E-Journals /E-Books/ Research Databases from the following publishers are made available via the UDL & LiCoB Consortium. These resources can be accessed within the university network (IP's) without any password Kindly also note that indiscriminate downloading is not permitted. Kindly do not download full volumes, etc. Only download the articles that you consider useful. Usage is monitored by publishers and indiscriminate downloading may result in a cancellation of our subscription ! ** Of the selected resources APS-American Physical Society, BIR- British Institute of Radiology, Cochrane Library, Geological Society were available free of cost last year (2021). ASP-American Physical Society is confirmed but other are to be confirmed for 2022. Nature (Nature Research Journals - 48 titles), Nature (Palgrave Macmillan Journals) & Springer- Aid Collection are now provided in 'access only'mode for 2022. Title from Canadian Science Publishing (was NRC Press), The Royal Society, OSA- Optical Society of America & SIPE are now available under Research4Life. IMF e-library has become Open Access from 2020. Oxford Journals is new from 2022.
Cambridge Core is the home of academic content from Cambridge University Press. Built with our users in mind our online platform has been designed to help readers and researchers to make fast and easy journeys to a vast range of valuable content. We consulted extensively with almost 10,000 users while developing Cambridge Core to make sure we are providing a platform that meets the needs of our researchers and customers. Cambridge Core is the place to find valuable, useful and inspirational research and academic information. With over 1.8 million journal articles and 46,000+ books, Cambridge Core is the central destination for academic research.
Elsevier offers open access publishing in nearly all of their 2,800 journals, including over 750 journals that are fully open access.
The AGORA programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of up to 8,200 key journals and up to 22,000 books.
The Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) program, coordinated by WIPO together with its partners in the publishing industry, aims to increase the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. By improving access to scholarly literature from diverse fields of science and technology, ARDI seeks to: reinforce the capacity of developing countries to participate in the global knowledge economy; and support researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level.
Academic and peer-reviewed journals, publications and databases on law and social sciences. Incorporating disciplines such as politics, economics, philosophy, history and many more from the most prestigious academic publishers, GOALI offers access to up to 16,000 resources, including books and peer-reviewed journals from 70 publishers, and the offering keeps growing.
Hinari offers access to thousands of journals, books, and other information resources in biomedical and health sciences topics. The journals and books can be searched through a special version of PubMed (Medline) and through other databases.
OARE provides access to information resources in a wide range of disciplines contributing to our understanding of the natural environment, including environmental toxicology and pollution, ecology, geography, environmental economics, environmental law, conservation policy, environmental engineering, energy and many others.
Free for SUST until 31 December 2025. Need User Name & Password, for it please contact LIBRARIAN, Central Library - PABX: 220 & 250. Password do not shaire with anyone outside SUST, do not post any webpage/social network, do not use from abroad. Violation may lead to suspension of access for the whole university.
General Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering
These are electronic version of printed books which can be read on a computer or a specifically designed handheld device. They are book-length publication in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on computers or other electronic devices. This is an open access publications which contains more than 2,450 books ranging from Physical Sciences, Engineering, Technology, Life Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities
Provides free online access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
Created by the National Academy of Sciences to publish the reports of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine with more than 8,500 titles in PDF format.
Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Other projects include the Wayback Machine, archive.org and archive-it.org
Transform Higher Education and Student Learning Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted. Download, edit and distribute them at no cost. Now offering 1353 open textbooks, the Open Textbook Library is supported by the Open Education Network.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology has selected ProQuest Ebook Central as a key ebook provider for Pearson eBooks (2851 title) only You need credible content from authoritative, scholarly sources. Ebook Central delivers with a breadth and depth of ebooks from scholarly sources, including university presses and other top publishers.
"Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks." The database contains millions of copyright free books and speeches, all available for free download.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) is an international professional organization dedicated to agricultural and biological engineering. Founded in 1907 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), it was renamed ASABE in 2005 to reflect the profession’s broader focus on biological engineering alongside agricultural engineering. The society is based in St. Joseph, Michigan, and has about 9,000 members in over 100 countries. ASABE's functions include providing a forum for research communication through conferences, scientific journals, and a magazine. It also develops standards of practice and offers networking opportunities for members. The society supports professional licensure and is involved in academic program evaluations in the U.S. It has eight technical communities focusing on areas like applied science and engineering, energy systems, natural resources, machinery, and processing systems, among others. ASABE also leads initiatives such as the Alliance for Modernizing African Agrifood Systems and the Circular Bioeconomy Systems Institute, aiming to accelerate improvements in food-crop value chains and promote circular bioeconomy practices globally. The society publishes four peer-reviewed journals: Journal of the ASABE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, and Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. The ASABE Annual International Meeting is a major event, bringing together agricultural and biological engineers worldwide to share expertise and advancements in the field. For more detailed information or specific resources, the official website is asabe.org. Membership is open to all interested in agricultural, food, and biological engineering and technology. Related What is the main purpose of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers How has ASABE evolved since its founding in 1907 to include biological systems What are some key activities and benefits members get from ASABE How does ASABE impact agricultural and biological engineering globally What role does ASABE play in standards development and professional recognition
Founded in 1683, Brill is a publishing house with a rich history and a strong international focus. The company’s head office is in the Netherlands, with offices in Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia. Brill was listed at the Amsterdam Stock exchange in 1896. Brill shares have been publicly traded since 1997. Summarized market details for Brill can be found on Euronext. Brill’s publications focus on the Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and selected areas in the Sciences. Brill publications also include several major imprints with a distinguished history of publishing high quality and successful titles. Products Brill publishes more than 2,000 books and reference works per year in both print and electronic format. Titles are often collated in Brill's E-Book Collection. The E-Book collections are sold by copyright year. Brill publishes almost 600 journals titles – including 42 fully Open Access titles. Many of Brill’s journals are indexed by major abstracting & indexing services, such as Web of Science and Scopus. All back volumes are digitized and are included in the Brill Journal Archives Online. In addition to its journals and books publishing programs, Brill also offers reference works and primary source materials, including prestigious publications such as the Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill’s New Pauly and The Hague Academy Collected Courses. Primary sources usually refer to original material, which scholars study and interpret as a basis for their own academic works. Brill’s Primary Source Collections include scanned printed or handwritten texts, e.g. pre-modern archival documents, Oriental manuscripts, but also printed art sales catalogues and contemporary human rights reports.
Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) is a service managed by the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) that provides access to research journals published in Bangladesh, with the goal of increasing the global visibility and dissemination of indigenous scholarly work. Key information about BanglaJOL: Established by INASP in 2007 and officially launched in September 2007. It is hosted by Ubiquity Press and is part of the Ubiquity Press Network. BanglaJOL covers a wide range of academic disciplines, providing access to tables of contents, abstracts, and full texts for many articles. The platform allows free viewing, searching, and browsing of journal content, but copyright remains with the original journals or authors. While BanglaJOL hosts the content, it is not the publisher itself; journals retain separate editorial control. The service supports the promotion and discovery of research from Bangladesh worldwide. There are over 203 journals listed with more than 22,000 articles, of which a majority have full-text PDFs available. BanglaJOL encourages journals to join and submit content and facilitates electronic journal management using open source software, enhancing accessibility and indexing through open archives. Future goals include expanding full-text availability, increasing online submission and editorial processes, and enhancing hybrid open access models. BanglaJOL stands as an important platform to showcase and provide access to Bangladesh’s scholarly publishing contributions across disciplines.
Academic Journals is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access journals covering a wide-variety of topics.
African Journals Online (AJOL)
CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research. It allows users to search more than 66 million open access articles. While most of this link to the full-text article on the original publisher’s site, five million records are hosted directly on CORE. In addition to a straightforward keyword search, CORE offers advanced search options to filter results by publication type, year, language, journal, repository, and author.
Cambridge University Press accepts open access submissions in 350+ journals.
IOP Science publishes open access journal articles from the the Institute of Physics (IOP).
These are open access, international, peer-reviewed scientific journals which are addressed to a cross-disciplinary readership including scientists, researchers and professionals, and can be accessed via electronic transmission.
According to their website, "PLOS ONE accepts research in over two hundred subject areas across science, engineering, medicine, and the related social sciences and humanities."
Digital Archive of Biomedical and Life Sciences Journal Literature is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
The Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) is operated by the Bielefeld University Library in Germany, and it offers more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 sources. Sixty percent of its content is OA, and you can filter your search accordingly. BASE has rigorous inclusion requirements for content providers regarding quality and relevance, and they maintain a list of content providers for the sake of transparency, which can be easily found on their website. BASE has a fairly elegant interface. Search results can be organized by author, title, or date. From the search results, items can be selected and exported, added to favorites, emailed, and searched in Google Scholar. There are basic and advanced search features, with the advanced search offering numerous options for refining search criteria. There is also a feature on the website that saves recent searches without additional steps from the user. Collection: 276,019,066 documents; 9,286 content providers Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes Advanced Search Options: Author, subject, year, content provider, language, document type, access, terms of reuse
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available. Service of OAPEN Foundation based at the National Library in The Hague. Database contains more than 5,000 academic, peer-reviewed books from 163 publishers.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Dryad is a digital repository of curated, OA scientific research data. Launched in 2009, it is run by a not-for-profit membership organization, with a community of institutional and publisher members for whom their services have been designed. Members include institutions such as Stanford, UCLA, and Yale, as well as publishers like Oxford University Press and Wiley. Dryad aims to "promote a world where research data is openly available, integrated with the scholarly literature, and routinely reused to create knowledge." It is free to access for the search and discovery of data. Their user experience is geared toward easy self-depositing, supports Creative Commons licensing, and provides DOIs for all their content. Note that there is a publishing charge associated if you wish to publish your data in Dryad. When searching datasets, they are accompanied by author information and abstracts for the associated studies, and citation information is provided for easy attribution. Collection: 44,458
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), of the Institution of Education Sciences, is the largest education database in the world-containing over 1.5 million records of journal articles, research reports, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers, dissertations and theses, and books. It allows you to search by topic for material related to the field of education.
