Open Access

What is Open Access?

Open Access refers to the free, immediate, and unrestricted online availability of research outputs such as journal articles, theses, data sets, and other scholarly works. Unlike traditional publishing models, Open Access allows anyone to access and benefit from high-quality research without the barriers of paywalls or subscriptions. This movement promotes wider dissemination of knowledge, enabling more equitable access to information, regardless of institutional affiliation or geographic location.

Why is Open Access highlighted in October?

Open Access Week is celebrated to raise awareness about open research's benefits and advocate for a more transparent and accessible publishing model. This year, the highlight is International Open Access Week, which occurs from October 21 to 27.

Open Access advances academic collaboration and fuels innovation, enabling research to be freely shared and built upon without delay. This is crucial in today's fast-moving, interconnected world, where solving global challenges—from climate change to healthcare—requires open, interdisciplinary, and international collaboration. 

If you have any questions about how to engage with Open Access or want to know more about upcoming events, please feel free to reach out to your liaison librarian.

Did you finish a research project and want to publish it in a journal? Don't know what journal to publish in? Don't want to pay the high publication fees? Well, you are in luck; as an additional benefit to our faculty, students, and staff, the A.T. Still Memorial Library has entered into several agreements that enable ATSU-affiliated researchers to publish open access at no charge with the following publishers: Cambridge, Springer, Wiley, and BMJ Case Reports. To learn more about how to take advantage of these programs or for help identifying journals that fit your research, reach out to your liaison librarian. 

Some examples of top journals from these publishers that are part of the library agreement are:

• Journal of Clinical Periodontology

• Sports Medicine

• Medical Education

• Occupational Therapy International

• Journal of Internal Medicine

• Journal of child Language

• Language Learning

• European Journal of Dental Education 

• Oral Radiology

• Research in Higher Education

• Health & Social Care in the Community

• Journal of PUblic Health Policy

• Journal of Physiology

• Advances in Medicine

If you have questions or need additional help, don't hesitate to contact your library liaison. 

LibKey Nomad is an innovative browser extension on Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge designed to simplify your research process by providing instant access to full-text articles from your library's subscriptions, open-access sources, and more ----- all while you browse the web. With LibKey NOmad, there's no need to navigate multiple websites or log in repeatedly to get the research you need. One-click on PubMed or journal publisher sites take you to the article. Save time and get to the content you need with LibKey Nomad. The video below will highlight how to install the extension on your browser and show you how easy it is to use with PubMed and Google Scholar. 

Unlock the world of academic research with Google Scholar! Whether you're a student, researcher, or lifelong learner, Google Scholar gives you access to millions of scholarly articles, theses, books, and conference papers from across disciplines --- all in one place.

With Google Scholar, you can:

• Discover cutting-edge research on any topic.

• Track citations and see how research builds over time.

• Save your favorite papers to your personal library.

• Set alerts to stay updated on the latest publications in your field.

Start exploring the world's knowledge today with Google Scholar, the most innovative research method. Visit scholar.google.com and dive into your next discovery!

Watch the video below to learn more about Google Scholar.

Unlock the wealth of knowledge in the library's Still ScholarWorks repository! Our digital repository provides easy access to vast academic research, capstone and dissertations, datasets, and more. 

• Faculty Publications: Still ScholarWorks is an excellent way to showcase and share your research. Articles shared on Still ScholarWorks are preserved long-term, discoverable in Google Scholar, and freely available to all potential readers.

• Student Work: ScholarWorks is still a way for our hard-working students to share their work with the world, particularly their capstone projects, dissertations, applied research projects, research days, posters, and more.

• Datasets: Do you want to make your research more transparent and reproducible? Share your data in Still ScholarWorks to help create an open-science culture.

If you would like to submit a request for your work to be added to Still ScholarWorks, please get in touch with your Library Liaisons. To view the Still ScholarWorks repository.