Research Guides: Open Access: Web Sources

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OA Associations

Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association

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(Mis)Leading Open Access Myths

A response to many common (and misleading) arguments against open access from BioMed Central.

Create Change Canada

An educational initiative examining new opportunities for scholars and researchers in a digital environment.

OASIS: Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook

Training and resources for anyone interested in OA initiatives, including researchers, students and librarians.

Open Access Overview

A detailed introduction to Open Access by Peter Suber, a leading voice in the OA movement.

Right to Research Coalition

Find out how students can get involved in the OA movement and efforts to make scholarly research more accessible to everyone.

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BioMed Central

Search open access biomedicine journals.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
An extensive directory of scholarly open access journals from around the world.
Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)
A directory of repositories worldwide that house open access research materials.
Free Medical Journals
Provides links to dozens of open access medical journals.
Google Books
Provides full-text access to books that are out of copyright, as well as previews to portions of in-copyright, in-print books.
HighWire Press
Search full-text articles in science, medicine, special education and occupational therapy. Most, but not all, are free for download.
Open J-Gate
A searchable index of thousands of academic, research and industry journals.
Project Gutenberg
Provides access to more than 34 000 full-text eBooks available in the public domain (out of copyright).
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publishes a range of open access science journals and other scientific literature. Subject areas include biology, medicine, clinical trials and genetics.
PubMed Central (PMC) Open-Access Subset
Search within journals marked with the OA symbol in the "Free Access" column for freely available articles.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Provides access to abstracts, scholarly working papers and forthcoming papers, and full-text articles in the social sciences.
Synergies: Canada's SSH Research Infrastructure
Indexes research results in social sciences and humanities published in Canada.

Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. It operates through a partnership among Simon Fraser University, the School of Education at Stanford University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Pittsburgh, the Ontario Council of University Libraries and the California Digital Library.

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