Key Open Access and Author Rights Resources
- Directory of Open Access JournalsA community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is maintained by the Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
- Open Access Scholarly Publishers AssociationMembership means that the publisher is bound by a code of conduct based on standard publishing practices and transparency.
- PubMed CentralFree full-text articles from a growing number of publications with direct links in Medline
Copyright and Author Rights
- Copyright Advisory ServicesThis is a well organized site that covers a wide range of copyright issues, including publication agreements.
- Crash Course in CopyrightTutorial on copyright created by Georgia Harper, University of Texas System.
- Scholar's Copyright Addendum EngineThis site will help you generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights.
- SHERPA/RoMEOSelf-Archiving database of publishers and the rights they permit for authors to archive their research in online repositories.
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- SPARC Author RightsAn explanation on author rights and the SPARC Author Addendum for negotiating copyright with publishers.
- Stanford Copyright and Fair UseA guide to all things copyright from Stanford University Libraries.
Open Data
- DigitalCommons@PCOMAn electronic archive, housing published and unpublished work by PCOM faculty and students as well as publications of College classes, departments and offices.
- Generalist Repository Comparison ChartComparison chart of open data repositories not limited to specific subjects.
Guide Information
Last Updated: Sep 28, 2023 1:49 PM
URL: https://libguides.pcom.edu/openaccess