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Google and Google Scholar Search Tips: Open Access Science Articles

Open Access Science Articles

There is a movement pushing for more "open access" to scientific articles on the web with a growing number of online repositories that are worth searching for peer-reviewed science articles.

Below you will find:

  • a video that explains "open access" 
  • links to a couple of different open access sites

Open Access Explained

Searching the Web for Scientific Articles

Try the sites below for "open access" to scientific information Here are sites to search for articles:

Try these sites:

Sample article found:

Public Library of Science (PLOS): open access scholarly articles

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001344

MDPI Sustainability: open access articles  https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051478