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Defining Open Access
"Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions."
-- excerpt from Peter Suber's Open Access Overview
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Benefits of Open Access
There are many benefits associated with the open access model.
- OA makes it easier for researchers to reach their entire audience
- OA makes scholarly work easier for other researchers to discover
- Institutions and their students benefit by gaining access to materials they might have otherwise been unable to afford.
- The public gains access to information that would otherwise remain inaccessible to those without subscriptions.
- Funding agencies (and often times, tax payers) see a better return on their investmen
Open Access Explained
Resources
- Open Access GuideAdditional information regarding open access.
- The Open Access Scholarly Information Sourcebook (OASIS)Researchers, librarians, publishers, administrators, public and students can use this site to find information on and "practical steps for implementing" open access at their institutions.
- Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies (ROARMAP)Listing of institutions with Open Access mandates.
- BePress Digital CommonsSearch open access articles through BePress Digital Commons.
- PLoSPeer-reviewed open access journals in biology, medicine, computational biology, genetics, pathogens, and neglected tropical diseases.
- BioMed CentralOpen access peer-reviewed journals in science, technology and medicine.
- SPARCScholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition's Open Access resources page.