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Open Access: Research and Scholarship: Open Access Resources

Open access presents a departure from traditional models of publishing, where access to scholarly content is often restricted by subscription fees or paywalls. By embracing open access, researchers and creators are empowering the dissemination of their wo

Databases and journals to discover

Directory of Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals

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Chronicling America

Search America's historic newspaper pages form 1770-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. 

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Open access directory of academic journals

Academic Journals accelerates the dissemination of knowledge through the publication of high quality research articles using the open access model.

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African journal of food, agriculture, nutrition and development

The African Journal of Good, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND) is a peer reviewed scholarly journal. 

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Open Astronomy Journal

Open Astronomy is a peer-reviewed, fully open access online journal, that publishes research, reviews and new spanning all aspects of astronomy and astrophysics.

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The company of Biologists

Biology Open (BiO) is an online Open Access journal that publishes rigorous, high-quality research across the breadth of the biological and biomedical sciences.

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Open chemistry

Open Chemistry is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research, reviews, and communications in the fields of chemistry in an ongoing way. 

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Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

The Journal of Artificial Research (JAIR) is dedicated to the rapid dissemination of important research results to the global artificial intelligence (AI) community. 

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Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement

This mission of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement is to serve as the premier peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal to advance theory and practice related to all forms of outreach and engagement between high education institutions and communities.

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Open Engineering

Open Engineering publishes research results of wide interest in emerging interdisciplinary and traditional engineering fields, including: electrical and computer engineering, civil and environmental engineering, mechanical and aerospace engineering, material science and engineering.

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Bulletin Ecological Society of America

The Bulletin is the official record of the business of the Ecological Society of America. The Bulletin also covers ecological events, news and reports of interest to the ecological community.

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Culture Machine

A member of the Radical Open Access Collective, Culture Machine is a series of experiments in culture and theory. Since 1999, it has sought out and promoted scholarly work that engages provocatively with contemporary technical objects, processes and imaginaries from the North and South.

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Language documentation and conservation

Language Documentation & Conservation (LD&C) is a free open-access journal on issues related to language documentation and description.

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Duke Law Scholarship Reposity
In 1998, Duke began posting new articles from its then six print journals with access to back issues extending to 1996 or 1997. Duke is proud to feature nine outstanding student-run journals that publish innovative articles by law professors from across the country and around the world.

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College & Research Libraries

College & Research Libraries (C&RL) is the official, bi-monthly, online-only scholarly research journal of the Association of College & Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.

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Open Mathematics

Open Mathematics is a fully peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes significant, original and relevant works in all areas of mathematics. The journal provides readers with free, instant, and permanent access to all content worldwide.

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BMJ Journals BMJ Open

BMJ Open is an online, open access journal, dedicated to publishing medical research form all disciplines and therapeutic areas.

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Music Theory Online

Music Theory Online is one of the flagship journals of the Society for Music Theory. It is a peer-reviewed open-access electronic journal of research and scholarship in music theory, music analysis, and related disciplines.

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