Open Access Archives

  • EPrints.org dedicated to opening access to the refereed research literature online through author / institution self-archiving.
  • JISC Joint Information Systems Committee supports further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use Information and Communications Technology to support teaching, learning, research and administration.
  • MathSearch from WolframMathWorld to search free resource built with Mathematica Technology.
  • Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations is an international organization dedicated to promoting the adoption, creation, use, dissemination and preservation of electronic analogues to the traditional paper-based theses and dissertations.
  • OAIster: 2,30,00,000 + digital resources from 1100 contributors are now provided by OCLC. Database Info
  • Open Archives InitiativeThe Open Archives Initiative has its roots in an effort to enhance access to e-print archives as a means of increasing the availability of scholarly communication.
  • Open journal publishers SHERPA project is investigating issues surrounding the development and use of open access E-print repositories. RoMEO Project (Rights MEtadata for Open archiving) is funded by theJoint Information Systems Committee for one year (01August 2002 – 31 July 2003) to investigate the rights issues surrounding the ‘self-archiving’ of research in the UK academic community under the Open Archive Initiative’s Protocol for Metadata Harvesting.
  • Project DARE The SURF programme Digital Academic Repositories (DARE) is a joint initiative of the Dutch universities to make all their research results digitally accessible.
  •  Public Library of Science a world leading provider of freely accessible peer-reviewed online research information.
  • Science and Development Network News, views and information about science, technology and the developing world.
  • ONLINE BOOKS
  • Self-Publishing Portal