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Open Access Resources

Open Access
Open access refers to an alternative academic publishing model in which research outputs (including peer-reviewed academic journal articles, theses, book chapters and monographs) are made freely available to the general public for viewing and reuse. This is unlike the traditional scholarly publishing model under which publishers require institutions or individuals to pay for access to these materials.


Services and Tools:
  • Find a list of Open Access journals through the Directory of Open Access Journals.
  • Use precautions if publishing Open Access by looking through a list of journals removed from the Directory of Open Access Journals.
  • Find a list of repositories through OpenDOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories).
  • Search SHERPA/RoMEO to see if your published works can be archived in places such as your institutional repository.





    • Peer-Reviewed Open Access Resources

    African Journal Archive: full-text journal articles published in Africa comprising of 700 issues and 150,000 pages of journal archives of academic, scholarly, institutional, museums and professional research organizations in Africa.

    ArXiv: an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science and quantitative biology.

    BioMed Central: eJournals in science and medicine.

    Elsevier Open Journals: eJournals for scientific, technical and medical content.

    JSTOR Archive Journals In Public Health: topics addressed include Epidemiology, Health Policy and Administration, Occupational and Environmental Health, Health Equity and the Culture of Health, Aging, Bioethics and Health Promotion.

    OAPEN Library: academic eBooks mainly in humanities and social sciences.

    Open Textbook Library: 700+ higher education eTextbooks.

    PLOS (Public Library of Science): eJournals in science and medicine.


    Open Educational Resources

    Open Educational Resources (OER) are any type of educational material freely available for teachers and students to use, adapt, share and reuse.

    Examples of OER include learning content (such as lesson plans, assignments, textbooks, exams, and videos) as well as tools for learning (like software for creating videos and websites, course management systems, word processing programs and training materials).

    OASIS
  • Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool for finding open content, including textbooks, courses, course modules, audiobooks, video and more.
    • Open Textbook Library
  • Complete textbooks that have been reviewed by a variety of college and university faculty, and can be downloaded for no cost, or printed at low cost. All textbooks are either used at multiple higher education institutions; or affiliated with an institution, scholarly society, or professional organization. Includes the OpenStax collection.
    • BC Campus Open Textbooks
  • A large collection of openly licensed textbooks, some of which have been faculty reviewed.
    • OER Commons
  • A large repository that includes all kinds of Open Educational Resources. Use the search limiters to narrow by education level, material type (i.e. Textbooks) and subject
    • LibreTexts
  • LibreTexts provides free access to more than 400 texts across a variety of disciplines, with an early emphasis on chemistry and other STEM disciplines. The libraries are supported by a nonprofit organization founded by UC-Davis Chemistry professor Delmar Larsen.


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