Open Electronic Resources


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ACL Anthology The ACL Anthology currently contains 77,980 articles on the study of computational linguistics and natural language processing.
ADB Data Library The ADB Data Library is a platform that hosts publicly available data from the Asian Development Bank.
ADB Publications Provides open access to publications such as books, conference proceedings, manuals, papers and briefs.
AfricanFossils.org This virtual lab collects a spectacular collection of fossils and artifacts found mostly at Lake Turkana in East Africa.
AP Archive AP Archive is the film and video archive of The Associated Press, one of the largest and most trusted sources of independent news.
ArXiv arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for over 2 million scholarly articles in physics, mathematics, computer science.
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BASE BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources, providing over 150 million documents.
Bentham open BENTHAM Open publishes peer-reviewed, open access journals covering major disciplines in science, medicine, technology and social sciences.
Bibsonomy BibSonomy helps you manage your publications and bookmarks, collaborate with colleagues and find new interesting materials.
Biodiversity Heritage Library The Biodiversity Heritage Library improves research methodology by collaboratively making biodiversity literature openly available.
BioMed Central Peer-reviewed open access articles on science, technology and medicine.
BioOne Publications covering all fields of biological, ecological and environmental sciences.
BioRxiv A free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.
British Movietone The world's largest newsreel archive, covering the period from 1895 to 1986.
British Pathe A treasure trove of 85,000 films, unrivaled in historical and cultural significance.
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Cambridge OA e-books Open access academic resources from Cambridge University Press.
Central Asian Journal of Water Research (CAJWR) A bilingual peer-reviewed open access e-journal dedicated to water resource management in Central Asia.
ChemRxiv A free submission, distribution, and archive service for unpublished preprints in chemistry and related areas.
Child Labor Statistics Child labor statistics collected or sponsored by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Clinical Trials A database of clinical trials provided by the US National Library of Medicine.
Cogprints An electronic archive for self-archiving papers in any area of psychology, neuroscience, and linguistics.
Cyberleninka A scientific electronic library of open access (Open Access), built on the paradigm of open science.
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DART-Europe E-theses Portal A portal for searching European open-access research theses and dissertations.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Primary Source Sets Primary source sets exploring history, literature, and culture, complete with teaching guides.
Directory of Open Access Books A discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books.
Directory of Open Access Journal A unique and extensive directory of diverse open access journals from around the world.
Dryad A curated repository that makes the data underlying scientific publications discoverable, freely reusable, and citable.
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EBSCO Open Dissertations An open-access database offering access to thousands of electronic theses and dissertations.
EconBiz A portal for economic and business studies providing access to open access literature.
Encyclopedia Iranica An encyclopedic project dedicated to the study of Iranian history, culture, and languages.
Espacenet - European Patent database Espacenet offers free access to more than 70 million patent documents worldwide.
Europeana Europeana provides access to millions of cultural heritage items from institutions across Europe.
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Figshare figshare allows users to upload any file format so that research outputs can be shared.
French Revolution Digital Archive A digital archive of key primary sources related to the French Revolution.
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GitHub The world's largest platform for hosting development projects and sharing code.
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Harvard Dataverse A data repository where you can share, archive, cite, and analyze research data.
HathiTrust Digital Library A partnership of academic and research institutions offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries.
HERDSA Publications from the Australasian Society for Research and Development in Higher Education.
Hinari. Research for Health Collections of biomedical and health literature with access for developing countries.
Hindawi Open Access Journals A publisher of peer-reviewed, open access journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines.
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ICDL International Children's Digital Library providing free online access to outstanding children's books.
IDEAS The largest bibliographic database dedicated to Economics and available freely on the Internet.
IMF eLibrary The International Monetary Fund's eLibrary offering global research, analysis, and data.
INASP Publications and resources from the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications.
InTech - Open Science Open Minds IntechOpen is the world's leading publisher of Open Access books built by scientists, for scientists.
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research ICPSR An international consortium providing leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods.
International Journal of Civil Service Reform and Practice (IJCSRP) A peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to the theory and practice of civil service reform.
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Kaye & Laby's Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants (16th ed.) Online edition of Kaye and Laby's Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants.
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Labordoc The ILO's institutional repository providing access to publications and documents on the world of work.
Luminos University of California Press's open access publishing program for monographs.
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Mathematics Subject Classification The subject classification system for mathematical research publications.
Mendeley A free reference manager and academic social network that helps you organize your research.
MetPublications Metropolitan Museum of Art publications, available to read online, search, or download as PDF.
Modern Education Modern Education journal, focusing on the latest trends and practices in the national school system.
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National Academies Press eBooks E-books published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
National Digital History National Digital History portal dedicated to promoting Kazakh history and culture.
NATO e-Library NATO's e-Library containing publications, policy documents, and newsletters.
NIST chemistry webbook NIST Chemistry WebBook providing thermochemical and physical property data.
NU Repository Nazarbayev University's institutional repository for preserving scholarly research outputs.
NYPL Map Warper The New York Public Library's tool for digitally aligning historical maps.
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OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) A repository containing quality-controlled open access books from European publishers.
OATD (Open Access Dissertations and Theses) Open Access Dissertations and Theses indexes millions of graduate-level works.
Open Library An open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
Open library of Humanities A charitable organization publishing open access scholarship in the humanities.
Open Textbook Library Textbooks licensed to be freely used, adapted, and distributed.
OpenDOAR A directory of academic open access repositories with quality-assured records.
OpenStax A nonprofit educational initiative based at Rice University publishing free peer-reviewed textbooks.
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Patentscope Search millions of patent documents, including international applications.
Penn World Table Economic databases containing real GDP and relative price information.
PQDT Open ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Open provides free access to full-text PDFs.
Project Gutenberg A library of over 60,000 free eBooks, mostly focusing on older literature in the public domain.
Public Library of Science PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate science.
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Qualitative Data Repository An archive for storing and sharing qualitative and multi-method social science research data.
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Re3data A global registry of research data repositories from all academic disciplines.
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) A collaborative effort to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics.
Research Methods Library of Alexandria An initiative for distributing knowledge about research methods and statistics.
ROAD directory of open access scholarly resources A directory of open access scholarly resources developed by the ISSN International Centre.
Royal Society Publishing journal Scholarly journals published by the Royal Society, promoting science for the benefit of humanity.
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SCOAP3 – Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics A sponsoring consortium facilitating open access publishing in particle physics.
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The European Library An portal providing access to the collections of Europe's national and research libraries.
The National Bureau of Economic Research A private, non-profit research organization conducting economic research.
The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) An international organization promoting the adoption, creation, and dissemination of electronic theses.
The World Factbook A resource by the CIA providing country information on history, people, geography, and economy.
Trip Medical Database A clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly find high-quality research evidence.
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UN Comtrade A repository of official international trade statistics provided by the UN.
UNCTAD UN body providing research, analysis, and data on trade and development.
UNESDOC The UNESCO documents and publications database containing over 140,000 full-text documents.
United States Patent database Patent database of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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World Bank Data Bank An analysis and visualization tool that contains collections of time series data on various topics.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank's official open access repository for its research outputs.
World Digital Library The World Digital Library provides free access to manuscripts, books, and maps.
World Health Organization Europe - Kazakhstan WHO Europe page providing country-specific health profiles, indicators and reports.
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Zenodo A general-purpose open-access repository developed under the European OpenAIRE program.
Zotero A free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research.
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Казахстанская Национальная электронная библиотека Kazakhstan National Electronic Library (KazNEB) — unified electronic repository of Kazakhstan.