.org Worldwide Legal Directories
URL: http://www.hg.org/index.html
HG.org was one of the very first online law and government sites,
Founded in 1995 by Lex Mundi, a large network of independent law firms.
HG.org objective is to make law, government and related professional
information easily accessible to the legal profession, businesses and consumers.
Batas Natin
URL: http://www.batasnatin.com/
BATASnatin.com is a website aimed primarily at educating people of the
laws the Philippines.
European Journal of Law & Technology
URL: http://www.congress.gov.ph/index.php
Website of the Philippine House of Representatives.
~Architecture
Art Cyclopedia
URL: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/index.html
Has indexed 1200 art sites, and offers more than 32,000 links directly to
an estimated 100,000 works by over 7,500 artists.
~The Architecture Journal
URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/enus/architecture/bb410935.aspx
The Architecture Journal is an independent platform for free thinkers and
practitioners of IT architecture. Issued quarterly with articles designed to offer
perspective, share knowledge, and help you learn the discipline and pursue the
art of IT architecture. Subscription is free.