University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, USA.
Trop Med Int Health. 2012 Apr;17(4):406-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02938.x. Epub 2011 Dec 30.
The Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), which arose in response to medical literature needs in developing countries, gives online access to scientific information to a variety of institutions throughout the world. This is a great resource; however, little research has been performed on the effectiveness and usefulness of HINARI, specifically to medical schools. Our study sought to find out whether the textbooks (e-books) available on HINARI could form a virtual library that would cover the curriculum of a medical school. After categorising and reviewing the medically relevant e-books on HINARI, we found that they were insufficient in providing adequate subject material relevant to medical school curricula from Rwanda, the United Kingdom and the United States. This literature gap could be closed by additional medical textbooks being made available from contributing publishers. An increase of only 14% in HINARI e-book resources would provide material for the entire medical school curriculum.
健康互联网获取研究倡议（HINARI）是为满足发展中国家对医学文献的需求而产生的，它为全球各种机构提供了在线获取科学信息的途径。这是一个很好的资源；然而，针对 HINARI 的有效性和实用性的研究很少，特别是针对医学院校。我们的研究旨在了解 HINARI 上提供的教科书（电子书）是否可以形成一个虚拟图书馆，涵盖医学院的课程。在对 HINARI 上的医学相关电子书进行分类和审查后，我们发现它们在提供与卢旺达、英国和美国医学院课程相关的足够主题材料方面存在不足。通过增加来自贡献出版商的更多医学教科书，可以填补这一文献空白。HINARI 电子书资源只需增加 14%，就可以为整个医学院课程提供材料。
