As the scholarly publishing ecosystem evolves, various open initiatives outside of journals and monographs have developed. These can be tools to support scholarship, collaborative efforts to reform publishing, resources beyond periodicals and books, and more.
arXiv.org
arXiv is an open access archive repository of pre-prints of scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Pre-prints are pre-peer review manuscripts shared for open comment, as is common practice in these disciplines.
How do Duke authors benefit?
Any researcher can make their pre-prints available openly in arXiv. It provides early access to hundreds of thousands of scholarly articles (before publication) for hundreds of thousands of authors nationally and internationally. Duke authors can share their work and read others’.
Who at Duke is eligible?
Anyone. Our support of arXiv is not institution-specific. We invested in the platform itself for all submitting authors.
How do Duke authors utilize this resource?
Create an account and use the arXiv platform to submit your work.
Corpus of Contemporary American English
The Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) is the only large and “representative” corpus of American English. The corpus contains more than one billion words of text (25+ million words each year 1990-2019) from eight genres: spoken, fiction, popular magazines, newspapers, academic texts, and (with the update in March 2020): TV and Movies subtitles, blogs, and other web pages.
How do Duke authors benefit?
Access to a major database of language for large-scale text-based searching. Free to use, but Duke invests in the project to gain access to advanced research features for our community.
How do Duke authors utilize this resource?
Direct access on the Duke network or NetID authentication will allow access to advanced features. All other features are free for anyone.
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
An independent index of high-quality open access scholarly journals in all disciplines and languages. There are basic quality assessment criteria for journals to be included in DOAJ. It is supported by libraries and publishers.
How does the Duke community benefit?
Duke authors can vet open journals upon considering submission of articles to them.
How do Duke authors utilize this resource?
DOAJ has a searchable and browseable interface for pursuing journal titles in their index. It is free to use.
LIBRARIA
A collective action group of researchers based in the social sciences who collaborate with librarians, publishers, and other stakeholders to develop a “more open, diverse, community-controlled scholarly communication system.” It is considered a consulting and advocacy organization for openness in scholarly publishing.
How does the Duke community benefit?
A more open scholarly ecosystem fosters knowledge exchange and the advancement of research. Duke’s investment in LIBRARIA is part of its mission to make scholarship more accessible overall.
How do Duke authors utilize this resource?
You can contact LIBRARIA’s experts for help with advocacy or advice on openness in scholarship, from “flipping” journals to open, investigating openness in your scholarly society, and working with libraries to support your open efforts.
PhilPapers
A comprehensive index and bibliography of philosophy maintained by the community of philosophers. The largest open access archive of scholarship in philosophy. Features are free to use, but Duke Libraries uses our means to invest in advanced research features for our community and to support the effort to make philosophy materials open.
How do Duke authors benefit?
Access to advanced research features and download capabilities for PhilPapers interface.
How do Duke authors utilize this resource?
Direct access on the Duke network or NetID authentication will allow access to advanced features. All other features are free for anyone.
Questions? Email open-access@duke.edu
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