In this section we continue to divulge online resources, which may be personal web pages, blogs, institutional portals, etc. A large part will be dedicated to medical sciences and scientific research.

Online Knowledge Library
(B-On)

It is time we refer to B-On, which is currently one of the tools most used by students, researchers, lecturers, etc. to access scientific information in all fields.
B-On is a consortium that brings together leading publishers of electronic journals on a common platform. Subscription is made at government level for Higher Education Institutions.  As stated on the page, «The Online Knowledge Library (B-On) provides research and higher education institutions unlimited and permanent access to the full texts of over 22 000 international scientific journals [currently, there are about 3 259 in the field of health sciences] and 18 000 e-books from 19 content providers, through subscriptions negotiated nationally». B-On has been subject to many developments and improvements over the years.  Among others, we highlight the training resources available to users to help them develop information literacy skills using supporting documents and very well structured tutorials. 

Harvard Medical School Program

Page of Umic – Agency for Knowledge Society – Ministry of Education and Science

«The protocol that has been signed [between the Portuguese State and Harvard University], which was prepared over the past two years with all Portuguese Faculties of Medicine and associate Laboratories in partnership with Harvard University, aims to encourage clinical and translational research with an impact on medical education and on specialist medical practice, as well as modernize and improve the quality of medical education in relation to international best practice, promoting the dissemination of medical contents and the transfer of health knowledge and biomedical research onto students, health professionals and the population in general.»

HSM Channel on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HMSPortugal 

The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research

Webpage containing various resources in medical education, including a directory of electronic journals, of which many are access free.

Dictionary of Portuguese Physicians (online)

Project undertaken as part of the Curricular Unit “History of Medicine” of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the New University of Lisbon. It was conducted by students of the subject “History of Medicine” and is a collection of biographical articles on Portuguese physicians.

 
André Rodrigues P. Silva
andresilva@fm.ul.pt