The Library also provides authorized users with access to hundreds of journals over the World Wide Web. This web page contains links to both free and restricted journals. To get the most out of the World Wide Web, you need more than just a web browser such as Netscape Communicator or MS Internet Explorer. Various adjunct programs, called helper applications or plug-ins, are needed. These programs can be automatically invoked when you click on a link for a particular file or non-web connection.
Many helper applications are downloadable free over the web.
Some are already resident on browsers. The National Library of Medicine is developing its PubMed Central service to provide free web access to the full text of life science research articles. BioMed Central is a new publishing house being established by the Current Science Group for the purpose of peer review of electronic papers that will then become freely available on PubMed Central but will not be published in traditional journals. Such publishing is being heralded by many as a developing high- quality alternative to traditional scholarly publishing mechanisms. When logging charges for photocopies and other library services, your department or grant's 6-digit account number is required.