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Open Access Resources: Articles

Open Access resources are resources that are freely available on the internet--there are not copyright restrictions on their use. These pages provide information on how to find these resources.

Open Access Journal Information

Open Access journals are normally not the first place to look for journal articles for your assignment since the resources that the library provides through its article databases generally is sufficient for your assignments. However, for the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and medicine), Open Access journals may actually work better. This is because these titles tend to be very expensive to acquire using traditional means, and we may have few of these areas represented in our regular databases. So, searching for STEM related content at an open access site may be a good option for you if you can't find the resources you need using the regular databases that we provide.

Use the search box above to search on the open access titles that Bethel provides access to through its catalog.

The links to the right provide comprehensive searching abilities at some of the major repositories of open access journals.

Open Access Journal Collections