4. OATD – Open Access Theses and Dissertations
OATD.org aims to have the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses
and dissertations published around the world. Metadata comes from over 1100 colleges,
universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes 4,155,551 theses and
dissertations.
Subscription Type
FREE
Publisher
OATD Steering Committee
Resource Types
Dissertations
Subjects
Dissertations / Theses
1Enter the site of OATD.
5. 2 you have two options search and advance search chose one and you can search by
author titles abstract ……etc.
3 you can have Record Details Similar Records Cite Share and link URL.
4The a lot of articles will show you choose one. And select on URL .
5The article will show you along with many options simple search , Advanced search -
Research publicationsAdvanced search - Student theses and Statistics.
6This article will appear to you Abstract and with its data.
6. Purpose of DOAB
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are
invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Aggregators can integrate the records
in their commercial services and libraries can integrate the directory into their online catalogues, helping
scholars and students to discover the books. The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic.
Metadata harvesting and content dissemination
DOAB supports the OAI protocol for metadata harvesting (OAI-PMH). Service providers and libraries
can use the protocol to harvest the metadata of the records from DOAB for inclusion in their collections
and catalogues.
Sets: All subject areas and all publishers in DOAB are defined as a set
OAB search box on your website
7. Click here to create a DOAB search box on your own website, such as this one:
Search
Submit
nformation for Publishers
DOAB determines requirements for participation by publishers, in consultation with the participating
publishers and DOAB Advisory Board.
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Requirements
Academic books in DOAB shall be available under an Open Access license (such as a Creative Commons
license)
Academic books in DOAB shall be subjected to independent and external peer review prior to publication
The policies and procedures regarding peer review and licensing should be clearly outlined on the
publisher's website.
Responsible for DOAB
The Directory of Open Access Books is a service of OAPEN Foundation. The OAPEN Foundation is an
international initiative dedicated to Open Access monograph publishing.2
How you can search in DOAB?
1Enter the site of DOAB.
2
https://www.doabooks.org/doab?func=about
8. 2 you have three options browse search and advance search.
3When you clicksearch, you will have a selection of books, and with it you can choose the one that you
best from language or publisher ….etc.
4 if you want abstract about these book just click abstract Below the book. Also you can get Keywords |
Free access | Buy the book | Export citation with abstract.
4 this site is available in two languages English and French.
5 you can find every think about DOAB in its site publisher sponsor etc…..
12. The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a website that lists open
access journals and is safeguard by Infrastructure Services for Open
Access (IS4OA). The project defines open access journals as scientific and
scholarly journals that meet high quality standards by practicing peer
review or editorial quality control. The objective of DOAJ is to "increase the
clarity and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals
thereby promoting their increased usage and impact".4
All funding is via donations, 50% of which comes from sponsors and 50%
from members and publisher members. All DOAJ services are free of
charge including being indexed in DOAJ.5
How do I sign up for news alerts from DOAJ?
you can follow they developments in 4 places:
4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_of_Open_Access_Journals
5
https://doaj.org/
13. the DOAJ News Service
Atom feed
Twitter account
Facebook page
also on LinkedIn and Google+.
How I can search in DOAJ?
1Enter the site of DOAJ
2Only publishers and volunteers need accounts. Every one else is free to
use DOAJ without logging in.
3At the top of the page there are many options that are Home, Search,
Browse ,Subjects, Apply News, About For Publishers and API. Also in the
same page you haveinformation about DOAJ.
4 for search you have two option search and advance search chose one
and write your subject and select enter..
5if you want share this article select share .
6 current order ascending click change to descending←.
7clear all search setting and start again +.
8you can also Choose the order method select order to .
14. 9 select on article I will show you Abstract and Full Text choses one .also
information about author and about this article ..etc.
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15. Ulrich
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory is the database and standard library directory
providing information about popular and academic magazines, scientific
journals, newspapers and other serial publications.The print version has
been published since 1932.It is now also supplied on-line as Ulrich’s web,
includes over 300,000 active and current periodicals.
It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly
or irregularly and that are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription.
Coverage is international, with some emphasis on English-language
publications. The information is derived from the publishers and verified by
the journal. It includes:
● ISSN
● Title and previous titles
● Starting date, place of publication, and publisher
● Cost, availability of electronic versions, subscription terms, and
approximate circulation as estimated by the publisher
● Subject information, searchable as subject terms or approximate
Dewey Classification, special features, and indexing information
● Indications of whether the publication is available on open access
It alsocoverage mulit–language and multidisciplinary.Abstracting and
indexing coverage, including print indexes, online indexes, and indexing
and citation databases; from more than 400 global sources (including
Scopus and ISI Web of Science) and updated in daily ..
Ulrichsweb.com tracks and updates abstracting and indexing coverage
data from more than 400 sources worldwide including print indexes, online
indexes, and indexing and citation databases such as Scopus and ISI Web
of Science. And it contains circulation data for a wide range of serials, but
16. mostly for US newspapers and for trade and consumer publications. Not
every Ulrich's record contains circulation data.6
How you can search in Ulrich?
1Enter the site of Ulrich.
2 you have many language Choose one .
3 you have two options search and advance search.
3When you click search, you will have a selectionperiodical , then search .
you will get the title of periodical ,publisher, ISSN ,country ,statue ,serial
subject and format.
4Click on one of the titles, a list will show you all the subject data.
5It will also show you other options of them save to list, email, down lowed,
print, etc. Choose any one of them that you need.
6 At the top of the site there is an option Ulrichupdate if you want to see it.
6
http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/faqs.asphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich%27s_Periodicals_Directory