International Faculty Development Program on “Libraries Response to COVID19: Enhanced Online Library Services” (12-18 May) Mumbai, India

1. zakir.researchtl@gmail.com
https://www.theresearchtl.net/
Crisis COVID 19: Making Open Access Resources
Reachable for Enhancing Online Library Services
Zakir Hossain
CC BY-NC-SA 4.017 May, 2020
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International Faculty Development Program on “Libraries Response
to COVID19: Enhanced Online Library Services” Mumbai, India
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2. Getting to know…
• Databases
• Books
• Theses & Dissertations
• Datasets
• Images
• Sounds
• University repositories
• Browser extension @Unpaywall

3. Open Access Databases
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4. An open database of 26,135,992 free scholarly
articles from over 50,000 publishers and
repositories!
https://unpaywall.org/products/extension
Browser
Extension
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5. DIY
• Is it freely accessible/downloadable?
Marshall, M. B., Cox, A., & Birdi, B. (2020). The role of information in the migration experience
of young Polish women in the UK. Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-08-
2019-0158
(Hint: Not the PhD thesis)

6. eBooks & Audiobooks
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7. Theses & Dissertations
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8. Open Access Datasets
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9. Institutional Repositories
Library
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10. How to MAKE these
Open Access Resources
Reachable?
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11. Free Website Builders
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12. Open Access Courses
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13. List of FREE resources

14. zakir.researchtl@gmail.com
https://www.theresearchtl.net/
Crisis COVID19: Making Open Access
Resources Reachable for Enhancing
Online Library Services
Zakir Hossain
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