A-Z Free Access e-Books
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Biblioboard – A platform for sharing books and multimedia content that empowers libraries to thrive as influential centers for creative community engagement.
Visit: https://library.biblioboard.com/
Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) – One of the world’s most voluminous search engines for academic web resources providing indexing metadata managed by Bielefeld University Library.
Visit: https://www.base-search.net/
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Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) – Provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed books on varied subjects.
Visit: https://www.doabooks.org/
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E-Books Directory – Catalog of open access ebooks, documents and lecture notes.
Visit: https://www.e-booksdirectory.com/
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Free Computer Books – A directory of open access e-books, tutorials, lecture notes and other resources on information technology, computer science, mathematics and other related subjects.
Visit: https://freecomputerbooks.com/
Free Tech Books – open access resources on computer science, engineering and programming.
Visit: https://www.freetechbooks.com/
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Library of Economics and Liberty (Econlib) – Dedicated to advancing the study of economics, markets and liberty and offers resources for students, teachers and researchers of economic thought.
Visit: https://www.econlib.org/
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Project Gutenberg – Pioneer in digitizing, archiving and distribution of open access literary works.
Visit: https://www.gutenberg.org/
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Sudlanan: PUP Online Repository on Philippine Studies – The PUP Center for Philippine Studies is an attempt to contribute to national and international discourses towards developing a repository of research and creative production in Philippine Studies that can be utilized not only by the academe but more so by the public.
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Read Print: Provides access to ebooks including classics written by world-renowned authors.
A-Z Free Full-Text Databases
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Acta Medica Philippina – A general medical and health science journal published by the University of the Philippines and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development.
Visit: https://actamedicaphilippina.upm.edu.ph/index.php/acta/
arXiv.org – A repository for scholarly articles operated by Cornell University on the field of STEM.
Visit: https://arxiv.org/
Asian Development Bank’s Evaluation Reports – An archive on the systematic evaluation of the ADB’s policies, strategies, operations, and special concerns that relate to organizational and operational effectiveness.
Visit: https://www.adb.org/site/evaluation/main
Ateneo Journals Online – A repository for journals in the arts, philosophy, language and literature studies, theology, management, history and social science published by the Ateneo de Manila University.
Visit: https://journals.ateneo.edu/
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BMC – A pioneer in open access publishing of peer-reviewed journals, expanding beyond biomedicine into the physical sciences, mathematics and engineering disciplines.
Visit: https://www.biomedcentral.com/
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CERN Document Server – Offers full-text articles, ebooks, journals and documents on particle physics and related areas.
Visit: http://cdsweb.cern.ch/
Chan Robles Virtual Law Library – Home of the “Philippine On-line Legal Resources” that features its Comprehensive Electronic Library on Philippine Legal Resources.
Visit: https://www.chanrobles.com/virtualibrary1.htm#.Y0Dz2uxByw4
CORE – A multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research allowing access to full-text scholarly articles.
Visit: https://core.ac.uk/
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – A full-text database containing journal articles published by the ASCE from 1983 up to the present.
Visit: https://www.asce.org/
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Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) – A gateway to international literature providing access to full-text articles, papers and dissertation by Indiana University.
Visit: https://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) – Directory of peer-reviewed journals covering numerous subjects and languages.
Visit: https://www.doaj.org/
DOST STARBOOKS – The Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly-Operated KioskS (STARBOOKS) is committed to disseminating information physically available at DOST (SciNeT) on science and technology.
Visit: https://www.starbooks.ph/login
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EUR-Lex – he most comprehensive access to European Union legal documents including treaties, legal acts, preparatory documents and international agreements.
Visit: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html
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Free Medical Journals – Promotes unrestricted access to various branches of medical science.
Visit: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html
Filipinas Heritage Library – A single repository for digital research in the Philippines, aims to spark and stoke interest in the visual, aural and printed story for the Filipino.
Visit: https://www.filipinaslibrary.org.ph/
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Highwire Press – A trusted global provider of innovative scholarly publications by the Stanford University Libraries.
Visit: https://www.highwirepress.com/
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Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest – A technical journal published quarterly by the Applied Physics Laboratory by Johns Hopkins University.
Visit: https://www.jhuapl.edu/TechDigest
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Labordoc – An institutional repository to a wide range of resources including journals on work-related aspects of economic and social development, sustainable livelihood and human rights.
Visit: https://labordoc.ilo.org/
LawPhil – Legal database of the Arellano Law Foundation providing access to Philippine laws, statues, case law, presidential decrees and other legal sources.
Visit: https://lawphil.net/
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) – Provides high-quality and objective economic research for policymakers, business and academia.
Visit: https://www.nber.org/
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NSIT) – Data gateway to access NIST scientific and technical data to varied scientific disciplines.
Visit: http://srdata.nist.gov/gateway/
NORMLEX – Provides comprehensive and user friendly information on International Labour Standards including national labour and social security laws.
Visit: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) – The official journal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and is one of the world’s most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals.
