Subscribed databases, Research4Life, and open access collections
Available to COTUL active members. Member institutions may need to provide institutional public IPs or sign a license agreement to authenticate access.
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| 1 | Emerald Insight | Journals | Over 300 multidisciplinary journals covering humanities, social sciences, IT, and more. (Institutional IPs & OAN) |
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| 2 | EBSCOhost (Academic Search Complete) | E-books & Journals | More than 8,500 full-text periodicals including 7,300+ peer-reviewed journals. (IP & institutional logins) |
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| 3 | Taylor and Francis | Journals | Access to 2,700+ scholarly journals across various disciplines. (IP & Individual Registration) |
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| 4 | JSTOR Archive Journals | Journals | Access in business, history, science, literature, education, and more. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 5 | SAGE Research Methods | Journals | Fields include business, humanities, and STM. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 6 | Oxford Products | Database, E-books, Journals | Covers medicine, law, sciences, humanities, and more. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 7 | De Gruyter Journals Collection | Journals | Topics include biology, engineering, medicine, and law. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 8 | ACM Digital Library | Journals, Magazines, Conference Proceedings | IT, software, AI, machine learning, and cybersecurity. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 9 | ASTM Compass | E-books, Journals | Engineering, health & safety, nuclear, and petroleum. | Visit |
| 10 | e-Duke Journals Scholarly Collection | Journals | Humanities and social sciences. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 11 | Edward Elgar Publishing | E-books & Journals | Law, economics, and leadership. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 12 | Euclid Prime Collection | Journals | Applied and theoretical mathematics. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 13 | European Respiratory Journal | Journals | Medicine, thoracic surgery, and imaging. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 14 | IOPscience Extra | Journals | Physics, biomedical engineering, and quantum science. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 15 | IWA Publishing Journals | Journals | Water, wastewater, and environmental science. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 16 | Mathematical Sciences Publishers | Journals | Mathematics, mechanics, and engineering. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 17 | Open Book Publishers | E-books | Multidisciplinary humanities and social sciences. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 18 | OpenEdition Journals | Journals | Humanities and social sciences. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 19 | Royal Society Journals Collection | Journals | Biological, physical and engineering sciences. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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| 20 | The Company of Biologists' Journals | Journals | Developmental biology, cell biology, and zoology. (IP & Licence Agreement) |
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Programmes that give developing-country institutions access to scholarly literature across health, agriculture, environment, and innovation.
Set up by WHO together with major publishers, HINARI enables low- and middle-income countries to access one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature.
Up to 13,000 journals in 30 languages, ~29,000 e-books, 100+ countries
Visit ProgrammeSet up by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), AGORA enables developing countries to access a digital library collection in food, agriculture, environmental science, and related social sciences.
3,500+ journals and 3,300 books, 2,500 institutions, 116 countries
Visit ProgrammeLed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), OARE connects academics, researchers, and policy makers in developing countries with environmental science research.
5,710 peer-reviewed journals and 1,119 books, 100+ countries
Visit ProgrammeCoordinated by WIPO with publishing partners, ARDI increases the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries.
~20,000 journals, books and reference works from 17 publishers, 117 countries
Visit ProgrammeLaunched in 2018 and managed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) together with Cornell Law School, Yale's Lillian Goldman Law Library, and Brill Nijhoff, GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) gives developing countries access to academic legal and social science literature, including law, economics, philosophy, history, and politics.
16,000+ peer-reviewed journals and books from 70+ publishers, 115+ countries
Visit ProgrammeA discovery service for peer-reviewed books published under an open access license.
Lists free, full-text, quality-controlled scientific and scholarly journals across all subjects and languages.
An authoritative, quality-controlled directory of academic open access repositories.
Open access to peer-reviewed bioscience journals published in developing countries.
Leading general medical journal.
Open access biomedical research publisher.
Nonprofit open access science and medicine publisher.
Produces online versions of peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly content.
A free, open online community of learning materials for faculty, staff, and students.
A partnership-based e-learning initiative for effective agricultural information management.
Freely usable teaching and learning materials grouped by subject and grade.
Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content.
Free access to Tufts University course materials for learners worldwide.
