OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES (journals, articles, ebooks).pptx

about different open access sources

1. Open Access Resources

2. OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES Open access (OA) resources is a generic term used for knowledge resources made available in the public domain for public access or public consumption at large scale, without any hindrance of subscription fee or access charges. OA is facilitated in an internet based online environment. Thus, OA facilitators as well as users need to establish an online connectivity for knowledge diffusion. Open Access refers to resources that are freely available for viewing and/or use. Open access resources are freely available on the public Internet, permitting any users to read, download, copy, distribute, or print them or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal or technical barriers.

3. OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES Open access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. In General, open a ccess (OA) is immediate, free and unrestricted access to digital materials. The author(s) and co pyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right to access to, and license t o copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital mediu m for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of the authorship, as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use. T he users are able to freely access scholarly materials because the price of publication has been assumed by another party, usually the author, the author's institution or grant which funded the research.

4. FEATURES OF OPEN ACESS PUBLICATION Free access of all publications within the framework to all, irrespective of colour, caste, creed, sex, and religion. Guarantee of worldwide access. Right to everlasting access, License to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly Right to open access of complete version as well as all supplemental materials.

5. OPEN ACCESS MODELS Green Open Access :- It involves authors self archiving their articles by sharing them on their own website, or more preferably, in their institution's Institutional Repository or in some other public archive. Gold O pen A ccess :- In this the articles are published in a journal that is open access, which means the journal, will handle hosting and distributing the journal article in a free and open manner. some gold open access journals have publication fees that need to paid by the author (or the author's employer) to cover the cost of publishing the article. Hybrid O pen A ccess :- In this model, traditional subscription based journals offer authors the option to make individual articles open access upon payment of an article processing charge (APC). The author has the choice to make their articles freely available within a subscription based journal, providing a mix of open access and subscription based content.

6. OPEN ACCESS MODELS Delayed open access :- in this model, the research articles are initially published behind a paywall or available inly to subscribers. After a certain period, the articles are made freely accessible. Short-term open access :- it refers to a temporary period during which research articles are made freely available to readers. Partial open access :- It involves making only a portion of a research article or publication freely available, while the fill content remains restricted to subscribers. Community supported open access :- in this model, academic communities, research institutions, or funding agencies collectively support open access publishing initiatives. This can involve collaborative efforts to fund open access journals, platforms or repositories.

7. WHAT CAN BE MADE OPEN SOURCE? Peer-reviewed research articles Unreferenced preprint articles destined to be peer-reviewed. Theses and Dissertation. Government data such as economic indicators, environmental data, public health data, etc. can be made open source. T eaching and learning materials such notes, video lectures, etc under open education resources and open courseware.

8. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES Journals Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (http://www.doaj.org) DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals Its aim is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals, thereby promoting their increased usage and impact. About 140 library science journals are registered in DOA Karger Open Access Journal ( www.karger.com ) Searchable gateway of Open access journals for every biomedical discipline.

9. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES ScienceDirect Open Access ( www.sciencedirect.com ) Hundreds of free journals and articles from Elsevier’s ScienceDirect platform. S[ ringerOpen Journals ( www.springeropen.com ) Hundreds of free peer-reviewed journals, across all areas of science. Taylor & Francis Open Access (www.tandfonline.com) Taylor and F rancis currently publish a number of pure open access journals. The articles in these journals receive both rigorous peer review and expedited online publication . Wiley-Blackwell Open Access Collection (www.wiley.com) Wiley's fully open access journals are immediately freely available to read, download and share. The fully open access journals are published in collaboration with authoritative journals.

10. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES eBooks Open Access e-Books Project Gutenberg (www.gutenberg.com) It is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Project Gutenberg offers over 56,000 free eBooks: One can choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. The eBooks are digitized and diligently proofread with the help of thousands of volunteers. JSTOR ( www.jstor.org ) Offers thousands of free high quality eBooks.

11. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES Bookboon ( http://bookboon.com ) Established in Denmark in 1988 Ever since it was founded, the company has focused on publishing education related books for business professionals and students. B ookboon offers a huge range of over 3000 eBooks in seven languages, directly available to download from the website. DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books) (doabooks.or g) Provides open access to over 83,000 academic peer reviewed books. The primary aim of DOAB is to increase the discoverability of Open Access books.

12. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES Theses and Dissertations Shodhganga ( www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in ) It is developed by INFLIBNET that provides a platform for Indian research scholars to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) submitted by the researchers. OATD (Open Access Theses and Dissertations) ( www.oatd.org ) It aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. It currently indexes 69,64,772 theses and dissertations.

13. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES E-Prints E-prints refer to electronic preprints, these are scholarly or scientific papers that come before formal peer review and publication in academic journals. E-LIS (http://eprints.rclis.org) E-LIS is an international open access archive related to librarianship, information science and technology, and related disciplines. It contains over 14,603 papers. VetMed Resource ( www.cabidigitallibrary.org ) It is a comprehensive database of veterinary science research covering all aspects of veterinary medicine and animal health.

14. LIST OF OPEN ACCESS RESOUCES Open Access Course Material Open education consortium ( www.oeconsortium.org ) It is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials. for colleges and universities, organized as courses contributed by over 200 higher education institutions. E-learning Portal (elearning.icar.gov.in) E-learning Portal is an innovative initiative revolutionizing agricultural and allied sciences education with accessible and flexible learning opportunities. The portal has comprehensive course collection that spans various academic disciolines , ensuring a holistic and enriching agricultural and allied sciences education for students, researchers & faculty.

15. WHO BENEFITS FROM OPEN ACCESS? Authors benefit from Open Access because of increased audience and also increased visibility and impact of their work. Secondly users, as they get hassle free access to literature they need for their research. It increases their convenience, reach and retrieval part. Teachers and students are greatly benefited as Open Access enables every one an equal access to the key resources and eliminates the need for permission to reproduce and distribute content. Apart from the above mentioned, the publishers, funding agencies, governments and many others reap the rewards of Open Access.

16. OPEN ACCESS - lndian Scenario India is emerging from a land of cheap labour into a global player in world economy and geopolitics and striving towards knowledge society. Today close to 100 Indian journals are OA, including those published by INSA (4), IASc (11), IISc (1), ICMR (1) and the Calicut Medical College (3). Scientists without Borders, a Delhi-based group, is helping easy access to all OA material from India. The National Knowledge Commission is also considering actions to be recommended to the government for the effective use of Open Source/Access models for the Nation,

17. ADVANTAGES OF OPEN ACCESS Open access publications are more often cited because of their higher publicity and availability to anyone. Open Access published articles are freely available and downloadable at full text on the internet. Lower publishing costs. Shorter publication processing time.