Visit: https://www.pnas.org/
PubMed Central – An archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature reviewed and selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Visit: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
Philippine e-Journals – A single web-based platform for academic journals hosted by C&E Publishing, Inc., a premier educational publisher and a leader in the distribution of integrated information-based solutions.
Visit: https://ejournals.ph/
Philippine Journal of Science – An open-access, peer-reviewed journal on natural sciences, engineering, mathematics, and social sciences published by the Department of Science and Technology.
Visit: https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/
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Scientific Journals International – Peer-reviewed scholarly journals in varied disciplines representing leading universities around the world.
Visit: https://publons.com/wos-op/publisher/2412/scientific-journals-international-sji
Social Science Research Network – Committed to the worldwide dissemination of research composed of a number of specialized research networks.
Visit: https://www.ssrn.com/index.cfm/en/
Supreme Court E-Library – Primary research tool in the speedy delivery of justice for it “Puts all laws, decisions and rules and regulations in the Judge’s fingertips.”
Visit: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/
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University of the Philippines Diliman Journals Online – A repository for journals published by the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Visit: https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/index
University of Santo Tomas Journal Websites – Committed to providing researchers access to content and journal publications of UST.
Visit: https://journals.ust.edu.ph/
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World dataBank: World Bank’s Open Data Initiative – Provides access to financial, business, health, economic and human development data for more than two hundred (200) countries.
A-Z Theses and Dissertations
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Brigham Young University – Offers open access electronic thesis and dissertation enabling graduate students to consume research virtually.
Visit: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/
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California Institute of Technology – CaltechThesis is a growing open access repository of theses authored by undergraduate and graduate students of California Institute of Technology.
Visit: http://thesis.library.caltech.edu/
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Electronic Theses and Dissertations at Virginia Tech – One of the pioneers in providing open access electronic theses and dissertations authored by undergraduate and graduate students of Virginia Tech.
Visit: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/
EThOS – A collection of open access doctoral research theses from the United Kingdom participated by various institutions’ national thesis service.
Visit: https://ethos.bl.uk/
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Interior Design Local Theses – The peer-reviewed theses are available via direct access of the LLC. The restricted access of local theses is under the Creative Commons License Policy with an indication of openness and acceptance of the local authors to allow researchers to “lift” author’s ideas for academic research work purposes.
Visit: Ask Your Librarian!
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Louisiana State University – A repository of open access research contributed by LSU faculty, staff and students including articles, books, theses and dissertation, audio-visual presentations and other relevant resources.
Visit: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/
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North Carolina State University Libraries – Collated open access theses and dissertation published by North Carolina State University.
Visit: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ETD-db/ETD-search/search
Nursing Electronic Local Theses – There are eight (8) local electronic theses and seven (7) e-books for professionals available through LLC direct access. The restricted access of local theses is under the Creative Commons License Policy with an indication of openness and acceptance of the local authors to allow researchers to “lift” author’s ideas for academic research work purposes.
Visit: Ask Your Librarian
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OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center – Provides open access to numerous peer-reviewed theses and dissertations.
Visit: http://etd.ohiolink.edu/
Open Access Theses and Dissertations – A single repository for open access theses dissertations coming from one thousand one hundred (1100) colleges, universities and research institutions worldwide.
Visit: https://oatd.org/
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Radio Technology Electronic Local Theses – Five (5) local electronic theses available through LLC direct access. The restricted access of local theses is under the Creative Commons License Policy with an indication of openness and acceptance of the local authors to allow researchers to “lift” author’s ideas for academic research work purposes.
Visit: Ask Your Librarian
UMak LLC Databases
ODILO
Description: A repository platform in which the user can seamlessly access purchased databases and eBooks directly from a database’s user interface via remote access.
Visit: https://knowledgeumak.odilo.us/
Proquest Central
Description: A collection of databases considered as the researchers’ gateway to access the world’s leading peer-reviewed academic articles, theses, dissertations, and other rich resources.
Visit: https://search.proquest.com/?accountid-203090
eSCRA
Description: A platform for electronic legal research services that provides access to annotated Supreme Court rulings and decisions dated 1901 up to the present.
Visit: https://central.com.ph/escra/
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Description: A platform for research that offers a single point of entry for access to scholarly books and journals from pioneering and award-winning authors.
Visit: https://academic.oup.com/
Oxford Reports on International Law (ORIL)
Description: Must-have resource for the international law researcher that has set new standards for currency and coverage of public international case law, reporting on international courts, domestic courts and ad hoc tribunals.
Visit: https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/ORIL
Oxford Legal Research Library (OLRL)
Description: A platform providing integrated access across four unrivaled collections of leading works written by world-renowned authors such as International Commercial Arbitration, International Commercial Law, Financial and Banking Law and Private International Law.
Visit: https://www.olrl.ouplaw.com/
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law (OSAIL)
Description: Contains market-leading reference works and treatises published by Oxford University Press including Oxford Commentaries on International Law.
Visit: https://opil.ouplaw.com/home/OSAIL
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