{"id":521,"date":"2018-02-07T16:03:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/?p=521"},"modified":"2022-04-13T20:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T20:32:53","slug":"our-top-open-access-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/openaccess\/our-top-open-access-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Our top Open Access resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve compiled a list of Open Access resources which are available through Cardiff University, The National Library of Wales and around the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"content_container_1082779\">\n<h2>Cardiff University<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/orca.cf.ac.uk\/\">ORCA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University\u2019s institutional repository housing its published research as well as Cardiff University\u2019s collection of PhD theses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffuniversitypress.org\/\"><strong>Cardiff University Press<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cardiff University Press publishes a diverse range of Open Access materials. Headed by Cardiff University academics and staff, the Press also offers opportunities for students to get involved.<\/p>\n<h2>The National Library of Wales<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.library.wales\/\">Welsh Journals<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Library or Wales resource navigates you through 450 Welsh journals published between 1735 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/newspapers.library.wales\/\">Welsh Newspapers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sister site to Welsh Journals, this open access website holds digitised newspapers dated up to around 1910.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.llgc.org.uk\/en\/discover\/nlw-resources\/more-nlw-resources\">Full NLW Resource List<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Library of Wales have open access material ranging from ballads and wills to biography and theses awarded in Wales.<\/p>\n<h2>Worldwide Resources<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Journals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/doaj.org\/search\"><strong>Directory of Open Access Journals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Directory of Open Acess Journals allows you to search academic journals where all the content is free to read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\">Directory of Open Access Books<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This resource aims to increase discoverability of peer-reviewed scholarly Open Access books, ranging from the sciences to the humanities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oapen.org\/home\"><strong>OAPEN<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOAPEN collates quality controlled Open Access academic books focusing on the social sciences and humanities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ethos.bl.uk\/\"><strong>EthOS<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe British Library\u2019s national database of doctoral theses produced in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.base-search.net\/\"><strong>BASE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BASE is a search engine for academic web resources where 60% of its 100 million documents are OA. Use advanced search to see only Open Access material.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/core.ac.uk\/search\"><strong>CORE<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CORE aims to aggregate Open Access research from all available Open Access repositories and journals worldwide and currently offers 6 million full text research outputs.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/oaister.worldcat.org\/\">OAIster<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OAIster is a broad catalogue of Open Access resources and content. Some content is unavailable for full-text access without an institutional login.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opendoar.org\/search.php\"><strong>Open DOAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open DOAR is an authoritative worldwide directory of scholarly Open Access repositories including both university research and resources produced by public bodies like the NHS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unpaywall.org\/\"><strong>Unpaywall<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Redirects you to Open Access versions of restricted articles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We've compiled a list of Open Access resources which are available through Cardiff University, The National Library of Wales and around the world. 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