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Your gateway to academic papers in all disciplines. Check it out for your research need!
Google Scholar
For all your academic journal searches.
Semantic Scholar
A free AI I-powered research tool for scientific literature. Search 218,961,514 papers from all fields of science.
OASIS
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. (This includes, audio, video, textbooks, interactive simulations. e.t.c)
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Electronic Books
Directory of Open Access Books
Discover all subject areas.
Edward Elgar Online
Covers Business Management, Development Studies, Economics & Finance, Innovation & Technology, Law, Politics & Public Policy, Sustainable, Development Goals, Urban & Regional Studies.
Free Tech Books
Covers free textbooks in Computer Science plus lecture notes.
FREE BOOK CENTRE
Links to thousands of free online technical books. Which Includes core Computer science, networking, programming languages, systems programming books, Business, Law, Engineering, among others. Go ahead and check it out.
Intech
More than 4000 open access books and 7 open access journals of technology, economic and management, medical sciences.
Electronic Journals
Arxiv
Provides access to 1,721,117 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science plus economics.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Access to several textbooks covering various aspects of education and other subjects too.
Education Resources Information Center
ERIC is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. It provides over 2,000,000 million educational information resources.
Hindawi
Open access journals covering various disciplines.
JSTOR
Providing access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Jstor is a good source for back issues, check it out!
MDPI Journals
Covers over 223 journal titles in the natural and social sciences, check it out.
OpenEdition Freemium
Open edition covers digital resources in the humanities and social sciences mainly in English and French among other languages. Please choose the language of your choice while on this platform. Subjects range from arts and humanities, to education, social work, linguistics, management, e.t.c
OpenStax
Several peer reviewed college textbooks covering various subjects in the social sciences as well as pure sciences.
Open Textbook Library
A rich collection in education covering Curriculum instruction, Distance Education, Early Childhood, Higher education among others. Other Subjects like Business, Humanities, Computer Science.
Research for life databases
Home of HINARI, ARDI, OARE AGORA and much more…(Please ask for login details if you are off campus)
Science Direct Open
Covers about 900 books and journals in science and technology.
Science Publishing Group (Science PG)
Open access journals and books in the sciences including economics, management and other sciences.
Scientific Research
Covers various disciplines in the sciences and arts.
Social Science Research Network - SSRN
Covering over 50 disciplines including applied and life sciences. About 800,000 papers are available.
Springer Open
Over 200 journals covering both humanities and life sciences.
Taylor and Francis Open
Thousands of articles in various academic disciplines. Remember to select the open option in your output on your left.
Thesis / Dissertations
Ethos – Electronic Thesis Online Service
Search over 500,000 doctoral theses from various universities within the United Kingdom covering various subjects.
Other Reference Databases
ILO STAT – International Labor Organization
Covers labor statistics globally and surveys.
