Open Access Databases

Release time:2021-07-20297

Resource

Name

Subject

Introduction

 Preprint


arXiv

Physics, 

maths,

computer,

etc.

Established in 1991, arXiv is an e-print service operated and managed by Cornell University in the fields of physics, mathematics, nonlinear science, computer science and quantum biology. It is the leading open access       resource and archive of specific subject areas to publish not peer-reviewd articles. 

ChemRxiv

Chemistry

Preprint service operated and managed by American Chemistry Society,   Chinese Chemistry Society, etc in the field of chemistry.

BioRxiv

Biology

Preprint service operated and managed by Cold Spring Harbor in the field of biology.

MedRxiv

Medicine

Preprint service operated and managed by BMJ, Cold Spring Harbor and  Yale University in the field of medicine.

TechRxiv

Computer/Technology

Preprint service operated by IEEE in the field of engineering, computer,   electronics, etc.

EarthArxiv

Earth

Preprint service operated and managed by Open Science Center in the     field of earth science.

ChinaXiv

Multi-

discipline

ChinaXiv is open achive of preprints by Chinese Academy of Science. 

Cogprints

Multi-

discipline

Cogprints is a preprint server for self-achive paper in multi-disciplinary     cognitive science such as psychology and neuroscience.

Asapbio

Multi-

discipline

A directory of open access achive of preprin services.

Academic Platform/

Search Engine

PubScholar

Science

PubScholar is one-stop platform to search and retrieve academic resources. It is established by Chinese Science Academy.

Semantic   Scholar

Multi-

discipline

AI-powered academic search engine founded by Paul Allen, one of the    Microsoft founders.

Base-search

Multi-

discipline

A comprehesive aademic search engine founded by Bielefeld University    Library.

Baidu Academic Search

Multi-

discipline

Internet academic search engine founded by Baidu, China.

Open Access

Journal

DOAJ

Multi-

discipline

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides  access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. 

GoOA

Multi-

discipline

Founded by Library of Chinese Science Academy, GoOA is  open access  journal platform to provide OA journals retrieval and services.

SpringerOpen

Multi-

discipline

OA journals published by Springer.

ScienceDirect 

Multi-

discipline

OA journals published by ScienceDirect.

BioMed Central

Life science

OA journals of biology and life science published by Springe Nature.

Hidawi

Multi-

discipline

Hidawi makes OA resources most effective and open to everyone.

Open Access Library

Multi-

discipline

Open Access Library is a one-stop service providing OA journals by OAlib.

SOCOLAR Open Access

Multi-

discipline

Established by China Education Import and Export company, Socolar is    one-stop service providing OA journals and articles.

PMC PubMedCentral

Life 

Science

PubMed Central is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences   journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

zbMATH Open

Maths

Formerly known as Zentralblatt MATH, it is edited by the European Mathematical Society, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities,FIZ Karlsruhe.zbMATH Open has been available as open access database.

INSPIRE

Physics

INSPIRE is the High Energy Physics information system.

            AACR

Medicine

From molecules to medicine, from proteomics to prevention, the journals of the AACR cover the entire spectrum of cancer research.

Open Optics Journal

Optics

Optics journals of high quality in China.

J-STAGE

Science

Japan Science and Technology Information Aggregator, Electronic is sponsored and developed by Japan Science and Technology Agency by various Japanese science and technology institutions.

Open Access Book

Hathitrust

Multi-

discipline

Hathitrust is established by research organizations and Google in U.S. and offers free high quality ebooks.


Gutenberg

Social 

Science

Project Gutenberg is established by not-for-profit organization in U.S. and offers free ebooks mostly in literature and arts.

National Academies Press

Science

The National Academies Press (NAP)was created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of the US. 

Harvard University 

Library

Arts

Open access of Harvard Library exhibition collections, including Hedda Morrison's collection, which photographs document lifestyles, trades, handicrafts, landscapes of old China, and many others.

Institution

Repository

Open DOAR

Multi-

Discipline

A directory of Institutional Repository that can search for institutional repositories all over the world.

DSpace

Multi-

Discipline

DSpace@MIT is a growing collection of MIT’s research that includes peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, working papers, theses, and more.

IR of Cambridge 

University

Multi-

Discipline

The Institutional Repository provides service for open access of University of Cambridge and and digital library collections. 

IR of HKUST

Multi-

Discipline

  Hongkong University of Science and Technology Institutional Repository collects, preserves, and disseminates the scholarly output created by the HKUST community. 


Open 

Dissertation

MIT Theses

Multi-

Discipline

MIT Theses is a open access database that includes theses of MIT.

OATD

Multi-

Discipline

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) is the resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations.

American Doctoral   Dissertations

Multi-

Discipline

American Doctoral Dissertations is a free full-text theses database   provided by EBSCO.

NDLTD

 Multi-

Discipline

NDLTD is a these database by US science funding that provides free abstract and some full-text theses.

Dissertation of UK

Multi-

Discipline

A database of these and dissertation of UK.