OPEN ACCESS LINKS

Open Access Links

Other open access links

1. Digital Libraries

·  Consortium for Educational Communication http://www.cec-ugc.org/

·  Digital Library of India http://www.dli.gov.in/

·  Directory of Open Access Repositories http://www.opendoar.org/find.php

·  eGyanKosh (IGNOU) http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/

·  Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov

·  National Science Digital Library (NSDL) http://nsdl.org/

·  NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository http://nopr.niscair.res.in/

·  NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/

·  The British Library http://www.bl.uk

·  UNESCO Library http://www.unesco.org/library/

·  Virtual Library http://www.vlib.org

·  World Digital Library http://www.wdl.org

2. E-Journals

·  Access to Global online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) http://www.aginternetwork.org/en

·  Bioline international – Open Source Journals and Online Resources Directories News and guide to scientific information on the Web http://www.bioline.org.br/journals

·  CIMMYT : an international Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre http://www.cimmyt.org

·  Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org

·  EPW (Economic and Political Weekly) http://www.epw.in/epw/user/userindex.jsp

·  European Scientific Co-operative on Phytotherapy – European Phytojournal – free online http://www.escop.com

·  Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/

·  Free Medical Journals http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

·  Free On-line Chemistry journals http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/current/fulltext.htm

·  Free scholarly electronic journals: an annotated webliography http://www.istl.org/00-fall/internet.html

·  Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative http://www.who.int/hinari/en

·  HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free full-text peer-reviewed content http://intl.highwire.org/lists/freeart.dtl

·  Hindawi – Open Access Journals http://www.hindawi.com/oa/

·  Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) http://www.ias.ac.in/

·  International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) http://www.inasp.info/

·  Journal of Postgraduate Medicine http://www.jpgmonline.com/

·  MedInd-medical journals – fulltext of 33 Journals http://www.medind.nic.in

·  Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) http://www.mdpi.org/

·  National Preservation Office – NPO ejournals http://www.bl.uk/blpac/journaltemp.html

·  Nature Precedings – Preprint server for the Life Science community. http://precedings.nature.com/

·  Nature Publishing Group – Open Acess Journals http://lib.pondiuni.edu.in/nature.php

·  Nutrition Bytes – Free fulltext http://escholarship.org/uc/uclabiolchem_nutritionbytes

·  OMICS Publishing Group – Open Access Journals http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php

·  Open Access Library (OALIB) – Free Access to 263,388 Academic Articles http://www.oalib.com/

·  Open Science Directory – Developed by EBSCO and the Hasselt University Library http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/

·  Palgrave Macmillan – Open Access Journals http://www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/index.html

·  Physics related free access journals http://www.eps.org/physNet/journals.html

·  PSIgate provides access to evaluated network based information services and resources in the physical sciences. http://www.psigate.org

·  Public Library of Science – premier open-access journals in Biology and Medicine http://www.plos.org

·  Publisher of more than 150 peer-reviewed Open Access Journals http://www.biomedcentral.com/

·  SAGE Open Subject Collections http://sgo.sagepub.com/

·  Science and Education Publishing (SciEP) is a multidisciplinary open access publisher of 85 Journals http://www.sciepub.com/portal/Home

·  Social Science Research Network (SSRN) – Worldwide dissemination of social science research. http://www.ssrn.com/

·  Springer Open gives you free access in Science, Technology and Medicine. http://www.springeropen.com/

·  Taylor & Francis Online :: Open Journals http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/openjournals

·  The African Journal Archive http://www.sabinet.co.za/?page=african-journal-archive

·  The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature. http://www.pubmedcentral.com

·  University of Tennessee – Research Guides – Citation Formats and Style Manuals, Databases and other e-resources collection. http://libguides.utk.edu/style

·  Wiley Open Access Journal http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/index.html

3. E-Books

·  4eBooks has a huge collection of computer programming ebooks. http://4ebooks.org/

·  Arts & Photography http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=108

·  Ask Sam Ebooks has a collection of free e-books like Shakespeare, and assorted legal & governmental texts. http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/

·  Audio books http://www.audible.com/t1/PBRP0329WS022409?source_code=PBRP0310WS012709

·  Baen Free Library is an online library of downloadable science fiction novels. http://www.baen.com/library/

·  Biographies & Memoirs http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=146

