Open Access Resources


Directory of Open Access Journal

DOAJ is an independent and community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.


Directory of Open Access Books

The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer- reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards.


Architecture Commons

This platform provides access to the papers of various institutional publications available open access in the field of Architecture and Planning.


Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks with the chosen option among free e pub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with a focus on older


Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland (PADDI)

PADDI is a bibliographic database which aims to provide wide access to information on all aspects of the built environment and environmental planning in Ireland, north and south. Indexing of material began in 1980; indexed material includes items published from c1865 to the present, but the majority of items date from the mid-20th century onwards; the time period covered is 12th century to the present.

Open Government Data India

The Objective of Open Government Data Platform India is to facilitate the access to Government owned shareable data and information in both human readable and machine readable forms in a proactive and periodically updatable manner, within the framework of various related policies, Acts and Rules of Government of India, thereby promoting wider accessibility and application of government owned data and unlocking the potential of data for national development.