EconBiz is a great resource for economic and business studies. A service of the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, it offers access to full texts online, with the option of searching for OA material only. Their literature search is performed across multiple international databases. EconBiz has an incredibly useful research skills section, with resources such as Guided Walk, a service to help students and researchers navigate searches, evaluate sources, and correctly cite references; the Research Guide EconDesk, a help desk to answer specific questions and provide advice to aid in literature searches; and the Academic Career Kit for what they refer to as Early Career Researchers. Other helpful resources include personal literature lists, a calendar of events for relevant calls for papers, conferences, and workshops, and an economics terminology thesaurus to help in finding keywords for searches. To stay up-to-date with EconBiz, you can sign up for their newsletter. Collection: 1,075,219
EconBiz is a great resource for economic and business studies. A service of the Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, it offers access to full texts online, with the option of searching for OA material only. Their literature search is performed across multiple international databases. EconBiz has an incredibly useful research skills section, with resources such as Guided Walk, a service to help students and researchers navigate searches, evaluate sources, and correctly cite references; the Research Guide EconDesk, a help desk to answer specific questions and provide advice to aid in literature searches; and the Academic Career Kit for what they refer to as Early Career Researchers. Other helpful resources include personal literature lists, a calendar of events for relevant calls for papers, conferences, and workshops, and an economics terminology thesaurus to help in finding keywords for searches. To stay up-to-date with EconBiz, you can sign up for their newsletter. Collection: 1,075,219
HathiTrust makes the digitized collections of some of the nation’s great research libraries available for all. HathiTrust has partnerships with over 90 institutions providing more than a million open access.
Publishing is a leading aggregator of e-books for academic, government, corporate and public libraries around the world. We work with leading publishers and societies to host their high-quality content on our platform. The content is carefully curated and then distributed to customers via our state-of-the art platform which is securely managed, and provides advanced analytics features. Customers have come to appreciate IG Publishing as a reliable partner for their e-resource needs.
MIT Open Courseware (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate– and graduate-level courses online. It is a large-scale, web-based publication of MIT course materials. This provides access to over 2,800 courses online. While a few of these were limited to chronological reading lists and discussion topics, a majority provided homework problems and exams (often with solutions) and lecture notes. Some courses also included interactive web demonstrations in Java, complete textbooks written by MIT professors, and streaming video lectures.
OMICS International is an international science publisher that popularizes researched scientific information through its 700+ Open Access Online Science Journals and has organized over 1000 scientific conferences all over the world. OMICS International publishes the high impact, most cited & the best quality articles that are well researched in the field of Clinical, Medical, Neuropsychology, Molecular Genetics, Pharmaceutical, Management, Engineering and Technology, and Life Sciences. OMICS International through its Open Access Initiative is committed to make genuine and reliable contributions to the scientific community. As an Open Access publisher, OMICS International encourages publication of peer reviewed articles through its online Scientific Journals and thus subjects all the submitted manuscripts for peer reviewing to maintain quality and the standards of publication. 50,000 eminent scholars and researchers are providing staunch editorial support to OMICS online science journals striving to promote scientific research across the globe. OMICS International online journals offer scholarly articles to over 3 million readers that are researchers, students, scientists, practitioners, professionals of varied scientific disciplines. The Scientific Journals allow unlimited downloads of scholarly articles for academic, research and reference without any subscription, provided the source of knowledge generation is properly cited.
Paperity boasts its status as the "first multidisciplinary aggregator of OA journals and papers." Their focus is on helping you avoid paywalls while connecting you to authoritative research. In addition to providing readers with easy access to thousands of journals, Paperity seeks to help authors reach their audiences and help journals increase their exposure to boost readership. Paperity has journal articles for every discipline, and the database offers more than a dozen advanced search options, including the length of the paper and the number of authors. There is even an option to include, exclude, or exclusively search gray papers. Paperity is available for mobile, with both a mobile site and the Paperity Reader, an app that is available for both Android and Apple users. The database is also available on social media. You can interact with Paperity via Twitter and Facebook, and links to their social media are available on their homepage, including their Twitter feed. Collection: 8,837,396 Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes Advanced Search Options: Title, abstract, journal title, journal ISSN, publisher, year of publication, number of characters, number of authors, DOI, author, affiliation, language, country, region, continent, gray papers
The Pressbooks Directory is a free, searchable catalog that includes 8,348 open access books published across 204 unique networks using Pressbooks. It's easy to copy, revise, remix, and redistribute any openly licensed content found here using Pressbooks' publishing platform. Nearly all books are highly accessible, and many include interactive H5P learning activities to engage learners.
Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a big player in the world of OA science. Publishing 12 OA journals, the nonprofit organization is committed to facilitating openness in academic research. According to the site, "all PLOS content is at the highest possible level of OA, meaning that scientific articles are immediately and freely available to anyone, anywhere." PLOS outlines four fundamental goals that guide the organization: break boundaries, empower researchers, redefine quality, and open science. All PLOS journals are peer-reviewed, and all 12 journals uphold rigorous ethical standards for research, publication, and scientific reporting. PLOS does not offer advanced search options. Content is organized by topic into research communities that users can browse through, in addition to options to search for both articles and journals. The PLOS website also has resources for peer reviewers, including guidance on becoming a reviewer and on how to best participate in the peer review process. Collection: 12 journals Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes Advanced Search Options: None
Functioning as a research and publishing network, ScienceOpen offers OA to more than 74 million articles in all areas of science. Although you do need to register to view the full text of articles, registration is free. The advanced search function is highly detailed, allowing you to find exactly the research you're looking for. The Berlin- and Boston-based company was founded in 2013 to "facilitate open and public communications between academics and to allow ideas to be judged on their merit, regardless of where they come from." Search results can be exported for easy integration with reference management systems. You can also bookmark articles for later research. There are extensive networking options, including your Science Open profile, a forum for interacting with other researchers, the ability to track your usage and citations, and an interactive bibliography. Users have the ability to review articles and provide their knowledge and insight within the community. Collection: 74,560,631 Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes Advanced Search Options: Content type, source, author, journal, discipline
The website https://www.scirp.org/ is the online portal for Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP), an open access publisher. It offers a platform for submitting and accessing scientific research articles across a wide range of disciplines including Biomedical & Life Sciences, Business & Economics, Chemistry & Materials Science, Computer Science & Communications, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Medicine & Healthcare, Physics & Mathematics, and Social Sciences & Humanities. Key features of the site include: Access to recently published papers from various journals Categorized journals by subject areas Information about paper submission and publishing with SCIRP Resources for authors including peer-review guidelines and open access statements Contact information for support and inquiries Open access to research articles with DOIs for citation The website also highlights recently published papers as of August 20, 2025, with details such as article titles, authors, journal names, volumes, issues, and DOIs. SCIRP provides services like manuscript tracking, subscription info, publication ethics, and translation and proofreading support, making it a comprehensive resource for researchers and academics looking to publish or access scientific literature.
The Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is a collection of papers from the social sciences community. It is a highly interdisciplinary platform used to search for scholarly articles related to 67 social science topics. SSRN has a variety of research networks for the various topics available through the free scholarly database. The site offers more than 700,000 abstracts and more than 600,000 full-text papers. There is not yet a specific option to search for only full-text articles, but, because most of the papers on the site are free access, it's not often that you encounter a paywall. There is currently no option to search for only peer-reviewed articles. You must become a member to use the services, but registration is free and enables you to interact with other scholars around the world. SSRN is "passionately committed to increasing inclusion, diversity and equity in scholarly research," and they encourage and discuss the use of inclusive language in scholarship whenever possible. Collection: 1,058,739 abstracts; 915,452 articles Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: Yes Advanced Search Options: Term, author, date, network
The dblp Computer Science Bibliography is an online index of major computer science publications. dblp was founded in 1993, though until 2010 it was a university-specific database at the University of Trier in Germany. It is currently maintained by the Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz Center for Informatics. Although it provides access to both OA articles and those behind a paywall, you can limit your search to only OA articles. The site indexes more than three million publications, making it an invaluable resource in the world of computer science. dblp entries are color-coded based on the type of item. dblp has an extensive FAQ section, so questions that might arise about topics like the database itself, navigating the website, or the data on dblp, in addition to several other topics, are likely to be answered. The website also hosts a blog and has a section devoted to website statistics. Collection: 5,884,702
The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by Legal Information Institutes and other organisations. It provides databases of decisions of international Courts and Tribunals, Internation decisions, law journals, law reform, treaties, final appeal courts, etc.
Emerald Publishing is a global digital-first publisher well-known for its scholarly journals and books, particularly in the fields of management, business, education, library studies, health, science, engineering, and technology. Founded in the UK in 1967, Emerald has grown to provide a comprehensive collection of peer-reviewed research, working with thousands of universities and business schools worldwide. Key features of Emerald include: A strong focus on social sciences and management disciplines, with coverage extending to other subject areas. Access to over 450 journals, including many with high impact factors and rigorous peer review processes. A digital platform called Emerald Insight, which offers full-text access to journals, case studies, book series, and reviews. Commitment to sustainability and inclusivity in research, endorsing initiatives like the SDG Publishers Compact. Emerald's content supports researchers, educators, and practitioners with authoritative, current research and insights that drive positive change. The publisher also offers various support tools for leaders, managers, and researchers through acquisitions like GoodPractice, promoting effective research and leadership. Emerald serves a broad academic and professional community, making it a vital resource for research in business, management, education, and beyond.
The link you provided is for IEEE Xplore, a premier digital library for research in engineering, electronics, computer science, and related disciplines. IEEE Xplore offers access to a vast collection of technical literature, including: Journals Conference papers Standards eBooks Educational courses It is widely used by researchers, engineers, and students for accessing peer-reviewed papers and conference proceedings published by IEEE and its publishing partners. If you have any specific questions or need help navigating or using IEEE Xplore, please let me know!
