Useful Links
IIM Libraries Consortium
The IIM Libraries consortium was the outcome of the desire of the IIM Librarians to actively venture into exploring the options for resource sharing. Besides encouraging the interlibrary loan practice, IIM Libraries also thought seriously of resource sharing in many other areas such as cooperative acquisition, cooperative processing and distributed utilization.
DOAB
DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access, book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.
DOAJ
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed journals.
All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed. All data is freely available.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held.
Listing of Open Access DataBases (LOADB)
The objective of Listing of Open Access DataBases (LOADB) is to create a web-enabled, linked, classified and categorized collection of Open Access Databases which one can access from a single portal. Although initial focus is on science and technology subjects, the ultimate aim is to include all subject areas.
OER
OER Commons is a public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
OATD
OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
Open Data
Open Data Catalog. Provides a listing of available World Bank datasets, including databases, pre-formatted tables, reports, and other resources.
National Digital Library of India (NDLI)
National Digital Library of India (NDLI) is a virtual repository of learning resources which is not just a repository with search/browse facilities.
Shodhganga
The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access.