Tools & Resources

CUNY Academic Works
http://academicworks.cuny.edu
CUNY’s open access institutional repository

Open Access Publishing
https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php/Open_Access_Publishing
A great introduction to open access publishing issues and strategies on the Commons wiki.

Open Access Directory
http://oad.simmons.edu/
Find an abundance of information about open access.

Open Access Week
http://www.openaccessweek.org
This international advocacy event for open access publishing is held in October every year.

Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
http://www.arl.org/sparc/
Learn about negotiating to keep copyright of academic works, publishing open access journals, and more.

Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
Find open access journals in all subjects & languages.

Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org/
Learn more about Creative Commons Licenses, which allow a “some rights reserved” approach to copyright—within which content can be copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon, all within the boundaries of copyright law.

SHERPA-RoMEO
http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Find out what permissions different journal publishers grant their authors.