Digital Library Open Access Material

Digital Libraries

Onsortium for Educational Communication	http://cec.nic.in
Directory Directory of Open Access Repositories	http://www.opendoar.org/find.php
EGyanKosh (IGNOU)	http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/
Library of Congress	http://www.loc.gov
National Digital Library of India	https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
National Scienc• National Science Digital Library (NSDL)e Digital Library (NSDL)	http://nsdl.org/
NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository	http://nopr.niscair.res.in/
NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering	http://nptel.ac.in/
Parliament Digital Library	https://eparlib.nic.in/
The British Library	http://www.bl.uk
UNESCO Library	http://www.unesco.org/library/
Virtual Library	http://www.vlib.org
World Digital Library	http://www.wdl.org

E-BOOKS

4eBooks has a huge collection of computer programming ebooks	http://4ebooks.org/
Arts & Photography	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=108
Audio books	http://www.audible.com/t1/PBRP0329WS022409?source_code=PBRP0310WS012709
Baen Free Library is an online library of downloadable science fiction novels	http://www.baen.com/library/
Biographies & Memoirs	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=146
Blue Portal provides ebooks in various subjects	http://www.zillr.org/
Book Yards is a web portal which contains books, education materials, information etc	http://www.bookyards.com/
Brill Open E-Book Collection	http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/books
Business & Investing	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=118
Computers Science & Internet	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=9
Darwin Online	http://darwin-online.org.uk/
Directory of Open access Books	http://www.doabooks.org/
eBookLobby containing collection of various subjects	http://www.ebooklobby.com/
Engineering & Technology	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=73
Entertainment & Games	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=21
Free Book Spot is an online source of free ebooks download with 4485 Titles in various subjects	http://www.freebookspot.es/
Free Computer Books consists of a huge collection of free online Computer,Programming, Mathematics, Technical Books	http://freecomputerbooks.com/
Free Tech Books lists free online computer science, engineering and programming books, textbooks and lecture notes	http://www.freetechbooks.com/
Globusz is a unique ePublishing house, specializing in free eBook downloads	http://www.globusz.com/
Health, Mind & Body	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=83
Historical Mathematics Collection	http://quod.lib.umich.edu/u/umhistmath/
History	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=110
Humanities	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=282
Law	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=268
Literature & Fiction	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=74
Many Books provides more than 20,000 ebooks in various subjects	http://www.manybooks.net/
Mathematics	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=3
Medical Science	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=77
Nonfiction	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=19
Online Books for children	http://www.biguniverse.com/
Online Computer Books contains details about free computer books	http://www.onlineprogrammingbooks.com/
Online Free EBooks provides various subject ebooks	http://www.onlinefreeebooks.net/
Open Book Publishers - Publishing open access academic books in the humanities and social sciences	http://www.openbookpublishers.com
Outdoors & Nature	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=136
Pure Science	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=1
Religion & Spirituality	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=65
Snip Files offers you free ebooks and software	http://www.snipfiles.com/
SpringerOpen books	http://www.springeropen.com/books
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare	http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
The Online Books Page is a Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web	http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
The Public Library and Digital Archive	http://www.ibiblio.org/
Topics like biography, fiction, games, history or tutorials etc	http://www.free-ebooks.net/\
Tourism & Travel	http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=174

