Finding open access through google scholar

Google scholar can be a very good tool to capture a wide range of literature associated through keyword search, but it's frustrating to arrive at high-priced literature under a digital lock for which you don't have a key. This is most often the case with the entry that appears on the google scholar results page. But try clicking on 'all versions' - given the larger number of articles being deposited in open access, there's a chance the free version is in that list.

GOAL search prototype

Our goal is to create a search engine that can find open access content easily worldwide, from OA journals and repositories to open learning content and e-books. As a prototype, we created a google custom search. Give it a try, and If you have suggestions let us know!

For more information, go to the search homepage.

GOAL Community

Submitted by goaladmin on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 09:30.

The Community was initiated through a collaborative effort between researchers from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA-USA (Pr. Moustapha Diack); The GID, University of Ottawa, CA (Arif Jinha) and Sweden University (Anders Wandahl) with contribution from Dr. Gerry Hanley, California State University & Executive Director MERLOT. The goal of GOAL is to promote the development of open access resources through the provision of soft systems to facilitate the development of Open Access Repository and (2) the development of tools to facilitate the the federated search and discovery of Open Access Journals and other open content.

Moustapha Diack
Director Merlot Africa Network

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