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Cognition: Internet Resources

Internet Resources

Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder."

From Peter Suber's Very brief introduction to Open Access.

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OA and the Social Sciences


This box contains links to social science repositories and interdisciplinary repositories with substantial social science material.  It is by no means exhaustive and is intended to provide a sense of the range of types of resources available.

OA and the Sciences

The Sciences have often led the way in the Open Access movement.  This list is by no means exhaustive and is intended to provide a sense of the range of types of resources available.