Open access resources are becoming more available as the philosophy behind it gains support, returning scholarly publishing to its original purpose of spreading knowledge and building on that knowledge. The discoverability of open access has a significant impact on education, research, academic freedom, and innovation.
To locate eprints or institutional repositories, use eprints, archive, repository or "institutional repository" as a search term in an internet search engine.
To locate a specific archive or institutional repository to search within, use the name of the institution and repository or institutional repository, e.g.
To find out which repositories are available within a defined area, such as a state or country, search for the area and repository or institutional repository, e.g.
Open access resources that may be copied, reused and shared, are often published under a Creative Commons licence:
1. The Creative Commons Information Pack prepared by Smartcopying contains:
2. Further information on locating licensed Creative Commons content, including images, is available from Creative Commons Australia.