·  Blue Portal provides ebooks in various subjects http://www.zillr.org/

·  Book Yards is a web portal which contains books, education materials, information etc. http://www.bookyards.com/

·  Business & Investing http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=118

·  Computers Science & Internet http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=9

·  Directory of Open access Books http://www.doabooks.org/

·  eBookLobby containing collection of various subjects. http://www.ebooklobby.com/

·  Engineering & Technology http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=73

·  Entertainment & Games http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=21

·  ENVIS Bulletin “Telemetry in Wildlife Science” http://www2.wii.gov.in/envis/telemetry/index.html

·  Free Book Spot is an online source of free ebooks download with 4485 Titles in various subjects http://www.freebookspot.es/

·  Free Computer Books consists of a huge collection of free online Computer, Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books http://freecomputerbooks.com/

·  Free Tech Books lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes http://www.freetechbooks.com/

·  Get Free EBooks http://www.getfreeebooks.com/

·  Globusz is a unique ePublishing house, specializing in free eBook downloads http://www.globusz.com/

·  Gutenberg- more than 20,000 public domain books that are out of copyright and also world’s greatest fiction available. http://www.gutenberg.org/

·  Health, Mind & Body http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=83

·  History http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=110

·  Humanities http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=282

·  Know Free is a web portal where users are able to exchange freely e-books, video training and other materials for educational purposes and self-practice http://knowfree.net/

·  Law http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=268

·  Literature & Fiction http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=74

·  Many Books provides more than 20,000 ebooks in various subjects http://www.manybooks.net/

·  Mathematics http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=3

·  Medical Science http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=77

·  Memo Ware has a unique collection of thousands of documents (databases, literature, maps, technical references, lists, etc.) http://www.memoware.com/

·  Nonfiction http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=19

·  Online Books for children http://www.biguniverse.com/

·  Online Computer Books contains details about free computer books http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/

·  Online Free EBooks provides various subject ebooks http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/

·  Open Book Publishers – Publishing open access academic books in the humanities and social sciences. http://www.openbookpublishers.com

·  Outdoors & Nature http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=136

·  Pure Science http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=1

·  Religion & Spirituality http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=65

·  Scribd , the online document sharing site which supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other popular formats. http://www.scribd.com/

·  Snip Files offers you free ebooks and software http://www.snipfiles.com/

·  The Online Books Page is a Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

·  The Public Library and Digital Archive http://www.ibiblio.org/

·  Topics like biography, fiction, games, history or tutorials etc. http://www.free-ebooks.net/

·  Tourism & Travel http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=174

·  UNESCO : Open Access Publications http://en.unesco.org/open-access/

4. E-Newspapers

·  about 10,000 newspapers worldwide http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/

5. E-Patents

·  Australian Patent Office http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/

·  Canadian http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/introduction.html

·  Ekaswaa – Search of all Indian patent documents. http://www.indianpatents.org.in/db/testmaina.asp

·  European http://worldwide.espacenet.com/

·  FreePatentsOnline.com – A simple patent search database, freepatentsonline.com offers to chemical researchers a unique way of searching for patent documents. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/

·  French Patent Office http://www.inpi.fr/

·  German Patent Office http://www.deutsches-patentamt.de/english/index.html

·  Govt. of India’s Patents Website http://patinfo.nic.in/

·  Greek Industrial Property Organisation http://www.obi.gr/obi/Default.aspx?tabid=71&

·  Hong Kong Patent Office http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/home.htm

·  Indian Patent design and trademark office http://www.ipindia.nic.in/

·  Indian Patent Information Retrieval System (IPIRS) http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/patentsearch/

·  Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) http://english.sipo.gov.cn/

·  Internet sites for patent search http://www.pfc.org.in/info/site.htm

·  Irish Patent Office http://www.patentsoffice.ie/

·  Korean Intellectual Property Office http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.english.main.BoardApp&c=1001

·  Malaysian Intellectual Property Division http://www.myipo.gov.my/

·  New Zealand Patent Office http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms

·  Patent Facilitating Centre http://www.pfc.org.in/

·  Patent information centres (PATLIB) http://www.epo.org/searching/patlib.html

·  Patent Lens – A worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource. http://www.patentlens.net/

·  Russian Patent Office http://www.rupto.ru/rupto/portal/start?lang=en

·  Singaporean Patent Office http://www.ipos.gov.sg/

·  Swedish Patent Office http://www.prv.se/

·  Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property https://www.ige.ch/en.html

