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Guide to free eresources

Access a list of free eresources selected by our experts, including websites, full text databases, abstracting and indexing databases and other reference sources

Open access

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine) 

BASE provides more than 340 million documents from more than 11,000 content providers. Access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library. 

British Library Research Repository 

The British Library Research Repository is an open access repository for the research produced by staff and research associates of the British Library. 

British Museum Research Repository 

The British Museum Research Repository is an open access repository for the publications and public datasets produced by staff and research associates of the British Museum. 

COnnecting REpositories (CORE) 

It provides a comprehensive bibliographic database of the world’s scholarly literature, collecting and indexing research from repositories and journals. The world’s largest collection of open access research papers. 

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) 

Provides Open Access to over 88,000 academic peer-reviewed books. 

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) 

A unique and extensive index of diverse Open Access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community, committed to ensuring quality content is freely available online for everyone. 

Firenze University Press 

Free resource providing access to many Italian books and journal titles. 

MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) Research Repository 

The MOLA Research Repository is an open access repository for the research produced by staff and research associates of MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology). 

National Museums Scotland Research Repository 

The National Museums Scotland Research Repository is an open access repository for the research produced by staff and research associates of National Museums Scotland. 

National Trust Research Repository 

The National Trust Research Repository is an open access repository for the research outputs produced by staff, either individually or in collaboration with research associates of the National Trust. 

Open Edition 

Provides Open Access books and journals across a range of disciplines. 

Project Gutenberg 

A library of over 60,000 free eBooks (mostly literary works published before 1924). 

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Research Repository 

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Research Repository is an open access repository for the research produced by staff and research associates of RBG Kew. 

Zenodo 

A general-purpose open repository which allows researchers to deposit research papers, data sets, research software, reports, and any other research related digital artefacts.