Below is a list of Free databases or open-access electronic books evaluated and selected by the chief librarian together with her library staff to provide additional sources of information for researchers. Most of the electronic resources you will find in these sites are free and openly available for public use.
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
OpenStax is part of Rice University, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable corporation. As an educational initiative, it's our mission to improve educational access and learning for everyone. Through our partnerships with philanthropic foundations and our alliance with other educational resource companies, we're breaking down the most common barriers to learning. Because we believe that everyone should and can have access to knowledge.
The SpringerOpen portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, so that we now offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals. Publishing with SpringerOpen makes your work freely available online for everyone, immediately upon publication, and our high-level peer-review and production processes guarantee the quality and reliability of the work. Open access books are published by our Springer imprint.
The Open Textbook Library is a resource that offers open textbooks freely licensed by authors and publishers for use and adaptation. Users can download, edit, and distribute these textbooks without cost. It currently hosts 1671 open textbooks and is supported by the Open Education Network, which is part of the Center for Open Education at the University of Minnesota.
The eLibrary DOST-PCAARRD is an online platform established by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), a sectoral council under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It provides free access to a vast collection of publications, theses, dissertations, and other resources primarily focused on the Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources (AANR) sector in the Philippines. This digital library aims to facilitate the efficient dissemination of AANR and other science and technology (S&T) information to researchers, policymakers, farmers, fisherfolk, students, and the general public, enhancing PCAARRD's traditional library services through the Science Library Integrated Management System (SLIMS).
