Science and Health
Books and journal articles
- PubMed Central (PMC)A key source for health and medical full-text journals. Over 6 million articles currently available from the U.S, National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
- Cochrane LibraryAccess to systematic reviews of healthcare interventions. Important resource for students of nursing.
- Directory of Open Access JournalsAccess to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. Over 14,000 journals and nearly 5 million articles global.
- ElsevierOpen access journals for life, health and medical sciences from a highly-regarded publisher. All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
- Springer OpenAccess a range of journals for biomedicine, dentistry, life sciences, medicine and public health from a highly-regarded publisher.
- Wiley Open access journalsAccess to journals in the Life sciences, medicine, nursing, dentistry and healthcare from a highly-regarded publisher.
- Google ScholarAcademic service from Google which sometimes provides the full text of the journal article.
- Directory of Open Access BooksThousands of academic titles, peer-reviewed and openly available, from global sources.
- Intech OpenIncludes books for: physical sciences, engineering, technology, life sciences, and health sciences.
- National Academies PressOpen access books from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine (U.S.). Includes books and reports on biology, life sciences, food and nutrition, and health and medicine. Use the Browse by subject to navigate to your area of interest.
- NCBINational Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.). Books on health sciences and life sciences.
Textbooks
Titles from the La Trobe eBureau are Australian but some textbooks from the other sources may not be so take care with any legal and health practice information, as these may be different in Australia.
You may find these titles a useful resource for understanding fundamental concepts.
- La Trobe eBureauBooks from our own academics for La Trobe University courses and subjects.
- BookboonFree textbooks for university students, written by academics from top universities. Subjects include natural sciences, healthcare and medicine.
- OpenStaxPeer-reviewed textbooks openly available. Mostly produced in the USA but includes books on anatomy and physiology, biology, astronomy, microbiology, chemistry and physics.
- Open textbooksTextbooks on a large range of subjects including medicine and natural sciences.