Open Access Databases
Our databases list contains a longer list of Open Access resources.
- DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books
Open-access scholarly e-books in the humanities and sciences.
- DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
Online scientific and scholarly journals freely available to the public
More Open Access Books & Tools
Open Access by ISBN: 9780262517638Publication Date: 2012-07-20An OA introduction freely available as a PDF at the link above. "Suber tells us what open access is and isn’t, how it benefits authors and readers of research, how we pay for it, how it avoids copyright problems, how it has moved from the periphery to the mainstream, and what its future may hold. Distilling a decade of Suber’s influential writing and thinking about open access, this is the indispensable book on the subject for researchers, librarians, administrators, funders, publishers, and policy makers."
The Access Principle by ISBN: 9780262232425Publication Date: 2005-10-07Freely available as a PDF at the link above. "John Willinsky describes the latest chapter in this ongoing story—online open access publishing by scholarly journals—and makes a case for open access as a public good."
- The Open Access Directory"The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them, use them for reference, and update them."
- SHERPA/RoMEOThis site helps authors find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement. Perfect for figuring out if you can archive an OA copy of articles you've written.
