SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design.
The Open Access Network is a multi-partner project working to provide information and trainings about open access resources, and to develop a networked community for researchers and publishers to understand Open Access globally.
The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.
UMass Boston Library Database List provides UMass Boston with a list of databases that offer access to journals, articles, film and video collections, periodicals, newspapers, e-Books, archives, government collections, reference resources, and so much more.
Open Access (OA) grants free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data. A publication is defined 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - anyone can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search for and search within the information, or use it in education or in any other way within the legal agreements. To learn more about Open Access, visit SPARC.
Choosing to publish under an OA license advances information equity by making your research more visible, useful, and more transparent. Learn more about the importance of Open Access from OA publisher, PLOS (Public Library of Science).
This video from the John M. Pfau Library at CSU San Bernadino is licensed with a CC-BY license, allowing for the reuse of the resource.
Free and fast access to research through Open Access publishing expedites the scholarly communication process, thereby enhancing efficiency in research and innovation. This also fosters the international and interdisciplinary collaboration between and the networking of researchers. Open access significantly increases the citation frequency and thus also the visibility of research findings (Swan, 2010; Li et al., 2018).