Open Access Resources
Open Library Project – Internet Archive is a non-profit library with hundreds of thousands of scanned books, films, software, music, websites, etc. It includes many classic works of literature and works out of copyright, public domain. Books can be read in a browser (with an active Internet connection) or downloaded to a tablet or smartphone.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, films, software, music, websites, etc.
Library of Science is an open access platform that provides metadata and full texts of articles published in Polish scientific journals and selected scientific books – journals in natural and agricultural sciences, engineering and technology and exact sciences, humanities, social sciences, theology and arts, mathematics, medical and health sciences. The Scientific Library is available free of charge to anyone with a standard web browser and an Internet connection. Publications can be viewed and downloaded to your computer or mobile device without the need to log in to the Platform. Both articles and books are available in PDF format, and formats such as EPUB, MOBI, and XML are also supported.
Digital Commons Network brings together free full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges around the world. It includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, theses, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
Europeana is a European web portal that includes digitized images of objects reflecting various aspects of European culture and provides access to over 58 million works of art, artifacts, books, photographs, video, and audio from across Europe. The information is available in 27 languages.
ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) is a globally connected European network which provides a dynamic platform for exchange and development in higher education in arts. It represents more than 280 members in 54 countries across all arts, creating new opportunities for its members and facilitating the exchange of good practices. ELIA achieves its goals by organizing events, forming various working groups, participating in research projects and producing papers on current issues.
E-Books Directory is a growing list of links to freely available e-books, papers and lecture notes. It includes over 10,000 e-books in 709 categories.
Journals for Free provides open access to over 17,000 scientific periodicals.
ERIH PLUS is an index of academic journals for the HSS (humanities and social sciences) community in Europe. Article search is provided, facilitated by Dimensions, allowing detailed exploration of 10,000+ ERIH PLUS journals.
Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) is among the largest publishers of open access journals. It currently publishes over 200 peer-reviewed online open access journals covering a diverse range of academic disciplines.
ReroDoc is a digital library which includes over 79,000 book titles, articles, dissertations, maps, periodicals, etc.
Academia.edu provides access to open access scientific publications shared by their authors.
ResearchGate provides access to open access scientific publications shared by their authors.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) is a directory providing free access to quality scientific online journals. The database contains full-text scientific research periodicals, which publish studies and overviews from academic, governmental, non-governmental and other institutions. Resource areas: Biology, Chemistry, History and Archaeology, Law and Political Science, Philosophy and Religions, Social Sciences, Art and Architecture, Business and Economics, Earth Sciences, Linguistics and Literature, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy, Technology and Engineering The purpose of DOAJ is to increase accessibility to all free scientific research publications.