Brief description of OA. See link from Guilford College Library for more details
The Open Access movement looks to bridge the gap between scholarly content and learners to make publications available to all. Open Access (OA) is free, immediate, online access to publications which have few (if any) licensing and/or copyright restrictions.
Open materials are designed to be accessed and used by anyone.
There are no paywalls, limits to the number of concurrent users, or embargoes.
Creators retain their copyrights using Creative Commons Licenses or other permission statements.
Full articles including data and supplementary materials are included.
Publishing process is parallel to that of traditional publishers but shifts the payment responsibility from the reader to the creator and/or publisher, depending on the model.
Contact Library Services at reference@holyfamily.edu for help finding or evaluating resources. Please indicate that you are a professor looking for course materials (e.g. "no-cost" "OER" "OA", Public Domain, etc.) and not sources for individual research. That way we can be mindful of licensing and shareability! Your request will be assigned to one of our librarians.
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