Links for Open Access Services

The DRIVER project finished in December 2009 after helping the establishment and development of the European open access repository infrastructure. Below are links through which you can access some of the key organisations, services and sources of information available online.
This list is not exhaustive and with the closure of the project will no longer be updated.

• OpenDOAR - http://www.opendoar.org
  An authoritative directory of open access repositories worldwide.
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - http://www.doaj.org
• OpenDOAR Search - http://www.opendoar.org/search.php
  Allow searching for articles in all repositories listed in OpenDOAR
• BASE - http://www.base-search.net
  A search engine specifically designed to provide access to articles held in open access online resources such as repositories.
• NARCIS - http://www.narcis.info
  A search service for access to academic research output in the Netherlands.
• OAIster - http://www.oaister.org
  Allows searching for articles held in open access online resources such as repositories.
• RoMEO - http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo.php
  A searchable database of publishers' standard terms and conditions as they apply to archiving articles in repositories.
• Juliet - http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/juliet
  A summary of policies given by various research funders as part of their grant awards.
• RECOLECTA - http://www.recolecta.net/buscador/index.jsp
  National portal to Spanish open access scientific publications

Last updated: 04-Feb-2010