·  Thai http://www.patentarea.com/thai_patent_requirements.html

·  UK Intellectual Property Office http://www.ipo.gov.uk/

·  United States http://patft.uspto.gov/

·  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

6. E-Reference

·  Cambridge Dictionaries Online http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

·  Foreign Language Dictionary-French http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/frenchdictionaries.htm

·  Foreign Language Dictionary-Spanish http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/spanishdictionaries.htm

·  Glossary http://www.glossarist.com/

·  Librarian’s Index to the Internet http://lii.org/

·  Merriam-Webster http://www.merriam-webster.com/

·  One Look Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com/

·  Sahapedia – An open Encyclopedia on Indian Culture and Heritage http://www.sahapedia.org

·  Scholarpedia http://www.scholarpedia.org

·  Subject Dictionary-Business/Finance http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/businessdictionaries.htm

·  Subject Dictionary-Library and Information Science http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_d.aspx

·  Subject Dictionary-Medical Science http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

·  Subject Dictionary-Science http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/sciencedictionaries.htm

·  Subject Dictionary-Technology http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/computerdictionaries.htm

·  Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org

7. E-Theses

·  DART-Europe E-theses Portal http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php

·  National Chemical Laboratory Pune (Theses full text free). http://docs.ndltd.org

·  Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) http://www.ndltd.org/find

·  Open Access ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT Open) http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/

·  Shodhganga -ETD Repository of Indian Universities- INFLIBNET initiative http://www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

·  Vidyanidhi enhances access to Indian theses and enlarges the reach and audience for Indian doctoral research works http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/

8. E-Zines

·  Competitive E-magazine (Pratyogitha Darpan & Success Mirror) http://www.emagazine.pdgroup.in/

·  digitalLEARNING: Learning Through ICTs http://www.digitallearning.eletsonline.com/about-us/

·  eGov http://www.egov.eletsonline.com/

·  eHEALTH http://www.ehealth.eletsonline.com/

·  Free ezines: offers 22 free magazines in different subject categories http://www.buzzle.com

·  Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter http://www.iotn.org

9. Entertainment

·  10,000 free online games http://www.dailygames.com/

·  more than 5000 free games http://www.games.co.in

·  Movies http://www.imdb.com/

·  puzzles, adventure games, sports, fun games and multiplayer games http://http://www.miniclip.com/games/en/puzzle.php

·  Thousands of free online flash games including puzzles, action and arcade games http://www.freeonlinegames.com

·  Videos http://www.youtube.com

10. General & Search Engines

·  BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) http://www.base-search.net/

·  India Place Finder (A state of the art digital tool for India studies) http://india.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

·  Intute – Free online service with access to the best resources available on the internet http://www.intute.ac.uk/

·  List of academic databases and search engines http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines

·  List of top companies in Indian and abroad http://www.vcsdata.com/

·  Nobel Prize Internet Archive http://www.almaz.com/nobel/

·  PDF Genie is a new search service which is tailored towards PDF documents http://www.pdfgenie.com/

·  Scirus is the most comprehensive scientific search engine for scholarly literature http://www.scirus.com/

·  Selected internet resources in all subjects http://bubl.ac.uk/

·  Social Science Information gateway http://www.sosig.org

11. Government Sites

·  Election Commission of India http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main1/index.aspx

·  Govt. of India http://www.india.gov.in

·  Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/

·  Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) http://www.education.nic.in/

·  Parliament of India http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in

·  Planning Commission http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/

·  Rajbhavan (Tamil Nadu) http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in

·  Supreme Court of India http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/

·  University Grants Commission (UGC) http://www.ugc.ac.in/

·  World Bank Data (Data, Reports etc.) http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/0,,pagePK:50004410~piPK:36602~theSitePK:29708,00.html

12. Libraries, Library Associations and Information Centers

·  American Library (Chennai) http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/resources.html

·  American Library Association http://www.ala.org

·  Asian open source centre – promoting open source and free software in Asia http://www.asiaosc.org/topic9.html

·  Austrian National Library http://www.onb.ac.at/

·  Biblioteca Nacional – Brazil http://www.bn.br

·  Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico http://bnm.unam.mx/

·  Bibliothque Nationale http://www.etat.lu/

·  British Council Library – India http://www.britishcouncil.org.in/library

·  British Library http://portico.bl.uk/

·  Central Reference Library (Kolkata) http://crlindia.gov.in/

·  Digital Information in the Information Research field http://informationr.net/fr/freejnls.html

