Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT DOES VIKAS PSOAR MEAN?
VIKAS PSOAR is an outcome of our efforts to DEVELOP (VIKAS) PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES custom search engine.

WHAT IS OPEN ACCESS?
Open access (OA) is defined as the availability of a published item without charge to the user for the right to read, download, copy, print, or distribute the item.

WHAT IS VIKAS PSOAR?
A custom search engine tailored to explore the internet for scholarly literature (articles, thesis and drug information) in the fields of pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, analysis, chemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, bioinformatics, pharmacology, toxicology, pathology, physiology, and multidisciplinary pharmaceutical sciences.

WHAT IS THE NEED?
CONFUSED ……with the results of general purpose search engines
CONFUSED…..by nonavailability to open access full text scholarly articles, thesis
SAVE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME IN SEARCHING OPEN ACCESS SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
GET TO VIKAS PSOAR AT
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004661586693649773900%3A_2x3q90pcba
MAKE YOUR SEARCH LIMITED TO FREE FULL TEXT OPEN ACCESS SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
THIS IS NEW WAY OF STARTING YOUR SEARCH FOR ONLINE ARTICLES

HOW IT WORKS?
It utilizes google custom search engine services and search more than 250 websites of journal and magazine publishers and online repositories. Thanks to google for providing excellent service.

WHERE IS IT?
Just type this in web browser http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=004661586693649773900%3A_2x3q90pcba
(Very Difficult to Remember)
No need to memorize we have made an alternative simple path
Get it through http://vikaspsoar.blogspot.com. There you will find the link to VIKAS PSOAR. Just click the weblink and reach to VIKAS PSOAR. You may join VIKAS PSOAR community at ORKUT for posting your comments and to vote for performance poll.

WHO WILL USE IT?
Students, teachers, research scholars, scientists, practicing pharmacists and patients.

WHAT WILL BE THE RESULTS OF THIS SEARCH ENGINE?
Free full text review articles, research articles, magazine articles, thesis, latest news articles, drug information in various fields of specialization of pharmaceutical sciences namely pharmaceutics, pharmacognosy, analysis, chemistry, biotechnology, microbiology, bioinformatics, pharmacology, toxicology, pathology, physiology.