Open Access (OA) |
Open Access (OA) is defined as the free, immediate, and online availability of research articles and other scholarly or creative publications that have the rights to be fully and freely used in a digital, online environment (SPARC, n.d.). The open and unhindered availability of information will promote further research, encourage new creations, and improve lives.
Why OA? According to open-access organization SPARC and its affiliates, the OA movement is a response to the discrepancy between how information is used, its availability, and its means of being distributed.
SPARC (n.d.). Open access. https://sparcopen.org/open-access/
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OA Publishing Information for Authors
Background & Development of OA
Various governmental, scholarly, and professional organizations from around the world have published statements in support of OA. See the following for seminal statements.
Find Open Access Works |
Did you know...?
...The FAU Libraries provides access to more than 70 OA publications! When looking through our A - Z database list, select "All Database Types" to limit your search examples.
Also, many of our subscribed journals provide hybrid OA, meaning that some articles are openly are freely available. Watch for the OA logo (orange padlock) for those and other available publications!
Workshops & Presentations on OA |