Open access portals
Use these alongside MyLOFT and the catalog—they are free to read but not a substitute for licensed course readings.
Open access portals
Free-to-read scholarly collections. Use them alongside subscribed resources in MyLOFT.
- COREA multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research.
- Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)Indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)An extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world.
- Digital Commons Network
- BASEBielefeld Academic Search Engine: sixty percent of its content is open access.
- Google Scholar
- African Journals Online (AJOL)The world's largest platform of African-published scholarly journals.
- OAIsterA union catalogue of millions of records representing open access resources.
- Open Book PublishersIndependent academic publisher, run by scholars, making high-quality research available worldwide.
- KIPPRAKenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis: policy research and analysis for Kenya.
- ManyBooksFree e-books across genres for your e-reader, tablet or phone.
- Google BooksMore than 10 million free books to read and download.