Library Guides: Apparel, Merchandising and Design (AMD) Research Guide: Open Scholarship Resources & Services

Freeing Scholarly Knowledge

Athena Unbound by Peter Baldwin
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9780262048002
Publication Date: 2023-03-28

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Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Almost 16,000 journals are indexed in DOAJ. They cover all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and humanities. Since many of the titles are in languages other than English, you may want to use the "Languages" filter.
Berghahn Journals
A collection of peer-reviewed open access journals in the humanities and social sciences.
Open Access Journals Through Browzine
Free, Open Access content available in Browzine.

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ISU Digital Press (Apparel and Textile Design)
"The Digital Press hosts and publishes journals, conference proceedings, books, and textbooks in disciplines represented in Iowa State University's curricular and research programs. Materials published through the press are open access upon publication."
Knowledge Unlatched
"...makes scholarly content freely available to everyone and contributes to the further development of the Open Access infrastructure."
Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library provides an easy-to-use interface for locating and evaluating OER. Along with peer-reviewed textbooks, the OTL provides reviews from faculty who have adopted their texts for courses.

JSTOR: Open Content This link opens in a new window
This is a subset of the full JSTOR collection, limited to content found in the JSTOR Open Collection. It is primarily a collection of book chapters, but it also contains several thousand freely-accessible journal articles.

Bloomsbury Collection (Open Access)
Covers many disciplines. Use the subject filter to browse titles.
OAPEN
Contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.
ISU Fashion Plates Digital Collection
Hosted by the University Library Digital Collections, the Fashion Plates collection (1776-2003) contains plates of general fashion dating back to the 18th century and continuing through the 20th century.
Google Books
You can also use Google Books to look for free online books or for-sale copies of e-books. Non-copyrighted materials are a strength of their collections.
OER Commons
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons currently includes open educational materials in broad subject areas. Materials include lesson plans, textbooks, activities, assessments, readings, and more.
Directory of Open Access Books (doab)
"The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books .... The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards"
Direct to Open (D2O) - MIT
"D2O harnesses the collective power of libraries to support open and equitable access to vital, leading scholarship."