E-Journal

Access to Global online Research in Agriculture (AGORA)	http://www.aginternetwork.org/en
Bioline international - Open Source Journals and Online Resources Directories News and guide to scientific	http://www.bioline.org.br/journals
Brill Open E-Journals Collection	http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals
Cambridge University Press: Open Access - Open Access journals from Cambridge University Press	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/openAccessContent
CIMMYT : an international Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre	http://www.cimmyt.org
cogent oa	https://www.cogentoa.com/
Directory of Open Access Journals	http://www.doaj.org
EPW (Economic and Political Weekly)	http://www.epw.in/
European Scientific Co-operative on Phytotherapy - European Phytojournal - free online	http://www.escop.com
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine	http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/
Free Medical Journals	http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Free On-line Chemistry journals	http://www.abc.chemistry.bsu.by/current/fulltext.htm
Free scholarly electronic journals: an annotated webliography	http://www.istl.org/00-fall/internet.html
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative	http://www.who.int/hinari/en
HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free full-text peer-reviewed content	http://intl.highwire.org/lists/freeart.dtl
Hindawi-Open Access Journals	http://www.hindawi.com/oa/
Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)	http://www.ias.ac.in/
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP)	http://www.inasp.info/
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine	http://www.jpgmonline.com/
MedInd-medical journals - fulltext of 33 Journals	http://www.medind.nic.in
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)	http://www.mdpi.org/
National Preservation Office - NPO ejournals	http://www.bl.uk/blpac/journaltemp.html
Nature Precedings - Preprint server for the Life Science community	http://precedings.nature.com/
Nature Publishing Group - Open Acess Journals	http://lib.pondiuni.edu.in/nature.php
Nutrition Bytes - Free fulltext	http://escholarship.org/uc/uclabiolchem_nutritionbytes
OMICS Publishing Group - Open Access Journals	http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php
Open Access Library (OALIB) - Free Access to 263,388 Academic Articles	http://www.oalib.com/
Open Science Directory - Developed by EBSCO and the Hasselt University Library	http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/
Palgrave Macmillan - Open Access Journals	http://www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/index.html
Parivartan Hindi online Quarterly E-Patrika (Magazine)	http://www.parivartanpatrika.in/
Physics related free access journals	http://de.physnet.net/PhysNet/journals.html
Public Library of Science - premier open-access journals in Biology and Medicine	http://www.plos.org
Publisher of more than 150 peer-reviewed Open Access Journals	http://www.biomedcentral.com/
SAGE Open Subject Collections	.httsagepub.com/
Science and Education Publishing (SciEP) is a multidisciplinary open access publisher of 85 Journals	http://www.sciepub.com/portal/journals
Science Research• Social Network (SSRN) - Worldwide dissemination of social science research	http://www.ssrn.com/
SPIE Journals (Open Access)	http://journals.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals.aspx
Springer Open gives you free access in Science, Technology and Medicine	http://www.springeropen.com/
Taylor & Francis Online :: Open Journals	http://www.tandfonline.com/page/openaccess/openjournals
The African Journal Archive	http://www.sabinet.co.za/?page=african-journal-archive
University of Tennessee - Research Guides - Citation Formats and Style Manuals, Databases and other e-resources collection	http://libguides.utk.edu/style
Wiley Open Access Journal	http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/index.html

E-Zines

Competitive E-magazine (Pratyogitha Darpan & Success Mirror)	http://www.emagazine.pdgroup.in/
Digital LEARNING: Learning Through ICTs	https://digitallearning.eletsonline.com
eGov	https://egov.eletsonline.com/
eHEALTH	https://ehealth.eletsonline.com/
Free ezines: offers 22 free magazines in different subject categories	http://www.buzzle.com
Indian Ocean Turtle Newsletter	http://www.iotn.org

General & Search Engines

BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)	http://www.base-search.net/
India Place Finder (A state of the art digital tool for India studies)	http://india.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Intute - Free online service with access to the best resources available on the internet	http://www.intute.ac.uk/
List of academic databases and search engines	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_databases_and_search_engines
List of top companies in Indian and abroad	http://www.vcsdata.com/
Nobel Prize Internet Archive	http://www.almaz.com/nobel/
PDF Genie is a new search service which is tailored towards PDF documents	http://www.pdfgenie.com/
Scirus is the most comprehensive scientific search engine for scholarly literature	http://www.scirus.com/