JSTOR is a well-established digital library and academic database that provides access to a vast collection of scholarly journals, books, and primary sources. Established in 1994, JSTOR originally focused on digitized back issues of academic journals but has since expanded to include books, primary source materials, and current journal issues in the humanities and social sciences. Key features of JSTOR include: Content from over 900 publishers, encompassing more than 12 million journal articles across more than 75 disciplines. Collections in subjects such as history, economics, political science, religion, literature, and more. The archive typically includes materials with a "moving wall" delay, meaning recent journal issues are available after a 3-5 year delay, although some current issues have been added through specific programs. JSTOR also includes specialized content like JSTOR Plant Science for botanical research and Reveal Digital for marginalized and dissenting 20th-century communities. Some content is freely available to the public, including public domain materials and open access content. JSTOR provides full-text searchable PDFs, citation tools, and advanced search options for effective research. Users can access JSTOR through institutional subscriptions, and individual accounts allow saving articles and managing preferences. JSTOR serves researchers, students, and academics by offering a stable, high-quality digital archive that preserves scholarly literature and makes it accessible for study and teaching purposes. This makes JSTOR a crucial academic resource widely used across many institutions globally, especially for humanities and social sciences research. Related How can I access specific Latin American studies articles on JSTOR What types of primary sources are included in JSTOR's Latin American collections How does JSTOR support interdisciplinary research in Latin American studies What are the advantages of using JSTOR for historical research in Latin America How does JSTOR's archive coverage help explore Latin American socio-political changes Save this thread as a Space Organize your research by saving context for future searches.
About the American Institute of Physics Since the time of Galileo, practitioners of the physical sciences have given humankind powerful, ever-evolving predictive models of our world, enabling stunning technological achievements and enriching our understanding of the universe and our place in it. For nearly a century, the American Institute of Physics (AIP) has worked to advance, promote and serve the physical sciences community for the benefit of humanity. As a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, AIP is committed to the preservation of physics for future generations, the success of physics students both in the classroom and professionally and the promotion of a more scientifically literate society.
About APS The American Physical Society (APS) is a nonprofit membership organization working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics through its outstanding research journals, scientific meetings, and education, outreach, advocacy, and international activities. APS represents more than 50,000 members, including physicists in academia, national laboratories, and industry in the United States and throughout the world.
The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society.
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St. Joseph, Michigan, ASABE comprises members in more than 100 countries. Agricultural, food, and biological engineers develop efficient and environmentally sensitive methods of producing food, fiber, timber, and renewable energy sources for an ever-increasing world population. The adjacent image provides a profile of ASABE's membership and their contributions to society. ASABE membership is open to all—engineers as well as non-engineers—who are interested in engineering and technology for agricultural, food, and biological systems. Learn more about the scope and history of the profession.
ASME serves a wide-ranging engineering community through quality learning, the development of codes and standards, certifications, research, conferences and publications, government relations, and other forms of outreach.
Cambridge University Press (CUP) currently publishes over 420 peer-reviewed academic journals spanning a wide spectrum of disciplines including humanities, social sciences, science, technology, and medicine. Key features of Cambridge University Press journals: The journals cover diverse fields such as anthropology, archaeology, economics, law, literature, management, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, sociology, and many more. Many journals offer full open access, enhancing accessibility and dissemination of research. CUP journals include prestigious titles like The Aeronautical Journal, African Studies Review, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Psychiatry, Cambridge Law Journal, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Management & Organization, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, and The Historical Journal, among others. The journals have rich histories, some dating back to the 19th century or earlier, reflecting longstanding scholarly contributions. Cambridge journals use a hybrid open access model, with some journals fully open access and others offering open access options for individual articles. The publisher is committed to supporting authors with guidance throughout the publication process, efficient peer-review workflows, and tools for promoting research impact. Overall, Cambridge University Press journals are recognized worldwide for editorial excellence, research rigor, and broad disciplinary coverage, serving the global academic community by advancing knowledge across many fields.
De Gruyter Brill is a newly formed global academic publishing company created in 2024 through the combination of two historic publishing houses, De Gruyter and Brill. Key points about De Gruyter Brill include: It publishes over 3,500 books and 800 journals annually. The company has a strong focus on the humanities and social sciences while also covering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. De Gruyter Brill builds on a heritage dating back to 1683 (Brill) and 1749 (De Gruyter). The combination aims to accelerate the transition to open access publishing and enhance technological investments to serve the academic community better. It supports a diverse range of scholarly works across disciplines and is committed to providing exceptional publishing services, improving workflows, and increasing author and institutional satisfaction. The new brand maintains the distinct imprints and programs of both former publishers to preserve their established reputations and subject focus. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, and Leiden, Netherlands, the company leverages strong cultural and operational synergies. De Gruyter Brill represents one of the leading academic publishers in the humanities with a growing presence in STEM fields, offering extensive resources and infrastructure to meet modern research and publication needs.
IndianJournals.com is India’s largest online portal hosting a comprehensive collection of Indian academic and professional journals. Launched in 2007, it provides a uniform platform to access over 320+ journals across broad subject areas such as agriculture science, animal science, applied science and technology, business, economics, management, medical science, social science, library science, and more. Some additional details about IndianJournals.com: It offers online access to current year content plus the preceding four years for selected journals, covering a total of five years’ worth of content. The platform includes both subscription-based access and print + online access options. The portal helps consolidate Indian scholarly research, enabling efficient discovery and use for students, researchers, and academics in India and globally. IndianJournals.com supports a diverse mix of academic disciplines and professional fields, reflecting the rich research output of Indian scholars. Due to the service being currently unavailable (HTTP Error 503), users might experience difficulty accessing the platform at present, but it remains a major resource for Indian academic journal literature.
