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Open Access and Library Materials
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DOAJThe Directory of Open Access Journals is a comprehensive directory to OA journals that use a quality control system to guarantee content.
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PLoSThe Public Library of Science is a nonprofit publisher of OA journals about science and medicine
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Springer OpenOffers 160+ OA journals across all areas of science
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BioMed CentralBioMed Central publishes 258 peer-reviewed, OA journals in Science, Technology and Medicine
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Wiley Open Access journalsBiological, chemical and health sciences
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arXivOA to e-prints in physics, mathematics, computer science, biology, finance and statistics. Maintained by Cornell University Library
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SAGE openThe publisher SAGE's OA journal concentrates on social / behavioral sciences and the humanities
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EconPapersInitiative of Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), this provides thousands of economics journal articles, books, software items, and working papers
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Social Sciences Research NetworkDedicated to social science research, SSRN partners with major universities to quickly disseminate new research. It also links to a number of specialized research networks
These collections contain a combination of classic books that have passed into the public domain and new books published with creative commons licenses.
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DOABThe Directory of Open Access Books is curated by the same organization that provides the Directory of Open Journals. It aims to be a comprehensive guide to freely available books
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Project GutenbergThousands of titles available for free download
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HathiTrustHathitrust is a digital preservation project that collects material from both academic institutions and open web sources like the Internet Archive.
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The Online Books PageOver 1 million books available
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Humanities Text InitiativeFull-text sources in humanities and social history. From the University of Michigan
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Open Humanities PressOpen Humanities Press is an international, scholar-led open access publishing collective whose mission is to make leading works of contemporary critical thought available worldwide
OA collections contain many different types of information in the public sphere. Below are just a few examples of excellent sources for education.
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Biodiversity Heritage LibraryCollaborative effort to make biodiversity literature openly available. Contains articles, illustrations, books, maps, and other types of media
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USGS Publication WarehouseThousands of resources from US Geological Survey scientists and library. Historical and current material available
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Internet ArchiveContains books, articles, music and videos as well as the Way Back Machine
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World Digital LibraryWDL contains significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world, like Medieval manuscripts, maps, photographs, and other cultural artifacts
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National Gallery of ArtThe NGA has released thousands of digital images of artwork now in the public domain.
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Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe Met has released nearly 400,000 hi-resolution images from its vast collection. The images are free to download and use for non-commercial purposes.
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American Memory ProjectHosted by Library of Congress, the American Memory Project provides access to a number of collections about American history and culture. It uses historical images, sound recordings, and film recordings to document significant national events. Collections are put together by theme to form online exhibits. Most content is free of copyright restrictions.