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ART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. DART-Europe is endorsed by LIBER (Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche), and it is the European Working Group of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) and read more....
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The main purpose of HELDA is to increase the visibility, use and impact of research results of the University of Helsinki by providing open access of research publications through the University’s own repository. HELDA is a replacement for the UH campus repositories (DViikki, CARHU, Katja, TDS). HELDA serves as a full text repository for research articles and institutional series, as well as for teaching and research material produced by the departments and faculties of the University. The archive ensures long term storage and provides each item with a permanent web address and read more....
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PQDT Open provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge. You can quickly and easily locate dissertations and theses relevant to your discipline, and view the complete text in PDF format.In addition to open access dissertations and theses, more are available from ProQuest. Using ProQuest® Dissertations & Theses, you can find many other dissertations and theses for your research needs. Check with your library — many libraries subscribe to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses and make it available to you free of charge and read more....
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Theses Canada encourages all universities to participate in its harvesting program. Universities and theses authors benefit from immediate access to their ETDs on the Theses Canada Portal by scholars and researchers around the world, at the same time contributing to the development of the theses collection at LAC and read more....
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Iowa Research Online (IRO) is a service of the University of Iowa Libraries dedicated to preserving and providing open access to the scholarly and creative work of the University. University of Iowa Libraries staff works with university departments, research centers, and individual faculty to select, submit, and manage content. Members of the academic community are invited to contribute their completed scholarship for long-term preservation and worldwide electronic accessibility. Archiving content in IRO is free and allowed by many publishers. Faculty and researchers may also choose to create a SelectedWorks homepage to highlight this scholarship and share with colleagues and read more....
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CIRCLE is an open access digital repository for published and unpublished material created by the UBC community and its partners. Its aim is to showcase and preserve UBC’s unique intellectual output by making content freely available to anyone, anywhere via the web. UBC is committed to “developing a system for making UBC research accessible in digital repositories, especially open access repositories” and cIRcle is part of this strategy. The Senates of UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan have both endorsed UBC’s Open Access Position Statement which encourages faculty to deposit their research in cIRcle. In addition, some funding agencies have open access policies and read more....