Libraries, Library Associations and Information Centers

American Library (Chennai)	https://in.usembassy.gov/tag/american-library-chennai/
American Library Association	http://www.ala.org
Austrian National Library	http://www.onb.ac.at/
Biblioteca Nacional – Brasil	https://www.bn.gov.br/en
Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico	http://bnm.unam.mx/
Bibliothque Nationale	http://www.etat.lu/
British Council Library – India	https://www.britishcouncil.in/library
British Library	http://portico.bl.uk/
Central Reference Library (Kolkata)	http://crlindia.gov.in/
E-Prints in Library and Information Science	http://eprints.rclis.org/
European Library	http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/
German National Library	http://www.d-nb.de/eng/index.htm
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres	http://www.iaslic1955.org.in/Default.aspx?PageID=62
International Federation of Library Association	http://www.ifla.org
Library and Archives Canada	http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx
Library and Information Science, Digital Library, Online Journals	http://www.academicinfo.net/infoscilibraryj.html
National and University Library in Zagreb	http://www.nsk.hr/DigitalLibEN.aspx?id=716
National and University Library of Iceland	http://landsbokasafn.is/index.php/english
National and University Library Slovenia	https://www.nuk.uni-lj.si/eng/
National Central Library (Florence)	http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/
National Diet Library – Japan	http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/index.html
National Library of Australia	http://www.nla.gov.au/
National Library of Belarus	https://www.nlb.by/en/
National Library of China	http://www.nlc.cn/newen/
National Library of Colombia	http://bibliotecanacional.gov.co/es-co
National Library of Estonia	http://www.nlib.ee/en
National Library of France	http://www.bnf.fr/en/tools/lsp.site_map.html
National Library of Ireland	http://www.nli.ie/
National Library of India	https://www.nationallibrary.gov.in/
National Library of Jamaica	http://www.nlj.gov.jm/
National Library of Latvia	http://www.lnb.lv/
National Library of Malaysia	http://www.pnm.gov.my/index.php?id=76
National Library of New Zealand	http://www.natlib.govt.nz/
National Library of Nigeria	http://www.nlnig.org/
National Library of Peru	http://www.bnp.gob.pe/
National Library of Poland	http://bn.org.pl/en/
National Library of Portugal	http://www.bnportugal.pt/index.php?lang=en
National Library of Scotland	http://www.nls.uk/
National Library of Singapore	https://pwrb.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2018/02/02/the-national-library-of-argentina/
National Library of Spain	http://www.bne.es/en/Inicio/index.html
National Library of Sweden	http://www.kb.se/hjalp/english/
National Library of the Argentine Republic	http://www.bibnal.edu.ar/
National Library of the Netherlands	http://www.kb.nl/index-en.html
National Library of The Republik of Indonesia	https://www.perpusnas.go.id/?lang=en
National Library of Uzbekistan	http://www.natlib.uz
National Library of Wales	http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=2
National Research Centre for free/Open Source Software	http://www.nrcfoss.org.in
National Taiwan Library	http://www.ntl.edu.tw/mp.asp?mp=2
Roman Rolland Library, Pondicherry	http://eg4.nic.in/pylib
Royal Library Albert I	http://www.kbr.be/
Royal Library of Belgium	http://www.kbr.be/accueil_fr.html
Russian State Library	http://www.rsl.ru/en
Slovak National Library	http://www.snk.sk/
Swiss National Library	http://www.nb.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en
The British Library – e journals	http://www.bl.uk/index.shtml#
The Helsinki University Library - The National Library of Finland	http://www.nationallibrary.fi/
The National Library of Korea	http://www.nl.go.kr/nlmulti/index.php?lang_mode=e
The National Library of Norway	http://www.nb.no/english
The National Library of the Czech Republic	http://www.nkp.cz/_en/

E-Theses

DART-Europe E-theses Portal	http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php
National Chemical Laboratory Pane (Theses full text free)	http://www.ncl-india.org/
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)	http://www.ndltd.org/resources
Open Access Proust Dissertations & Theses (PQDT Open)	http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/
Shodhganga - ETD Repository of Indian Universities- INFLIBNET initiative	https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

Entertainment

10,000 free online games	http://www.dailygames.com
More than 5000 free games	http://www.games.co.in
Movies	http://www.imdb.com/
puzzles, adventure games, sports, fun games and multiplayer games	https://www.miniclip.com/games/genre-1/puzzle/en/
Thousands of free online flash games including puzzles, action and arcade games	http://www.freeonlinegames.com
Videos	http://www.youtube.com

Government Sites

Election Commission of India	http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main1/index.aspx
Govt. of India	http://www.india.gov.in
Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre	http://www.inflibnet.ac.in/
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)	https://mhrd.gov.in/
Parliament of India	https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/
Planning Commission	http://www.planningcommission.nic.in/
Rajbhavan (Tamil Nadu)	http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in
Supreme Court of India	http://www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/
University Grants Commission (UGC)	http://www.ugc.ac.in/
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E- Learning

e-PG Pataskala	http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
MIT Open Courseware	https://ocw.mit.edu
Swayam	https://swayam.gov.in/
Utah State Open Courseware	https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/ocw/