The American Physical Society (APS) publishes a prestigious collection of 17 peer-reviewed scientific journals, covering all major areas of physics. Their journals include both subscription-based and open-access options, serving the international physics community with high-quality research. Notable APS journals include: Physical Review Letters (PRL): Premier journal for short, impactful papers across all fields of physics. Physical Review A (PRA): Atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Physical Review B (PRB): Condensed matter and materials physics. Physical Review C (PRC): Nuclear physics. Physical Review D (PRD): Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. Physical Review E (PRE): Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics. Physical Review X (PRX): Fully open access, high-impact journal covering all physics. Reviews of Modern Physics (RMP): In-depth reviews covering fundamental physics. Physical Review Research: Open access multidisciplinary physics research. Physical Review Applied: Experimental and theoretical applications bridging physics and engineering. Physical Review Fluids: Fluid dynamics. Physical Review Materials: Multidisciplinary material science research. Physical Review Physics Education Research: Research on physics teaching and learning. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams: Accelerator science and technology. PRX Quantum, PRX Energy, PRX Life: Specialized open access journals focusing on quantum information, energy science and technology, and biological physics respectively. APS journals have a long history dating back to 1893 and represent reputable, rigorous, and highly cited sources of physics research. APS is also committed to ethical scholarly publishing and open access initiatives within the physics community.The American Physical Society (APS) publishes a collection of 17 prestigious peer-reviewed journals that cover all major fields of physics. These journals include both traditional subscription-based and open-access options, serving a global community of physicists with high-quality research. Notable journals include: Physical Review Letters (PRL): A premier journal for short, impactful papers across all physics fields. Physical Review A (PRA): Atomic, molecular, and optical physics. Physical Review B (PRB): Condensed matter and materials physics. Physical Review C (PRC): Nuclear physics. Physical Review D (PRD): Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology. Physical Review E (PRE): Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics. Physical Review X (PRX): Open access, high-impact journal covering all physics. Reviews of Modern Physics (RMP): In-depth review articles. Physical Review Research: Multidisciplinary open access physics research. Physical Review Applied: Experimental and theoretical applied physics. Physical Review Fluids: Studies in fluid dynamics. Physical Review Materials: Multidisciplinary materials science. Physical Review Physics Education Research: Physics education and pedagogy. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams: Accelerator science and technology. PRX Quantum, PRX Energy, PRX Life: Specialized open access journals in quantum science, energy, and life sciences respectively. APS journals are known for their rigorous peer review, broad coverage, and commitment to ethical publishing and open access. The APS journal archive extends back to 1893, showcasing a rich legacy in disseminating frontier physics research.
Ingenta Connect is a comprehensive online content platform designed for scholarly and professional publishing. It offers an end-to-end digital publishing and content management solution aimed at small to medium-sized publishers. Key features of Ingenta Connect include: Hosting and delivering over 5 million articles from more than 300 publishers, covering more than 10,000 journals. Broad subject coverage including agriculture, arts and humanities, biology, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, medicine, social sciences, and more. Offers tools like Content Tracker to monitor the preparation, upload, and availability of publications. Allows publishers to bundle content into different packages with customizable pricing. Supports industry standards like COUNTER, SUSHI, OpenURL, Shibboleth, Open Athens, WCAG, Crossref, and PubMed. Collects extensive user data and provides detailed analytics via user-friendly dashboards. Enables increased global visibility, discoverability, and sales of scholarly content. Provides support for publishers throughout the publishing process, from digital conversion to online distribution. Ingenta Connect serves as a powerful resource for accessing peer-reviewed articles and research publications from a wide range of academic fields through a user-friendly and robust digital platform.
Nature is a prestigious British weekly multidisciplinary scientific journal founded in 1869. It is one of the world’s most cited and influential academic journals, renowned for publishing cutting-edge peer-reviewed research across all fields of science and technology. Key aspects of Nature include: It features highly original, important, and interdisciplinary research papers, typically as concise articles or letters. The journal maintains a rigorous peer review process and accepts fewer than 8% of submitted manuscripts. Beyond research articles, Nature publishes news, editorials, reviews, and commentary on science policy, ethics, and culture. It has a global editorial network, with offices in multiple countries, and an online readership of about 3 million unique visitors per month. The Nature family includes over 60 related specialized journals collectively known as the Nature Portfolio, covering fields like biotechnology, neuroscience, physics, and clinical medicine. Recently, Nature has moved toward greater transparency by making peer review reports publicly available to demystify the scientific publishing process. The journal aims to serve scientists by promptly disseminating significant advances and providing a forum for discussion of scientific issues critical to society. Nature’s reputation and impact reflect its longstanding commitment to publishing transformative scientific discoveries and fostering dialogue on science’s role in society.
