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Library’s List of Open Access Resources

Ruia College’s Dr. P. D. Meghani Library has curated this exhaustive list (arranged alphabetically) of resources where you can find the peer-reviewed, top-quality research e-books and e-journals which are freely accessible and downloadable. Please make full use of these Open Access e-resources.

 

  1. Academia – collection of 22 million research papers; accessed by 133 million academics, professionals, and students every month https://www.academia.edu

     

  2. AmeliCA Open Knowledge for Latin America and the Global South – OA research initiative http://amelica.org/index.php/en/home/

     

  3. arXiv – Eprint service in scientific fields by Cornell Univ., NY & National Sc. Foundation, USA https://arxiv.org/

     

  4. DOAB Directory of Open Access Books – access to 10K+ books https://www.doabooks.org/

     

  5. DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals – contains 15K+ peer-reviewed OA journals covering all areas & languages https://doaj.org

     

  6. Economic Survey https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/

     

  7. महाराष्ट्र राज्य साहित्य संस्कृती मंडळ  इ-पुस्तके – e-books in subjects of Marathi Sanskrit, History, Philosophy, Religion etc. https://sahitya.marathi.gov.in/

     

  8. NDLI National Digital Library of India – 6 crores of e-resources https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/

     

  9. OAPEN Open Access Publishing in European Networks - online library & publications platform dedicated to open access of peer-reviewed books https://www.oapen.org/

     

  10. OLH Open Library of Humanities – makes available and publishes open access scholarly literature with no article processing charges (APCs) https://www.openlibhums.org/ 

     

  11. OpenEdition – has 4 platforms - journals (OpenEdition Journals), book series (OpenEdition Books), research blogs (Hypotheses) & academic events (Calenda) https://www.openedition.org/

     

  12. PeerJ – peer-reviewed scientific mega journal covering research in the biological and medical sciences, publishing 10K+ peer-reviewed articles so far https://peerj.com/

     

  13. Plan S – initiative for OA science publishing by "cOAlition S", a consortium of national research agencies & funders from 12 European countries https://www.coalition-s.org

     

  14. PLoS Public Library of Science, USA – 14K+ resources in STEM www.plos.org 

     

  15. Project Gutenberg – access to all the copyright-free books https://www.gutenberg.org/

     

  16. Project MUSE – initiative by John Hopkins Univ., 68K+ Humanities & Social Sciences collection https://muse.jhu.edu/

     

  17. PubMedCentral free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institute of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH–NLM) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/

     

  18. Redalyc - journals specially from South America https://www.redalyc.org/home.oa

     

  19. ResearchGate - professional network for scientists & researchers with 19 million members sharing their research https://www.researchgate.net/

     

  20. SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online, Brazil https://scielo.org/en/

     

 

Following world-renowned academic publishers have provided Open Access to some of their collection in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The access is extended till 31st March 2021.

 

  1. Brill Publishers https://brill.com/page/discoveroa/discover-brills-open-access-content

     

  2. Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/open-access#

     

  3. De Gruyter Publications https://www.degruyter.com/browse?access_4=open&pageSize=10&sort=datedescending

     

  4. Elsevier journals https://www.elsevier.com/en-in/open-access/open-access-journals

     

  5. Harvard University https://dash.harvard.edu/

     

  6. McGraw-Hill Publications https://www.accessscience.com/pages/open-access

     

  7. MIT Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/mit-press-open

     

  8. Orient Blackswan https://www.orientblackswan.com/opaccess

     

  9. Oxford University Press books https://global.oup.com/academic/open-access/titles/?cc=us&lang=en&

     

  10. Oxford University Press journals https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access

     

  11. Peter Lang Publications https://doabooks.org/doab?func=search&addFilter=lang:%22english%22&template=&fromYear=&query=peter%20lang&toYear=&uiLanguage=en

     

  12. Sage Publishers https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/pure-gold-open-access-journals-at-sage

     

  13. Springer books (including Palgrave Macmillan) https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books

     

  14. Springer Nature journals (including Palgrave Macmillan) https://www.springeropen.com/journals

     

  15. Taylor & Francis books (including Ashgate, Routledge) https://www.routledge.com/go/explore-discover-open-access-research-from-taylor-francis

     

  16. Taylor & Francis journals (including Ashgate, Routledge)  https://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess/openjournals

     

  17. Wiley books https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showPublications?PubType=book

     

  18. Wiley journals https://authorservices.wiley.com/open-research/open-access/browse-journals.html

     

 

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