* Open access journals:

Provides free online access to most of the journals published from Africa. Full text of articles will be sent to only those members, who are from non profit making organizations working in selected developing countries, including India.

Bioline International is a not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries including India. As of today it is giving free full text online access to 28 journals.

Provides free access to peer-reviewed research articles and subscription-based access to reviews, commentaries and other information services in all the areas of biology and medicine.

Covers scholarly, peer-reviewed, full text and accessible without cost e-jls in the field of Education.

Provides comprehensive list of e-journals accessible with cost and without cost in all fields.

The Engineering E-journal Search Engine searches the full text of over one hundred engineering e-journals, which are listed in the EEVL catalogue of engineering resources. In e-jls selected are free, full text (or offer most of their content as full text) and available without registration.

Provides direct links to over 7000 scholarly periodicals which allow some or all of their online content to be viewed by ANYONE with Internet access for free (though some may require free registration).

Lists all such medical journals, which provide online full text access to articles at no extra cost

Provides list of journals offer free online access to developing economies, based on either programs such as HINARI, or on a HighWire-based program offering access to countries appearing in the World Bank's list of "low income economies," plus Djibouti. No need to sign up, the site automatically recognises from which country you are accessing.

As they claim it is one among the second largest Science archives of full text articles on earth. Here it lists out titles of journals published by different publishers in science, many of them can be accessed online without any extra cost, if the libraries have print subscriptions.

It is a digital library providing access to 18th and 19th century journals.

Lists good number of free of cost e-journals in the area of Science and Technology.

Here online access to full text of articles from selected journals in astronomy and related areas can be made without any extra cost irrespetive of libraries subscriptions.

E-JIS aims to provide desktop access to several free, peer-reviewed electronic journals in Science,Engineering, Technology and Management. Presently, 66 free e-journals have been included in E-JIS database.

It is an archive of new journals and newsletters available on the Internet.

PubMed Central is a digital archive of life sciences journal literature, which can be dowloaded free of cost.

Indian E-Journals:
Medical Sciences:

Online access to full text of articles is available from 1996. The articles are available for download free of charge.

Online access to full text of articles is given from 2001. The full text of articles are available in both .pdf and html formats.

Free online access to full text of articles is available from 2000.

Free online access to full text of articles is available with effect from Volume 1, 1969.

Provides online access to full text of articles from 2000. Also gives access to abstract of articles for 1998 and 1999. Articles are available for download free of cost.

Online access to full text of papers is available with effect from October-December, 2001.

Provides access to full text of articles with effect from 1999.

Provides online access to full text of articles from 1990

Online access to full text of articles is available from July 1999.
Sciences:

Provides online access to full text of articles in .pdf format from 1998.

Online access to full text of articles is available from 1998.

Provides free online full text access to its journals. Back issues are available from 1999 onwards.

Online access to full text of articles is available from 1999.

Provides online access to full text of articles from 2000

Online access to full text of papers is available from 2000 for both the series. The articles are available in .pdf format.
Social Sciences:

Provides free online access to full text of articles published in current and few preceding years volumes.

Online access to full text of articles in .pdf format is available from 2000.

Gives online access to full text of articles of few issues.

Provides online access to full text of articles from May 2000. Even though articles covered on internet edition are less compared to print edition, but it is worth.

RBI provides online access to full text of articles and statistics published in its bulletin from 1997.

Provides online access full text of articles in both .pdf and MS-Word .doc format from 1998

Provides online acces to full text of articles with effect from 2000.

Provides online access to full text of articles with effect from 1972. Articles are in the form of images.

Publishers:

Online access to journals is given via aggregator i.e Catchword

Provide access to most of their journals through different aggregotrs. Libraries can select aggregator of their choice to gain online access. Access to back issues of journals varies depending upon library subscriptions.

Access to e-jls is given through their homepage. The years for which access is given depends upon library subscription.

Offers online access through their homepage. Online access for back issues varies from title to title. Right now few titles are available to all i.e subscribers and non-subscribers.

Elsevier provides online access aginst print subscriptions via web-editions. Access is limited for a period of 12 months. It is for a roll over period of 12 months. Every year based on subscriptions, libraries have to sign an agreement.

Access to all the journals published by them can be had through user name and password and access program. Access for back issues again depends upon library subscriptions

Provides online access via Interscience. Access for back volumes of journals depends upon subscriptions.

Provides access to its collections of scholarly and scientific journals. The access to over 265,000 articles is available from this gateway. Full text access is available only for subscribers, others can access contents and abstracts.

Access to selected titles available through aggregator i.e Catchword

Online access is available to selected titles through aggregator i.e Catchword

Access is given to most the journals published by them.

Access is available w.e.f 2001 via aggregator i.e Catchword to most of its journals

Provides online access through aggregators. Libraries may choose aggregator of their choice.

Online access to journals is given via Link. Access to back issues depends upon library subscriptions.

Many Taylor and Francis journals-including those published by Brunner/Mazel, Carfax, Psychology Press, Routledge, Spon Press and Taylor and Francis are available online via aggregator i.e Catchword

Right now only one title is available online via aggregator i.e Catchword

World News Papers
http://www.world-newspapers.com/
E-Books
There are good number of electonic books, popularly known as e-books are available on the internet for free of cost. They are available in most of the subject areas. Some are available for browsing and many titles are for download. Please go through the following links for more information.

Provides free full text online access to reference, literature and verse books.

Provides access to full text of books. Includes both free and priced books in its collection. The books are available on all the subject areas classifed by using Dewey Class numbers.

A very good site, makes reading online enjoyable with its customization features. Contains old clssics.

A free collection of computers from all over the world.

This database contains links to FREE books available online.

Holds collection of e-books on various subjects. Only viewing is free. To browse one has to download their plugin.

Contains around 109 online books on literature. The site provides free access to all the works. Some of the works included are The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the novels of Jane Austen, and more.

This site offers works of and about fiction collected from their members, contributing authors worldwide, and texts in the public domain.

FreeBooks4Doctors is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical books over the Internet. There are good number of titles avaialble on different aspects of medical sciences. It provides links to free of cost e-books available on different sites.

Provides links to online full text of educational and technical books. Also provides links to online course, workshops, etc.

You may download programming and computer science books for FREE!.

Lists free online computer science and engineering books +lecture notes.

Provides links to free of charge electronic books available on different aspects of medical sciences.

IPL provides links to around 20000 e-books on various subjects. The subjects are classified by using Dewey Decimal classification.

Provides access to full text of classic economics books, essays and articles.

Provides access to 10,158 eBooks formatted for reading on your Palm, PocketPC, Zaurus, Rocketbook, or Symbian cellphone.

Provides FREE online access to its e-books collection. Right now it holds around 1500 titles. Free PDF versions are available to readers from developing countries.

The Online Books Page facilitates access to books that are freely readable over the Internet. It also aims to encourage the development of such online books, for the benefit and edification of all. Books are available in all subject areas.

It contains excellent collection of literature books.

Provides access to good number of computer books. These are available for browsing and also saving of chapters in HTML format is possible.

Contains lot of classic books, which can read online for free.

Gives online access to full text of classic books on different subjects, which are published pre 1923. The project does not cover any of the copyrighted material. One can download texts required for his/her use.

It is a free online library. It offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

Provides links to full text of computer books. The books covered here are bit old, but still worth to visit.

Around 60 titles are available for free browsing covering different subject areas.

Provides full text access to collection of classic works in English literature. The collection includes prose, poetry and fictions.

It is a global coordinated effort to preserve and disseminate classic works of literature, serials, bibliographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works in a number of languages and countries around the world. Provides free access to collection listed under 'Public'.