·  E-Prints in Library and Information Science http://eprints.rclis.org/

·  European Library http://www.europeanlibrary.org

·  German National Library http://www.d-nb.de/eng/index.htm

·  Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres http://www.iaslic.org

·  International Federation of Library Association http://www.ifla.org

·  Libdex is a worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based OPACs, Friends of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links. http://www.libdex.com/

·  Librarians Internet Index http://www.lii.org

·  Library and Archives Canada http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/default.aspx

·  Library and Information Science, Digital Library, Online Journals http://www.academicinfo.net/infoscilibraryj.html

·  National and University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” http://www.nubsk.edu.mk/index.php?lang=en

·  National and University Library in Zagreb http://www.nsk.hr/DigitalLibEN.aspx?id=716

·  National and University Library of Iceland http://landsbokasafn.is/index.php/english

·  National and University Library Slovenia http://www.nuk.uni-lj.si/nukeng.asp

·  National Central Library (Florence) http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/

·  National Diet Library – Japan http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html

·  National Library of Australia http://www.nla.gov.au/

·  National Library of Belarus http://natlib.org.by/

·  National Library of China http://www.nlc.gov.cn/old/old/english.htm

·  National Library of Colombia http://www.presidencia.gov.co/En/

·  National Library of Estonia http://www.nlib.ee/en

·  National Library of France http://www.bnf.fr/en/tools/lsp.site_map.html

·  National Library of India http://www.nlindia.org

·  National Library of Ireland http://www.nli.ie/

·  National Library of Jamaica http://www.nlj.gov.jm/

·  National Library of Latvia http://www.lnb.lv/

·  National Library of Malaysia http://www.pnm.gov.my/index.php?id=76

·  National Library of Namibia http://www.nln.gov.na/

·  National Library of New Zealand http://www.natlib.govt.nz/

·  National Library of Nigeria http://www.nlnig.org/

·  National Library of Peru http://www.bnp.gob.pe/

·  National Library of Poland http://bn.org.pl/en/

·  National Library of Portugal http://www.bnportugal.pt/index.php?lang=en

·  National Library of Scotland http://www.nls.uk/

·  National Library of Singapore http://www.nl.sg/

·  National Library of Spain http://www.bne.es/en/Inicio/index.html

·  National Library of Sweden http://www.kb.se/hjalp/english/

·  National Library of the Argentine Republic http://www.bibnal.edu.ar/

·  National Library of the Netherlands http://www.kb.nl/index-en.html

·  National Library of The Republik of Indonesia National Library of The Republik of Indonesia

·  National Library of Turkey http://www.mkutup.gov.tr/index.php?yenidil=ing

·  National Library of Uzbekistan http://www.natlib.uz

·  National Library of Wales http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=2

·  National Research Centre for free/Open Source Software http://www.nrcfoss.org.in

·  National Sz?ch?nyi Library http://regi.oszk.hu/index_en.htm

·  National Taiwan Library http://www.ntl.edu.tw/mp.asp?mp=2

·  Royal Library Albert I http://www.kbr.be/

·  Royal Library of Belgium http://www.kbr.be/accueil_fr.html

·  Russian State Library http://www.rsl.ru/en

·  Slovak National Library http://www.snk.sk/

·  Swiss National Library http://www.nb.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en

·  The British Library – ejournals http://www.bl.uk/index.shtml#

·  The Helsinki University Library – The National Library of Finland http://www.nationallibrary.fi/

·  The National Library of Korea http://www.nl.go.kr/nlmulti/index.php?lang_mode=e

·  The National Library of Norway http://www.nb.no/english

·  The National Library of the Czech Republic http://www.nkp.cz/_en/

·  The National Library of the Faroe Islands http://www.flb.fo/english/

·  The Royal Library http://www.kb.dk/en/

13. Major Fellowships and Scholarships

·  Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan http://www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/scholarships/commonwealth-scholarships

·  Fellowships and Scholarships http://fellowships.missouri.edu/find/fellowships.php

·  National Scholarships http://mhrd.gov.in/National_Scholarship

·  Scholarship Positions http://scholarship-positions.com/

·  United States – India Educational Foundation http://www.usief.org.in/index.aspx