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Access providers
 

arXiv.org: provides Open Access to 473,313 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology and Statistics.

Bioline International: a not for profit electronic publishing service committed to providing Open Access to journals published in developing countries.

BioMed Central: provides access to over 190 Open Access journals covering all areas of biology and medicine.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): this database covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.

Public Library of Science: a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource via Open Access journals.

PubMed Central: the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online): provides Open Access to scientific journals published in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

OAIster: search institutional repositories, including 21 in Australia, for digital resources.

 
Directories
 

Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR): a comprehensive database of all open access and institutional repositories.

OpenDOAR: the Directory of Open Access Repositories.

RoMEO: publishers with paid options for Open Access: a listing of prices and policies to publish an Open Access article with a subscription based publisher.

RoMEO: publisher copyright policies & self-archiving database: use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.

JULIET: research funders' open access policies: use this page to find a summary of policies given by various research funders as part of their grant awards.

PhysNet: The Physics Departments and Documents Network - information from physics departments and institutes worldwide.

OAKList Database: use QUT's OAKList to find Open Access in regards to journals and publishers.

 
Information
 

Publishers allow more than authors think: publishers' agreements are more liberal than journal authors think, but do not allow self-archiving of the published PDF.

Guidance from SHERPA: a page designed to provide information and answers about how an author would publish an Open Access paper.

Science Commons: whose goal is to speed the translation of data into discovery, unlocking the value of research so more people can benefit from the work scientists are doing.

Increase your Impact: Open Access Tools and Your Research Data: Presented by Keith Webster, University Librarian and Director of Learning Services: streaming video presentation that covers Open Access myths and how it can help your academic career.

Publishing in Today's Environment: Presented by John Wilbanks, Vice President Science Commons : a follow on from the above presentation that covers Open Access publishing.

A Big Bucket Full of Data: the ARCS Data Services: Presented by Florian Goessmann : The Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS) is an Australia wide joint-venture of eight providers of advanced computing and eResearch facilities.

 
 
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