Open Access E-Resources Corner

                                                  Online Reference e-Books/Sources

Sl. No	Name	Website
1	World Digital Library	https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-digital-library/about-this-collection/
2	Public Library of India	https://archive.org/details/digitallibraryindia
3	Parliament Digital Library	https://eparlib.nic.in/
4	Indian Culture	https://indianculture.gov.in/
5	Open Textbook Library	https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks
6	OER Commons	https://oercommons.org/
7	United Nations Digital Library	https://digitallibrary.un.org/
8	Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books	https://archive.org/
9	Encyclopedia Britannica | Britannica	https://www.britannica.com/
10	The Free Dictionary: Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus	https://www.thefreedictionary.com/constant
11	Cambridge Dictionary | English Dictionary, Translations	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
12	Collins Online Dictionary | Definitions, Thesaurus	https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
13	Oxford Learner's Dictionaries | Find definitions, translations	https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/

                               

                                              List of Free E-Books Website

Sl. No.	Name	Website
1	Project Gutenberg: Free eBooks	https://www.gutenberg.org/
2	Rare Book Room	http://www.rarebookroom.org/
3	Open Library	https://openlibrary.org/
4	Internet Archive	https://archive.org/
5	Directory of Open Access Books	https://www.doabooks.org/
6	PDF Drive	https://www.pdfdrive.com/
7	Free Book Notes	https://www.freebooknotes.com/
8	Bookyards	https://www.bookyards.com/en/welcome
9	Folger Shakespeare Library	https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/

 

Open Access Knowledge & Institutional Repositories

Sl. No	Name	Website
1	World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR)	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/home
2	Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR)	https://www.gesis.org/en/ssoar/home
3	Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow Publications	http://repository.ias.ac.in/
4	INFLIBNET's Institutional Repository	https://ir.inflibnet.ac.in/

                                                                   

                                                         E-Thesis/Dissertation

Sl. No	Name	Website
1	Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET	https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
2	Networked Digital Library of Theses And Dissertations	https://ndltd.org/
3	Shodhgangotri	https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
4	OATD – Open Access Theses and Dissertations	https://oatd.org/
5	EBSCO Open Dissertations	https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/
6	British Library EThOS	https://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do

                                      Open Access E-Content (Videos, Tutorials, Interactive Content)

Sl. No.	Name	Website
1	e-PG Pathshala	https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
2	eGyanKosh: Home	https://egyankosh.ac.in/
3	Vidya-mitra	https://vidyamitra.inflibnet.ac.in/
4	National Digital Library of India	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
5	National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)	https://nios.ac.in/online-course-material.aspx
6	Swayam Prabha	https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/
7	Consortium for Educational Communication, popularly known as CEC	https://www.youtube.com/user/cecedusat

                                                           Open Access E-Journal

Sl. No.	Name	Website
1	DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals	https://doaj.org/
2	Open and free content on JSTOR and Artstor	https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
3	SpringerOpen	https://www.springeropen.com/journals
4	CSIR-NIScPR (NISCAIR) online periodical Repository	https://nopr.niscair.res.in/

                                     Open Access Rare Books and Manuscripts

Sl. No	Name	Website
1	Rare Book Room	http://www.rarebookroom.org/
2	Bharatiya Kriti Sampada (National Mission for Manuscripts)	https://www.bharatiyakritisampada.nic.in/
3	Indian Manuscripts	http://indianmanuscripts.com/
4	Rare Book Society of India	https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/
5	Gita Supersite	https://www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in/
6	Muktabodha Online Digital Library	https://muktabodha.org/

Search Engine

1. BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine): Basic Search

BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library. BASE collects and indexes the metadata of web documents.

Department Wise Open Access Journal

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2.  Computer Science

3. English Department / English Language Teaching

4.  Economics Department

5. Geography Department

3. History Department  

4. Political Science Department

5. Sociology Department

Social Work Department

Selected Social Work Open Access Journals

The following are some of the open access journals related to social work. To find more OA journals, please go to the Open Access Social Work Guide, created by Kimberly Pendell, Portland State University Library.

• Advances in Social Work Peer-reviewed articles on current issues, challenges, and responses facing social work practice and education. Full open access
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health An open access, peer-reviewed online journal that provides an international platform for communication on child and adolescent mental health across different cultural backgrounds. Full open access
• Columbia Social Work Review an annual peer-reviewed journal for up-and-coming scholars in the field of social work to share their research on social work practice, education, research, policy and theory Full open access
• Critical Social Work Aims to refine ideas about the individual and community, clarifying the relationship between interpersonal relations and institutional structures and identifying actions that promote both individual and community well-being. Full open access
• International Journal of School Social Work Expanding the quantitative and qualitative research base supporting school social work services throughout the world.
• Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Policy and Practice Intersectionalities is a peer-reviewed, open access journal sponsored by Memorial University’s School of Social Work. The journal is international in scope, and publishes articles relating to social work analysis, research, polity, and practice. Full open access
• Journal of Comparative Social Work JCSW publishes articles on subjects of importance for social work with a special emphasis on comparative research. Full open access
• Journal of Family Strengths The Journal of Family Strengths (JFS), formerly Family Preservation Journal, is an open-access, double-blind peer-reviewed online journal devoted to presenting theoretical, practice, and evaluation articles on the strengths perspective in family-centered practice to improve services that promote and sustain family systems. Full open access
• Journal of Indigenous Social Development Formerly the Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work. JISD publishes on education, practice, research and policy making relevant to indigenous peoples’ social and economic well-being. Full open access
• Journal of Social Inclusion Publishes articles that contribute to current knowledge and understanding of the social processes that marginalize individuals, families and communities. Full open access
• Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics Examines the ethical and values issues that affect and are interwoven with social work practice, research, and theory development. Full open access
• Social Work and Society: International Online Journal: Dedicated to critical analysis of the relationship between social work, social policy, the state and economic forces. Full open access

Source: https://opensocialwork.org/research/publish/ accessed on 07/10/2023