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Finding open access research

This page contains a list of links and directories to help you find open access resources across ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº and further afield.

¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Discovery

 is ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s open access repository, showcasing and providing access to the full texts of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº research publications, such as journal articles, conference papers, books, chapters and theses. Publications hosted in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Discovery are made open access under conditions specified by the author or publisher. If you have any questions about access to publications in ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Discovery, please contact ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Open Access Team.

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  • – ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s open access repository for research data.
  • – ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s open access repository for open educational resources.
  • – ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s open access university press.
  • ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Digital Collections – a collection of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôºâ€™s digitised materials.

Browser extensions

These online tools/browser extensions search for legal open access copies of research articles when you encounter a paywall:

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Directories

External collections

  • – database of UK doctoral theses.
  • – aggregator of open access research outputs.
  • – digitised items from an international collaboration of academic and research libraries.
  • – collection of open access musical scores.
  • – collection of open access e-books.
  • – international database of open access graduate theses and dissertations.
  • – collection of open access Classical and other texts.
  • – shared repository platform for research held by the British Library and other UK institutions.