Useful Websites

JournalTOCs - Largest, free collection of scholarly journal Tables of Contents (TOCs)	http://www.journaltocs.hw.ac.uk/
The Civil Service India is a website dedicated to the Civil Services Exam	https://www.civilserviceindia.com
WorldWideScience.org is a global science gateway comprised of national and international scientific databases and portals.	https://worldwidescience.org/

E-NEWSPAPERS

About 10,000 newspapers worldwide

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com

E-Patents

Australian Patent Office	http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
Canadian	http://brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca/opic-cipo/cpd/eng/introduction.html
Ekaswaa - Search of all Indian patent documents	http://www.indianpatents.org.in/db/testmaina.asp
European	http://worldwide.espacenet.com/
Free PatentsOnline.com - A simple patent search database, freepatentsonline.com offers to chemical researchers a unique way of searching for patent documents	http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
French Patent Office	http://www.inpi.fr/
German Patent Office	http://www.deutsches-patentamt.de/english/index.html
Govt. of India's Patents Website	http://patinfo.nic.in/
Greek Industrial Property Organization	http://www.obi.gr/obi/Default.aspx?tabid=71&
Hong Kong Patent Office	http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/home.htm
Indian Patent design and trademark officee	http://www.ipindia.nic.in/
Indian Patent Information Retrieval System (IPIRS)	http://www.ipindia.nic.in/resources.htm#Manuals
Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO)	http://english.sipo.gov.cn/
Internet sites for patent search	http://www.pfc.org.in/info/site.htm
Irish Patent Office	http://www.patentsoffice.ie/
Korean Intellectual Property Office	http://www.kipo.go.kr/kpo/user.tdf?a=user.english.main.BoardApp&c=1001
Malaysian Intellectual Property Division	http://www.myipo.gov.my/
New Zealand Patent Office	http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms
Patent Facilitating Centre	http://www.pfc.org.in/
Patent information centers (PATLIB)	http://www.epo.org/searching/patlib.html
Patent Lens - A worldwide, open-access, free full-text patent informatics resource	http://www.patentlens.net/
Russian Patent Office	http://www.rupto.ru/rupto/portal/start?lang=en
Singaporean Patent Office	http://www.ipos.gov.sg/
Swedish Patent Office	http://www.prv.se/
Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property	https://www.ige.ch/en.html
Thai	http://www.patentarea.com/thai_patent_requirements.html
Intellectual Property Offices	http://www.ipo.gov.uk/
United States	http://patft.uspto.gov/
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	http://www.wipo.int/portal/index.html.en

E-REFERNCE

Cambridge Dictionaries Online	http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/
Foreign Language Dictionary-French	http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/frenchdictionaries.htm
Foreign Language Dictionary-Spanish	http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/spanishdictionaries.htm
Librarian's Index to the Internet	http://lii.org/
Merriam-Webster	http://www.merriam-webster.com/
One Look Dictionaries	http://www.onelook.com/
Sahapedia - An open Encyclopedia on Indian Culture and Heritage	http://www.sahapedia.org
Scholarpedia	http://www.scholarpedia.org
Subject Dictionary-Business/Finance	http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/businessdictionaries.htm
Subject Dictionary-Library and Information Science	http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/odlis_d.aspx
Subject Dictionary-Medical Science	http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp
Subject Dictionary-Science	http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/sciencedictionaries.htm
Subject Dictionary-Technology	http://www.libraryspot.com/dictionaries/computerdictionaries.htm
Wikipedia	http://www.wikipedia.org

Major Fellowships and Scholarship

Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan	https://www.britishcouncil.in/study-uk/scholarships/commonwealth-scholarships
Fellowships and Scholarships	https://fellowships.missouri.edu/
National Scholarships	https://mhrd.gov.in/scholarships-education-loan-0
Scholarship Positions	http://scholarship-positions.com/
United States - India Educational Foundation	http://www.usief.org.in/index.aspx