Oxford Academic Journals, hosted at academic.oup.com/journals, is the online platform for over 500 peer-reviewed academic journals published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in partnership with learned societies and institutions worldwide. Key features of Oxford Academic Journals: Covers a wide range of disciplines including humanities, social sciences, medicine, science, law, business, and more. Many journals offer multimedia content, supplementary datasets, and open access options to enhance research visibility. Provides tools to support authors, including author sharing links, article promotion assistance, video abstracts, and article-level metrics like citations and Altmetric scores. Easy navigation with subject-based browsing and powerful search functionalities within journals and articles. Journals typically provide comprehensive metadata, impact factor information, and society affiliations. Oxford University Press, part of the University of Oxford, is a prestigious publisher with a long history of advancing scholarship globally. Oxford Academic Journals is widely used by researchers, academics, and students to access authoritative, high-quality scholarly content and to publish their research in respected journals.
Project MUSE, available at muse.jhu.edu, is an online database and platform that provides access to thousands of scholarly journals and books, primarily in the humanities and social sciences. It is managed by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Key points about Project MUSE: It hosts content from more than 200 university presses and scholarly societies. The platform includes over 700 journals and nearly 70,000 books covering disciplines such as literature, history, cultural studies, education, political science, and more. Project MUSE emphasizes high-quality, peer-reviewed academic content and supports open access initiatives. The platform is widely used by researchers, educators, and students for academic scholarship. It is distinct from, but complementary to, other resources like JSTOR and the offerings of Johns Hopkins University Press's own publishing programs. Johns Hopkins University Press, which oversees Project MUSE, is the oldest American university press, established in 1878. It has a significant presence in academic publishing with a portfolio of 110 journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, science, and medicine.
SAGE was founded to support the dissemination of usable knowledge and educate a global community. SAGE now publishes over 800 books a year, over 850 journals – including those of more than 300 learned societies and institutions – across a broad range of subject areas encompassing business, humanities, social sciences, and science, technology, and medicine.
The SPIE Digital Library is the most extensive resource available on optics and photonics, providing unprecedented access to more than 450,000 technical papers from SPIE Journals and Conference Proceedings from 1962 to the present. More than 18,000 new technical papers are added annually. All full-text papers and eBook chapters are provided in PDF format.
Scientific American is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, founded in 1845 by inventor Rufus Porter. Originally launched as a weekly newspaper focusing on new inventions and patents, it quickly broadened its scope to cover various scientific disciplines such as astronomy and medicine. Since November 1921, it has been published monthly. Key features and history of Scientific American: It has a tradition of making complex scientific topics accessible to a general audience while maintaining in-depth, research-based articles. The magazine has hosted contributions from over 200 Nobel Prize winners and notable scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla. Initially emphasizing patent office reports and innovation, it evolved through several ownership and editorial changes, eventually being acquired by Springer Nature. Scientific American today covers a wide range of science, health, technology, environment, and society topics through its print magazine, digital editions, podcasts, videos, and live events. It aims to provide trustworthy science information, enhance public understanding, and contribute to social justice. Its articles are written by journalists, scholars, and experts in the field, supporting both public education and scientific communication. The magazine enjoys a broad global audience, with millions accessing its content each month through multiple platforms.
Springer Nature is a leading German-British academic publishing company formed in 2015 by merging Springer Science+Business Media with Holtzbrinck Publishing Group's Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan, and Macmillan Education. It is one of the largest and most prestigious publishers of scientific, technical, and medical content globally. Key points about Springer Nature: It publishes a vast portfolio of journals, books, and online resources across a wide range of disciplines including science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and humanities. Notable brands under Springer Nature include Nature, Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, BioMed Central (BMC), Scientific American, and many more. Springer Nature is a pioneer in open research and offers many open access journals. The company supports Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is carbon neutral since 2020. It operates globally with nearly 13,000 staff across over 50 countries and publishes thousands of books and thousands of journals each year. The online platform link.springer.com hosts Springer Nature's collection of journals, books, and research content, providing access to high-impact academic articles and enabling discovery for the global research community. Springer Nature plays a critical role in scholarly communication, serving researchers, educators, and professionals worldwide with trusted, high-quality academic content.
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) publishes an extensive portfolio of scholarly journals primarily focused on the chemical sciences and related interdisciplinary fields. Their journals cover a wide range of topics including analytical chemistry, biomaterials, catalysis, chemical biology, inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, medicinal chemistry, nanoscience, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, polymer chemistry, sustainable chemistry, and many more. Some notable RSC journals include but are not limited to: Analyst (published since 1876) Biomaterials Science Catalysis Science & Technology Chemical Communications Chemical Science (flagship multidisciplinary chemistry journal) Chemical Society Reviews Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry Journal of Materials Chemistry A, B, & C Materials Horizons RSC Medicinal Chemistry RSC Sustainability Sustainable Energy & Fuels The RSC journals are distinguished by their rigorous peer-review process, high impact factors, and international reach. They support open access options alongside traditional subscriptions and cover cutting-edge research, reviews, methods, and applications in chemistry and related disciplines. The RSC also produces a large collection of books and online databases, reinvesting surplus funds into advancing chemical sciences globally as a not-for-profit publisher. This makes the Royal Society of Chemistry a vital resource for researchers, practitioners, and educators in the chemical sciences worldwide.
