Electronic Archives listed in this category provide free and unrestricted access to peer reviewed scientific papers and academic publications. Most of these archives run Eprints, a freeware for self-archiving and building OAI compliant metadata for papers.
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  • AKT Eprints Archive
    Electronic archive of the Advanced Knowledge Technology Project. Downloadable papers in knowledge management.
  • ArXiv.org
    An Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant archive of electronic preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, and non-linear sciences. Created by Paul Ginsparg in 1991, it is one of the oldest archives of free online scholarship.
  • Caltech Computer Science Technical Reports
    Electronic archive of freely downloadable full-text technical reports in PDF format.
  • Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory
    Archive of freely downloadable technical reports from several labs in the domain of earth sciences at CalTech.
  • Caltech Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    Searchable and browsable repository of theses and dissertations from Caltech.
  • Caltech Library System Papers and Publications
    Eprint repository of academic papers in the field of library and information science.
  • Fourth International Symposium on Cavitation
    (CAV 2001) Proceedings of the symposium, downloadable from this electronic repository hosted by the Caltech Library System.
  • Computer Science Teaching Center
    A digital archive of peer reviewed resources for teaching computer science. Submission restricted to registered users.
  • Digital Library and Archives - Virginia Tech
    Open Archive Initiative (OAI) compliant digital repository. E-journals, electronic theses and dissertations, faculty archives.
  • Elektronische Bibliothek der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
    Digital archive providing full-text access to papers, theses and dissertations in PDF format.
  • Electronic Publications of the WU-Wien
    Electronic archive providing full-text access to working papers and dissertations of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
  • Free Full-Text Science Archives
    A directory with annotated links to institutional full-text scientific archives.
  • HofPrints
    An electronic archive for papers produced by members of the Hofstra University Community. It includes papers written by faculty and administrators, papers delivered at Hofstra University sponsored conferences as well as invited lectures.
  • History and Theory of Psychology Prints
    (HTP) Gives access to full-text of refereed papers. Registered users may also deposit appropriate material.
  • IOWA University - Computer Science Technical Reports
    Digital repository of full-text technical reports downloadable in multiple formats.
  • NASA Astrophysic Data System
    Free online abstracts and full-text papers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary sciences, and solar physics.
  • Southampton CiteBase Services
    Eprints service provider hosting digital archives of the University of Southampton.
  • Uppsala University Publications
    Full-text working papers and research reports in PDF format.
  • Virginia Tech - Electronic Theses
    Searchable and browsable digital archive of theses and dissertations.
  • Collection on Critical Global Issues
    Full-text access to publications in the fields of agriculture and land management, development, environment and sustainability, food and nutrition, natural resource development, science and technology.
  • Medical and Health Library
    Hosts full-text publications in the fields of clinical treatment, emergencies, essential drugs, family planning, food and nutrition, health education, HIV/AIDS, medical equipment, prevention, public health, sanitation.
  • Department of Energy Information Bridge
    Full-text research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
  • NUI Maynooth Eprint Archive
    The National University of Ireland Maynooth's pilot electronic print project is intended to act as a central repository for the research output of NUI Maynooth academic staff and departments.
  • Institut Nicod Eprints Archive
    Online research papers in philosophy, sociology and cognitive science of the Jean Nicod Institute's members.
  • OAIster
    Gives access to a large number of eprints archives and electronic resources and through the OAI harvesting protocol reveals digital resources previously "hidden" from users behind web scripts.
  • ArchiveSIC
    French digital archive providing free access to full-text papers in the domain of information and communication science [bilingual site in English/French].
  • CCSD: Hyper Article Online
    An interface for submitting scientific papers to the article database of the French Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe. Papers in mathematics, physics, information science are instantly and automatically directed to "arXiv" [bilingual site in English/French].
  • CERN Document Server
    Articles and preprints collection aiming to cover the published and pre-published literature in particle physics and its related technologies. The collection includes about 400,000 documents, many of which in full-text access.
  • Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science
    Preprints by members and visiting researchers of the CLE, a research institute at the University of Campinas, Brazil.
  • The Computation and Language Eprint Archive
    An electronic repository of full-text papers in computational linguistics, natural language processing, speech processing.
  • Cryptology Eprint Archive
    Provides access to author-submitted research papers in cryptology.
  • The Digital Library of the Commons
    Gateway to the international literature on the commons, this working paper archive provides access to author-submitted papers, as well as full-text conference papers, dissertations, working pre-prints and reports.
  • Digital Library of Information Science and Technology
    (DLIST) Developed by the School of Information Resources and Library Science and the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona using Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant Eprints v.2 software.
  • Document and Publication Server of the Humboldt University of Berlin.
