Free Resources & Open Archives
Database Name (Number of Items) , Owners / Sponsors & Access / Privileges
Archive.org (15,624,745 items)
UNESCO
Free Access to all, Articles,eBooks and texts, Project Reports and Audio
Free and Public Domain Books
Yale University
Free access to scanned rare books, video lectures and Manuscripts.
Free access to selected chapters
Christian Classical Ethereal Library
Digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books
SEO Gold Coast
Free Access to public domain e-books by famous author’s literature
The University of California Berkeley Library
Free Access toe-Books and audio books.
Digital Public Library of America
Paul Courant, University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate
Mostly Free / Some Paid access to electronic contents.
Directory of Open Access Books
DOAB was established by OAPEN Foundation in 2012.
community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books.
Europeana Collections (58,333,017 items)
Mostly Free / Some Paid access to electronic contents and project reports.
The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Folger Shakespeare Library
Scanned Shakespeare Documented and Miranda exhibit
ions.
Library of Philadelphia
Free Access to all electronic contents.
Sabarmati Ashram
Free Access to images and e-Books.
IIT Bombay
E-Journals, E-books & Newspapers form IITB Collection. Only for Reading
Indra Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (1,75,000 items)
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to all types of electronic contents.
Library Of Congress (285339 items)
LOC (Library Of Congress)
Free Access to all Digital Collections, Books and Research material
Manuscripts Online (1500 to 1900 Resources)
Universities of Sheffield, Leicester
Mostly Free / Some Paid access to Books, Manuscripts and art works.
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to Artwork, Historical documents and paintings.
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to all types of electronic contents.
National Cultural Audio visual Archive
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to all electronic contents.
National Digital Library (29,967,869 items)
IIT Kharagpur / MHRD
Free Access to books, articles, A/V Materials , Thesis, etc.
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to all electronic contents
Alexandra Elbakyan (Kazakhstan)
Free and paid Access. only English & Russian. Research Papers and latest research Information.
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Mostly Free / Some Paid access to Books, journals, thesis, etc.
The South Asia Research Foundation
Free Access to electronic contents e-Books, Audios, Microfilm,etc.
South Asia at Chicago
Mostly Paid / Some are Free access to books, journals, newspapers and photographs.
Mostly Free / Some Paid access to science reports and proceedings.
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
University of Toronto
Rare manuscripts and printed documents
The University of Chicago Library (70,000 items)
The University of Chicago
Mostly Paid / Some are Free access to books and manuscripts.
UNESCO open access Publications
UNESCO
Free access to books, articles, manuscripts and newspapers.
Ministry of Culture (Govt. of India)
Free Access to History,Philosophy and Religions e-contents.
World Digital Library (19147 items)
UNESCO
Free Access to manuscripts, rare books, maps, photographs
World eBook Library (194,584 items)
UNESCO & Library Of Congress
Free Access with login, Academic e-book collection, Journal and Magazine Collection
Yale University
Free Digital Resource on Poetry and Fiction