Open Access

A worldwide discovery service for digital repositories and their contents. The repositories contain a mix of materials but this includes digital theses accepted by the institution which owns the repository.

The Digital Commons Network brings together scholarship from hundreds of universities and colleges, providing open access to peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work. This constantly growing body of publications is curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions, and represents thousands of disciplines and subject areas—from Architecture to Zoology.

Unpaywall links you to the Open Access version of an article when you are blocked by a paywall. Browser extension for Chrome & Firefox.

Open Access helper links you to the Open Access version of an article when you are blocked by a paywall. Available via the App Store (Apple) as well as extensions for Chrome & Firefox browsers.