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Open Access Resources

           Open Access refers to resources that are freely available for viewing and/or use. Open Access is not the same as Public Domain, and most Open Access creators do retain their copyrights. Open Access is part of a continuum ranging from completely closed, subscription/purchase only access to completely open, no barrier publishing. Open Access is not related to the quality of materials or the peer-review/non-peer-review status of the publications.

Indian Open Access Journals

Open Access e-Books

  • National Digital Library of India (NDLI)

  • Directory of Open Access Books( DOAB)

  • Open Text Book Library

  • E-Books Directory

  • www.bookboon.com

  • Internet Archive(Library)

  • Hindi e-books

  • NCERT Books

  • Hindustan Books

  • Open SUNY Textbooks

  • World eBook Library

  • Project Gutenberg

  • HathiTrust Digital Library

  • OAPEN

  • MERLOT

  • UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004

Open Access Standards

  • COUNTER

  • CrossRef

  • FundRef

  • IRUS-UK

  • ISNI Standard (ISO 27729)

  • ORCID

  • SHERPA-FACT

  • SHERPA-Juliet

  • SHERPA-RoMEO 

  • Infisats (INFLIBNET)

  • Budapest Open Access Initiative

  • Creative Commons (Licence)

  • GNU (GPL) General Public Licence

Open Access e-Journals

  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

  • PLoS Journals

  • BioMed Central (BMC)

  • BMJ Open

  • PubMed Central

  • Bioline International

Indian Open Access Repository

  • CSIR Central

  • Institutional Repository at Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

  • Institutional Repository at Department of Science and Technology (DST)

  • Science Central [Open Archive IR Harvester for DST and DBT]

  • CSIR-NAL Institutional Repository

  • IIT Bombay Repository

  • IIT Gandhinagar Repository

  • Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

  • National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela

  • National Physical Laboratory (NPL)

  • RRI Digital Repository

  • eGyanKosh- (IGNOU Distence Learning Materials)

Theses and Dissertation

  • ShodhGanga, India

  • NDLTD: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations

  • EBSCO Open Dissertations

  • Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)

  • PQDT OPEN: ProQuest Digital Theses

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