ARTS
Getty Search Gateway allows users to search across several of the Getty repositories: J. Paul Getty Museum
Collection Database, Getty Research Institute Research Library Catalog, Getty Research
Institute Collections Inventories and Finding Aids and Getty Research Institute Digital
Collections.
Yale Center for British Art provides access to over one hundred thousand records from the Centers collections of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and Reference Library collections. Search through thousands of paintings, sculptures, frames, prints, drawings, rare books, and manuscripts. Many of the images are in the public domain and may be used without restriction check the images full record for copyright info (under the photos).
ARTICLES
Digital Commons Network brings together free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities
and colleges worldwide. Curated by university librarians and their supporting institutions,
the Network includes a growing collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, book
chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original
scholarly work.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) indexes and provides access to quality open access to over a million peer-reviewed articles.
eScholarship Open access journals from the University of California that cover a wide range of topics.
HathiTrust Digital Library A digital preservation repository that has a mixture of free and subscription documents. Select Full View to limit to open access only. Great place for old government publications.
Jurn Search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses.
Open Access ButtonThis search requires you to have a citation, title, DOI, or URL before searching. It searches the Internet for legal, open access versions of your requested article.
BOOKS
BookboonFree online books for students that are focused and to the point. Written by highly
respected professors from top universities in the world and cover topics such as economics,
statistics, IT, engineering and natural science.
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)Collection of 2812 academic peer-reviewed books from 100 publishers.
LibriVox provides free access to audio books. Their volunteers record chapters of books that are in the public domain, and then they release the audio files back onto the net for free.
OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records. Collection includes digitized books, journal articles, newspapers, manuscripts and more.
OpenStax College Free, peer-reviewed and developed college textbooks. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.
Project Gutenberg Over 46,000 free ebooks, most of which are out of copyright. Good place to find classics.
BUSINESS, BANKING & INVESTING
arXiv.org provides open access to 1,514,113 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics,
computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical
engineering and systems science, and economics.
EDGAR provides free access to more than 20 million filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission. Includes company registration statements, periodic reports, and other forms.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) allows users to download, graph, and track 252,000 US and international time series from 79 sources.
GLOBUS & NTDB is a comprehensive source for credible trade leads and timely market research.
IMF Data publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.
SSRN eLibrary contains over half a million articles in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
COMPUTERS & TECHNOLOGY
arXiv.org provides open access to 1,514,113 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics,
computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical
engineering and systems science, and economics.
CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vision, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behavior genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archaeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
GLOBUS & NTDB is a comprehensive source for credible trade leads and timely market research.
IMF Data publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.
SSRN eLibrary Search over half a million articles in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
EDUCATION
ERIC providees information on all aspects of education for all age groups, including counseling,
tests, and measurement. Choose Full text available on ERIC to limit to full text items.
GENERAL
arXiv.org provides open access to 1,514,113 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics,
computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical
engineering and systems science, and economics.
CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Explore 10,001,078 items from libraries, archives, and museums.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) An online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access to over a million peer-reviewed articles.
Google Scholar Searches academic publishers, professional societies and pre-print archives. A mixture of free and subscription material.
GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.
HathiTrust Digital Library A digital preservation repository that has a mixture of free and subscription documents. Select Full View to limit to open access only. Great place for old government publications.
Information Please provides authoritative answers to all kinds of factual questions and is dedicated to providing reliable information, in a way that engages and entertains.
Jurn Search millions of free academic articles, chapters and theses.
Open Access Button This search requires you to already have a citation, title, DOI, or URL before searching and scours the Internet looking for legal, open access versions of your requested article.
Project Gutenberg Over 46,000 free ebooks, most of which are out of copyright. Good place to find classics.
HEALTH & MEDICINE
BioMed Central Access to 277 peer-reviewed open access journals.
Circumpolar Health Bibliographic Database Contains 6700 records describing publications about all aspects of human health in the circumpolar region.
CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
HighWire Covers life sciences, medicine, physical and social sciences. Over 2 million free full-text articles!
Medical Heritage Library Updated monthly, this online library provides access to quality historical resources in medicine from some of the worlds leading medical libraries.
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
New York Academy of Medicine Digital Collections Users can explore unique materials, including rare books, manuscripts, and pharmaceutical trade cards, from the 4th century through the 1990s.
PubMed Central A free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Healths National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM).
American Memory Primary source materials relating to American history and culture. Contains letters, diaries, photos, sheet music, sound recordings, and more.
