OPEN ACCESS and FREELY AVAILABLE RESOURCES

E-BOOKS
1. Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) https://doabooks.org
DOAB is a searchable database of peer reviewed scientific monographs that have been
made accessible by academic publishers in open access.
2. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and
primary sources in 75 disciplines.
3. Philippine e-Book Hub https://ebookhub.ph/
The largest online source of Filipiniana e-books
4. Open Book Publishers http://openbookpublishers.com
OPB publishes high-quality academic books and make them freely available to readers
around the world.
5. Open Culture http://openculture.com
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide
lifelong learning community.
6. Open Stax http://openstax.org
Free, flexible textbooks – in the format your student needs.
7. Open Textbook Library https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
Gives free and easy access to data provided by International Organizations, such as the
World Bank, the United Nations and Eurostat.
8. Open Research Library http://openresearchlibrary.org
The Open Research Library (ORL) is planned to include all Open Access book content
worldwide on one platform for user-friendly discovery, offering a seamless experience
navigating more than 20,000 Open Access books.

E-JOURNALS
1. Digital Library of the Commons http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc
The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on
the commons. The DLC provides free and open access to full-text articles, papers, and
dissertations.

2. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) https://doaj.org
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high
quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
3. EBSCO OD https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations
It is a free resource accessible to all researchers. OpenDissertations is an open-access
database built to assist researchers in locating both historic and contemporary dissertations and
theses.
4. Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) http://eric.ed.gov
ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute
of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education.
5. Frontiers https://www.frontiersin.org
Covering more than 600 academic disciplines, this is one of the largest and highest-cited
publishers in the world.
6. Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
7. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and
primary sources in 75 disciplines.
8. Microsoft Academic https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic/
Microsoft Academic is a free public web search engine for academic publications and
literature, developed by Microsoft Research.
9. Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD) https://oatd.org
Advanced research and scholarship. Theses and dissertations, free to find, free to use.
10. Paperity http://paperity.org
The first multi-disciplinary aggregator of open access journals and papers. Its focus is
helping you avoid paywalls while connecting you to authoritative research.
11. Philippine E-Journals http://ejournals.ph
The Philippine E-Journals (PEJ) is an online collection of academic publications of
different higher education institutions and professional organizations. Its sophisticated
database allows users to easily locate abstracts, full journal articles, and links to related
research materials.

ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS
1. Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/
The world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and
initialisms.
2. The Acronym Server http://acronyms.silmaril.ie/
Formerly known as the Internet Acronym Server that provide definition of acronyms.
3. Acronym Search http://www.acronymsearch.com/
Over 50,000 acronyms and abbreviations in many categories.
4. NetLingo List of Chat Acronyms & Text Shorthand
http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php
The world’s largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations and
initialisms.

ALMANACS & YEARBOOKS
1. Information Please Almanac http://www.infoplease.com/
Online version of the Time Almanac that “allows searching along with the contents of an
encyclopedia, a dictionary, an atlas, and several almanacs containing statistics, facts, and
historical records.”
2. Guinness World Records http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
This lists the ultimate record-breaking facts and achievements.
3. The Old Farmer’s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/
This site contains “astronomical events, weather conditions and forecasts, recipes, and
gardening tips.”
4. The CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography,
communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
5. The Yearbook of the United Nations https://unyearbook.un.org/
The authoritative reference work on the UN System