    (EDOC) Provides free access to publications, theses and dissertations, electronic e-print journals. [English and German]
  • Cogprints
    Makes preprints and reprints of papers in all areas of the cognitive sciences freely available on-line. Authors can deposit their work in the archive after a (free) registration.
  • Documents in Information Science
    (DoIS) - Database of articles and conference proceedings published in electronic format in the field of library and Information science.
  • University of California
    Service provider hosting electronic archives for research units and departments at the University of California.
  • EPrints in Library and Information Science
    E-LIS is an open access archive to deposit preprints, postprints and other documents in the field of library and information science in electronic format.
  • Organic Eprints
    Open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.
  • Philsci Archive
    An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science.
  • CiteSeer
    Autonomously creates citation indexes of scientific literature. Generates citation statistics and allows easy browsing of the context of citations. Texts freely available in PDF, PS, HTML format..
  • University of Trento Eprints archive
    A digital repository (OAI compliant) of full-text scientific publications produced by professors and researchers of the University of Trento, Italy.
  • Archivio E-Print
    Institutional archive hosted by the library services of the University of Florence. Contains teaching and research documents.
  • SISTA
    Publication database with search engine from the Katholieke university, Netherlands. Includes books, papers, reports and theses on different scientific topics.
  • Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA)
    Digital repository of a research institutions in Norway. Includes full-text peer-reviewed journal reprints, theses, dissertations and other academic research materials. [English, Norwegian]
  • HighWire Press
    Division of the Stanford University Libraries producing online versions of peer-reviewed journals and scholarly content.
  • eScholarship Repository
    Repository of the University of California, U.S., offering a broad range of e-books, journals and peer-reviewed scientific documents. Includes submission guidelines, editing assistance and FAQs.
  • Nottingham Eprints
    An experimental project to investigate the institutional use of eprints services at the University of Nottingham. Browsable and searchable digital archives of several research units and departments.
  • CCSD: Thèses-en-Ligne
    Eprint repository of French theses in various scientific domains [French/English].
  • MIT Theses: Science, Technology, and Society
    Searchable collection of selected MIT master's and doctoral theses available online.
  • ANU Library Eprints
    Browsable electronic pre- and post-print repository of the Australian National University.
  • US Department of Energy - Energy, Science, and Technology Preprints
    Searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines such as physics, materials, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and nuclear medicine, related to the activity of the department.
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    URL : www.sciencecentral.com/category/701796
    Science Central: Science - Publications - Archives - Free Access Online Archives. Archive of freely downloadable technical reports from several labs in the domain of ...[2008/11/14]
  • News Archives A-D. SLA News Division Web Site.
    URL : www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html
    free registration is required to access the free archives. Arizona. Tucson. Arizona Daily Star ... Daily Bulletin Online. Search. 5/1/1998 ...[2008/08/20]
  • Article: Physicians' Online Announces Web Access - Pr Newswire
    URL : www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18526795.html
    Register today for a free trial, credit card req'd. Find PR Newswire articles plus many other academic journal articles, magazine articles & newspaper archives.[2008/11/15]
  • Prelinger Archives
    URL : www.archive.org/details/prelinger
    From the Prelinger Archive, thousands of digitalized industrial, educational, travel, propaganda and other short films from 1903 to the 1970s available for free, online.[2008/11/22]
  • HighWire Press -- Free Online Full-text Articles
    URL : highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
    Sign in for more free features or create a free account. Anywhere in Text: any all phrase ... free site. free site. free site. free site. free site. free site ...[2008/11/15]
  • Anthropologists give back: offer wider access to online anthropology ...
    URL : www.aaanet.org/pdf/asfreeaccessfinal.pdf
    learning around the world to access a vast online archive of anthropological research, the ... Agriculture) - provides free or low-cost online access to 3,300 ...[2007/12/14]
  • ADC -- Past Online Issues
    URL : adc.bmj.com/contents-by-date.0.shtml
    ADC Online Archive: Jan 1973 - Present. To: ADC Fetal and Neonatal Edition Archive or ADC ... Dis Child Supplements Online . CURRENT ISSUE: RECENT ISSUES: ...[2008/11/23]
  • Science/AAAS | Science Magazine: Previous Issues
    URL : www.sciencemag.org/archive
    ... is available online without cost for individuals who register for access. ... in a current Science Online subscription are now in the Science Classic archives. ...[2008/11/19]
  • Oxford Journals | Access & Purchase | Oxford Journals Archive
    URL : www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/archives.html
    It's free to search the Oxford Journals Archive. Search the archive now. ... Who should I contact about online access problems? Full list of FAQs. Contact ...[2008/11/11]
  • PubMed Central
    URL : www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
    Open access web-based archive of journal literature for all of the life sciences. ... Some journals go beyond free, to Open Access. Find out what that means. ...[2008/02/20]
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