Black Abolitionist Archive Collection of over 800 speeches by antebellum blacks and approximately 1,000 editorials from the period. These important documents provide a portrait of black involvement in the anti-slavery movement.
Child Welfare Information Gateway connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive resources to help protect children snd strengthen families.
CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Explore 10,001,078 items from libraries, archives, and museums.
Documenting the American South A digital publishing initiative sponsored by the University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides access to digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture.
HighWire Covers life sciences, medicine, physical and social sciences. Over 2 million free full-text articles.
Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) Collection of documents related to homeland security policy, strategy, and organizational management. Most articles are available for free.
JSTOR Open Access EbooksA growing list of over 100 Open Access ebooks from respected presses, such as University of California Press and University of Michigan Press.
JSTOR Register & Read Large, scholarly database. Register and read up to 3 articles every 2 weeks for free.
Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences. OAPEN works with publishers to build a quality controlled collection of open access books, and provides services for publishers, libraries and research funders in the areas of deposit, quality assurance, dissemination, and digital preservation.
SSRN eLibrary Database Search Search over half a million articles in the humanities, social sciences, and business.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy An large, academic encyclopedia produced by philosophy scholars.
The World Factbook Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
LANGUAGE & LITERATURE
Bartletts Book of Familiar Quotations is a searchable collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources
in ancient and modern literature.
Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 Collection of 19th century American fiction.
LAW, CRIME & JUSTICE
Arkansas Code Provided by the Bureau of Legislative Research.
Congress.gov Track bills, acts, legislative histories, member votes, and more.
Espacenet Free access to the database of over 90 million patents worldwide.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.
National Security Archive A searchable databases of declassified US government information.
Patent Databases include the full text of all patents granted since 1976, and the patent number, issue date, and current US classification for all patents granted from 1790 through 1975.
RECAP is an online archive and free extension for Firefox and Chrome that improves the experience of using PACER, the electronic public access system for the U.S. Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts.
MAPS
Maps from the Library of Congress Search nearly 19,000 online maps from the 1800s through 1960 digitized from the Library
of Congress massive map collection. Maps will be added monthly until 2020, for a total
of approximately 500,000.
MATH
arXiv.org provides open access to 1,514,113 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics,
computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical
engineering and systems science, and economics.
SCIENCES
Agricola Citations to agricultural literature created by the National Agricultural Library
with links to full-text for some documents.
arXiv.org provides open access to 1,514,113 e-prints in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics.
Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) Finds regions of local similarity between biological or genomic sequences. The program compares nucleotide or protein sequences to sequence databases and calculates the statistical significance of matches.
Biology Online.org is the Worlds No.1 free resource for biology related information run by enthusiasts from all around the world and visited by over 25,000 people every day.
Birds of North America Online provides comprehensive life histories of North American breeding birds.
ChemSpider Free chemical structure database providing fast text and structure search access to over 34 million structures from hundreds of data sources.
CogPrints is an electronic archive for papers in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition.
Darwin Manuscripts Project Massive collection of full color, high-resolution images of Charles Darwins transcribed manuscripts. Currently contains over 16,000 pages with new pages added regularly.
GenBank GenBank is the NIH genetic sequence database, an annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences.
Golm Metabolome Database Mass spectra library of biologically active metabolites quantified using gas chromatography (GC) coupled to mass spectrometry (MS).
National Academies Press Over 5,000 ebooks and reports from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council. Covers a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and medicine.
National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nations treasure of climate and historical weather data and information.
PLANTS Database Provides information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories. Includes names, plant symbols, checklists, distributional data, species abstracts, characteristics, images, crop information, automated tools, onward Web links, and references.
PubChem Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules.
PubSpace (NASA) Free public access to the peer-reviewed papers resulting from NASA-funded research.
RCSB Protein Data Bank Information portal to 108,263 biological macromolecular structures.
SciELO Contains nearly 1,000 scientific journals from different countries, mostly developing counties. Use the Automatic translation tool to translate articles in English (or another language).
Science.gov Searches over 60 databases and over 2200 selected websites from 15 federal agencies, offering 200 million pages of authoritative U.S. government science information including research and development results.
SciTech Connect Free, online access to the Department of Energys Information Bridge and Energy Citations databases.
Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS) is an integrated spectral database system for organic compounds,which includes 6
different types of spectra under a directory of the compounds.
unpaywall Not a true database, but this Firefox and Chrome extension helps you find legally
uploaded scientific articles from authors, publishers, and repositories themselves.
TEXTBOOKS
OpenStax College Free, peer-reviewed and developed college textbooks. OpenStax College is an initiative
of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic
foundations.