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VEIGA DEL CABO, Jorge; JAEN CASQUERO, Mª Belén  e  HERNANDEZ VILLEGAS, Silvia. The Access and the Dissemination of Latin American Scientific Production in Health Sciences: Virtual Health Library and electronic publication model SciELO. Educ. méd. [online]. 2004, vol.7, suppl.1, pp.23-26. ISSN 1575-1813.

The article describes the Virtual Health Library’s project as well as its origin and main tools, and how these tools contribute to facilitate the access and the dissemination of Latin American scientific production in Health Sciences. The article emphasizes the SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online) electronic publication model, formed by a selection of scientific electronic journals, providing free access to the full text and contents of each issue. It also describes in detail the main tools of the Virtual Heath Library - Spain: bibliographic databases (IBECS, MEDLINE, LILACS…), the health terminology "DeCS - Health Sciences Descriptors", the health information locator "LIS-Spain: healthy sites" and the project called "Full text monographs & bulletins".

Palavras-chave : Virtual Health Library; SciELO; electronic publishing; DeCS; LIS-Spain: healthy sites.

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