DASH is the central, open-access institutional repository of research by members of the Harvard community. Harvard Library Open Scholarship and Research Data Services (OSRDS) operates DASH to provide the broadest possible access to Harvard's scholarship. This repository hosts a wide range of Harvard-affiliated scholarly works, including pre- and post-refereed journal articles, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, working papers, and reports.
The Library of Congress has compiled an annotated list of theses and dissertations databases from around the world: coverage includes the Theses Canada Portal, where you can search for theses and dissertations in the National Library of Canada.
Books on opentextbc.ca and pressbooks.bccampus.ca are available for viewing and downloading.
Run by Indiana University, the Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) Repository is a multidisciplinary journal repository that allows users to access thousands of free and OA articles from around the world. You can browse by document type, date, author, title, and more or search for keywords relevant to your topic. DCL also offers the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons, an image database, and a keyword thesaurus for enhanced search parameters. The repository includes books, book chapters, conference papers, journal articles, surveys, theses and dissertations, and working papers. DCL advanced search features drop-down menus of search types with built-in Boolean search options. Searches can be sorted by relevance, title, date, or submission date in ascending or descending order. Abstracts are included in selected search results, with access to full texts available, and citations can be exported from the same page. Additionally, the image database search includes tips for better search results. Collection: 10,784 Other Services: None Good Source of Peer-Reviewed Articles: No Advanced Search Options: Author, date, title, subject, sector, region, conference
GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary material. Each document is classified by its Creative Commons license. You are allowed to reuse, redistribute, revise, remix, and retain these documents with particular restrictions.
A multidisciplinary search engine, JURN provides links to various scholarly websites, articles, and journals that are free to access or OA. Covering the fields of the arts, humanities, business, law, nature, science, and medicine, JURN has indexed almost 5,000 repositories to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Search features are enhanced by Google, but searches are filtered through their index of repositories. JURN seeks to reach a wide audience, with their search engine tailored to researchers from "university lecturers and students seeking a strong search tool for OA content" and "advanced and ambitious students, age 14-18" to "amateur historians and biographers" and "unemployed and retired lecturers." That being said, JURN is very upfront about its limitations. They admit to not being a good resource for educational studies, social studies, or psychology, and conference archives are generally not included due to frequently unstable URLs. Collection: 5,064 indexed journals
Center for Open Education at University of Minnesota. This site displays only textbooks that are “open license.” Subject range from the humanities/social science, education, natural sciences and medicine. Also offers access to books in a variety of formats: online, PDF, ePUB, Word and XML.
A unique and easy-to-use resource, Semantic Scholar defines itself not just as a research database but also as a "search and discovery tool." Semantic Scholar harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to efficiently sort through millions of science-related papers based on your search terms. Through this singular application of machine learning, Semantic Scholar expands search results to include topic overviews based on your search terms, with the option to create an alert for or further explore the topic. It also provides links to related topics. In addition, search results produce "TLDR" summaries in order to provide concise overviews of articles and enhance your research by helping you to navigate quickly and easily through the available literature to find the most relevant information. According to the site, although some articles are behind paywalls, "the data [they] have for those articles is limited," so you can expect to receive mostly full-text results. Collection: 203,379,033
The Teaching Commons showcases high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities and makes them available to educators and students around the world.
Zenodo, powered by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), was launched in 2013. Taking its name from Zenodotus, the first librarian of the ancient library of Alexandria, Zenodo is a tool "built and developed by researchers, to ensure that everyone can join in open science." Zenodo accepts all research from every discipline in any file format. However, Zenodo also curates uploads and promotes peer-reviewed material that is available through OA. A DOI is assigned to everything that is uploaded to Zenodo, making research easily findable and citable. You can sort by keyword, title, journal, and more and download OA documents directly from the site. While there are closed access and restricted access items in the database, the vast majority of research is OA material. Search results can be filtered by access type, making it easy to view the free articles available in the database. Collection: 2,220,000+
Science Gateway (https://www.sciencegateway.org/) is an extensive online resource portal designed to facilitate research and discovery in various scientific fields. It provides researchers, students, and professionals access to a curated collection of scientific literature, tools, databases, protocols, job listings, and other resources. Key features of Science Gateway: Aggregates access to thousands of scientific journals including top titles like Nature, Science, Cell, and many specialty journals across disciplines such as biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, and more. Provides easy navigation to powerful research tools, catalogs, protocols, and reference databases like NCBI, PubMed, BLAST, OMIM, and many others tailored to biosciences. Offers integration with academic search tools, citation matchers, glossaries, and dictionaries to support literature reviews and scholarly work. Supports discovery across multiple categories including current news, trends, scholarly videos, clinical trial information, and bioinformatics resources. Facilitates connection to science job postings, grant opportunities, and academic events. Acts as a one-stop hub for life sciences and biomedical research with extensive indexing of high-impact journals and professional resources. Science Gateway serves as a comprehensive research assistant platform, enabling streamlined access to multidisciplinary scientific research, information, and tools needed for successful academic and professional scientific investigation.