Use the Journal Finder to Search for Newspapers, Trade Publications, Newspapers, etc. If we have the publication, you will see results that list the database(s) that contain it. Be sure to check the range of dates that are covered.
You can request articles from publications or dates we do not have via Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery.
SPARC - the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition - stimulates "the emergence of new scholarly communication models that expand the dissemination of scholarly research and reduce financial pressures on libraries. Action by SPARC in collaboration with stakeholders – including authors, publishers, and libraries – builds on the unprecedented opportunities created by the networked digital environment to advance the conduct of scholarship."
SHERPA RoMEO - Use this site to find a summary of permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher's copyright transfer agreement.
SHERPA JULIET - Use this page to find a summary of policies given by various research funders as part of their grant awards.
Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine - helps you generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights.
Creative Commons - Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
Open Access Overview - focusing on open access to peer-reviewed research articles and their preprints.
Reshaping scholarly communication - from the Association of Research Libraries
arXiv.org e-print archive - arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. Submissions to arXiv must conform to Cornell University academic standards.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Copyright Ownership and Transfer
Scholarly Communication and Open Access: Research and Publication in Flux
The Crisis in Scholarly Communication (Cornell University Library)
Scholarly Communication: Crisis and Revolution (University of California Berkeley)
Digital Copyright slider: is it protected by copyright?
Anthologize - a free, open-source, plugin that transforms WordPress 3.0 into a platform for publishing electronic texts. Grab posts from your WordPress blog, import feeds from external sites, or create new content directly within Anthologize. Then outline, order, and edit your work, crafting it into a single volume for export in several formats, including—in this release—PDF, ePUB, TEI.
Scalar - an authoring and publishing platform that’s designed to make it easy for authors to write long-form scholarship online. The platform particularly facilitates work that engages visual materials. Scalar enables users to assemble media clips and images from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required.
