An open access, full text repository of research output of the CSIR
Directory of Open Access Books (OAPEN) Beta Version
OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) announced the launch of the beta version of Directory of Open Access Books, a discovery service for peer-reviewed books published under an open access licence. DOAB provides a searchable index to the information about these books , with links to the full texts of the books at the publisher’s website or repository.
This is a free, online, interactive tool which maps and graphs more than 175 indicators from the World Bank’s development database. It is a concise and up-to-date reference tool for anyone interested in understanding critical development issues such as poverty, food production, population growth, climate change and international trade.
Over 14 million digitised books, maps, photographs, paintings, film and music clips from cultural institutions across Europe are accessible through Europe’s digitial library Europeana.
This site lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books.
Highwire Press is the largest archive of free full text science articles in the world.
Hindawi publishes a collection of peer-reviewed, open access journals covering several areas in Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.
HSRC Press publishes high quality social science research based publications, their e-books are available as open access.
IDRC Digital Library (International Development Research Centre)
The IDRC Digital Library includes final technical reports (from IDRC projects), theses, articles and books written by IDRC-supported researchers and staff, workshop reports, conference proceedings and evaluation reports.
InTech is the largest multidisciplinary open access publisher of open access publisher of books covering the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine. They are currently very strong in Engineering. There are 2300+ electronic books available on the platform.