FULL TEXT ON LINE ACCESS JOURNALS
An increasing number of surgical journals publish online versions of their print editions. This allows several avenues to access full text on line.

• Interlibrary subscription. Services such as OVID (50), provide full text online access to a number of medical journals, including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (UK) (34).  The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (AM) (33) takes a middle ground, providing  multimedia and interactive features which augment the print journal.
• Single user journal subscription. This access allows the individual print journal subscriber to also access online versions of that journal. The Journal of Hand Surgery (AM) (37) and soon both Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery (61) and the Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (31) will provide full text online browsing of recent journals to subscribers, including access to illustrations online.
• Pay per view. This model, used by the Journal of Hand Surgery (B&E) (36) and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (30), allows users to browse abstracts for free, then purchase access to individual articles.

Free. There is also is a growing list of free online journals, including American Journal of Orthopedics (5), the Internet Journal of Orthopedic Surgery (26), The Irish Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma (29), The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, U.K. (34), Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique (full text articles in English) (69), Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain (38), Orthopaedics Today International Edition (56) and Orthopedics Today (57). An updated list of such sites is maintained at Medsurfer (47).