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Open Access: Find Open Access Resources

Learn what open access is and how to find open access resources.

Directories

Directory of Open Access Journals
A directory of scholarly, peer-reviewed journals that are Open Access.

Open Educational Resources
Learn how to find and use open education resource materials in teaching and learning. Find open textbooks and other open resources.

Directory of Open Access Books
A directory of academic, peer reviewed books that are Open Access and meet academic standards.

Online Books
Allows you to search online books from Google Books, Internet Archive ebooks, University of Michigan Digital General Collection, HathiTrust and more.

Using OneSearch

Check a box to limit search results to Open Access items using OneSearch's Advanced Search screen.

You will see an open access icon next to open access publications in the list of search results.

Browser Add-ons

Open Access Button
Add the Open Access browser extension to Chrome. Click on the button to search thousands of sources to get you legal access to articles. If you have published an article, visit shareyourpaper.org to legally share a copy.
Unpaywall
Add the Unpaywall browser extension to Chrome and you'll see a green padlock appear next to articles available from open access journals and repositories.