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Open Access refers to online, free of cost access to peer reviewed scientific content with limited copyright and licensing restrictions.

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Five key moments in the Open Access movement in the last ten years

By Rhodri Jackson

Publication year: 2014 | Open Access | Open Access Initiatives

Open Access Publishing: a Literature Review

By Giancarlo Frosio, Estelle Derclaye

Publication year: 2014 | Open Access | Open Science Policies

Briefing Paper: Open Access (also available in Hungarian)

By Meg Hunt, Alma Swan, EOS

Publication year: 2015 | Open Access

CoScience Open Video Lecture 4: Options for scientific publishing and quality assurance procedures

By Ursula Arning, Jasmin Schmitz, Cornelius Puschmann, Lambert Heller

Publication year: 2015 | Open Access | Open Science Workflows | Open Peer Review

Publishers' Panel: SpringerOpen - Veronika Spinka/ Open Access Ambassadors Conference, December 3-4 2014, Munich

By Spinka, Veronika

Publication year: 2014 | Open Access | Open Data Journals | Open Access Routes

HowOpenIsIt? Open Access Spectrum (OAS)

By PLOS, SPARC, OASPA

Publication year: 2012 | Open Access | Open Science

Open Access policy guidelines for research institutions

By PASTEUR4OA

Publication year: 2015 | Open Access | Open Science Policies

SPARC Europe, Benefits of Open Access (website)

By SPARC Europe

Publication year: n.d. | Open Access | Open Access Definition

The fundamentals of the Scholarly Communication lifecycle

By Natalie Pafitis

Publication year: 2014 | Legal Issues | Open Access | Open Data | Open Science

Online module: Searching and Organizing

By Nicole Potters

Publication year: 2016 | Open Access | Open Data

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