Access to Scholarly literature (Open access) Presentation by Dr.S.K.Patil Professor and Librarian Symbiosis International University

Content Introduction to scholarly access to literature Online resources Subject wise /Faculty wise online resources Open source resources

E-resources in Computer Technology Computing Research Repository ( Open access to 1,082,761 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics Top Open-source Resources for Cloud Computing ( resources-for-cloud-computing/ ) resources-for-cloud-computing/ It provide resources in cloud computing.

Contd… OMICS Journals ( access-journals-list.php) over 400 leading-edge peer reviewed Open Access Journalshttp://omicsonline.org/open- access-journals-list.php World Computer Science & Information Technology ( The World of Computer Science and Information Technology Journal (WSCIT), is an international, monthly, peer reviewed, open access journal that publishes articles which contribute new results and theoretical ideas in all areas of Computer Science & Information Technology.

Contd… Hindawi ( ( Hindawi publishes 434 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of Science, Technology, and Medicine, as well as several areas of Social Sciences.)

Thesis and Dissertations (Open) ETD Collection (Louisiana University) ( ) Open Access Theses and Dissertations ( ) NDLTD ( ) INFLIBNET Thesis and Dissertation (Shodhganga) ( University of Helsinki ( Journal TOC (

E-resources in Social Sciences and Literature Open Library ( The Free Library ( ) SSRN ( Social Science Research Networkwww.ssrn.com Unesco Social And Human Sciences Documentation Centre: Free access to specialized articles from around 700 periodicals in social and human sciences Khoj Directory of Literature Literature, Hindi, Sanskrithttp://

Unesco (

SSRN (

The free library

Virtual library –social sciences

Australian Journals online

Social Sciences Hub

Social sc data archives (

Information please (

Internet Public library (

Research methods knowledge base (

Social Science Information Gateway ( SOSIG)

Social science search engine

Research in Soc.Sc socialsciencesresearchv1 socialsciencesresearchv1

National Archives

Open Access publishing The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual (for the lifetime of the applicable copyright) right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, perform and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works in any digital medium for any reasonable purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use.

Indian Open access Repositories Digital Archive of NITR Research Outputs! INFLIBNET: Home Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Scholarship Repository Digital Repository of National Chemical laboratory, Pune

Contd.. Institutional Repository, IIIT, Allahabad Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Librarians' Digital Library NAL Institutional Repository CSE Report Repository /

Open Access Archives (OAA) OAAs are electronic repositories that may include already published articles (post-prints), pre- published articles ( pre-prints), theses, manuals, teaching materials or other documents that the authors or their institutions wish to make publicly available without financial or other access barriers

Open Source Resources Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Gateway for free e-journals ( )

Inflibnet Catalogue of Theses ( )

Shodhganga ( ) Full text Ph. D thesis submitted and awarded to Universities in India are available for reference and download. (21897 full text Ph.D. thesis ) Chapters of the thesis also available. More than Ph.D. thesis are available in various subjects.

Shodhgangotri ( UGC Inflibnet database of Ph.D synopsis submitted to the University. Check your topic of research to avoid duplication of research topic

E-books (open source) worlds e-book library ( ) Internet Archive ( Web lens ( National Academic Press ( Project Gutenberg Authorama Public Domain Books (Fiction) ww.authorama.com/ ww.authorama.com/ Bartleby.com Provides the best works of fiction from a wide range of classic authors; general reference works like encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, verses etc

Contd.. E-books The Online Book Page The Online Book Page by University of Pennsylvania Library has about e-books on different subjects. Read Print site It is very useful for historians and lovers of literature, as this site contains mainly the classics. It offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. Bookboon ( Text books) ( Useful website for downloading text books in various subjects.

Scirus ( Scirus is the most comprehensive Scientific research tool on the web. Over 545 million scientific items indexed.

Free Medical Journals