Open access (OA) publications can be articles, journals, books, theses, reports, etc. On this page, you will find information sources (repositories, search services) where you can search for different types of OA publications. You will also find tips on effective searching methods (e.g. browser extensions). For open access publications, it is important to assess their reliability and scientific quality.
Tieteellisten seurain valtuuskunnan tarjoamassa palvelussa kotimaiset tieteelliset seurat voivat toimittaa ja julkaista lehtiään.
The service, provided by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, allows Finnish scientific societies to submit and publish their journals.
Thesis from other Finnish universities in electronic form can be found in each university's own institutional repository.
A research article can be published openly at the preprint stage, before it is peer-reviewed and published in an academic journal. The advantages of preprint archives include speed of publication, access to recent research results, open access and wider visibility of articles, and feedback from other experts.
Browser extensions (add-ons) help you find openly available versions of articles. Most add-ons work in different browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer, etc.). For example, you can download one of the ones below.
If you want to check the reliability of a journal, you can check its details in JUFO and/or the Cabells database, for example.
More information on the reliability of sources and tools to support evaluation:
More information on Federation of Finnish Learned Societies' peer-reviewed label.
Are you looking for support for your learning, your studies or do you want to develop your skills? You can make use of various open libraries of learning materials, where you can search for materials by subject, discipline or type of material.
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