Learning and Accessing– Open Access Resources during Covid-19 pandemic

August 11, 2021

As part of our social distancing and staying in the confines of our homes/hostels, we may utilize time productively by engaging with Open Access Resources for broadening horizon of learning. Following is the list of some best ICT initiatives (India and abroad) with their access link:

Sl. No.NameAccess Link
E-Book and E-journals Websites
1National Digital Library of Indiahttps://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
2N-List E-Journals & E-Bookshttp://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/
3Directory of Open Access Bookshttps://www.doabooks.org/doab?uiLanguage=en
4ShodaSindhuhttps://www.inflibnet.ac.in/ess/
5ePEc (Research Papers in Economics)http://repec.org/
6PDF Drive is your search engine (E-Book)https://www.pdfdrive.com/
7Directory of Open Access Journalshttps://doaj.org/
8Springer Open Journalshttps://www.springeropen.com/journals-a-z
9Taylor & Francis Open Accesshttps://www.tandfonline.com/openaccess
10Project Gutenberghttp://www.gutenberg.org/
11Southern Connecticut State University Open Accesshttps://libguides.southernct.edu/openaccess
12Science Direct Open Access Contenthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/browse/journals-and-books?accessType=openAccess
13Oxford Openhttps://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access
14Cambridge University Presshttps://www.cambridge.org/core/what-we-publish/open-access
15LibriVox – Audio Bookshttps://librivox.org/
16Library of Congress Open Access eBookshttps://the-digital-reader.com/2020/03/29/library-of-congress-expands-its-collection-of-open-access-ebooks/amp
Online Learning Websites
17SWAYAM Online Courseshttps://storage.googleapis.com/uniquecourses/online.html
18National Knowledge Networkhttp://nkn.gov.in/en/
19NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)https://nptel.ac.in/
20e-PG Pathshalahttp://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
21e-Content courseware in UG subjectshttp://cec.nic.in/
22SWAYAMPRABHAhttps://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/
23Spoken Tutorialhttps://spoken-tutorial.org/
24e-Content courseware in UG subjectshttp://cec.nic.in/
25CEC-UGC Youtube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/user/cecedusat
26Talks to Teacherhttps://www.ted.com/playlists/182/talks_from_inspiring_teachers