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Free & Open Access Resources

This guide compiles free and open access resources available to researchers. With a focus on Linda Hall Library patrons, this guide prioritizes free resources geared towards science, technology, and engineering research.

Open Dissertations and Theses

Dissertations and theses have become more freely available as many universities now release them as open by default.

  • Please note that authors may still elect to limit access (embargo) their dissertations for one or more years, in which case nobody can access that dissertation until the end of that embargo period.
escholarship link The University of California institutional repository, with nearly 42,000 dissertations and theses. Please note that some dissertations from the last 1-2 years are embargoed.
open access theses and dissertations The Open Access Theses and Dissertations database (OATD) indexes 7+ million electronic theses and dissertations.