The Center for Research Libraries provides this overview of current offers to support informed investment by its members in electronic resources. CRL gathers and organizes information about databases, e-resources, and collective publishing models of interest to CRL libraries.
We are currently transitioning this list from our previous eDesiderata platform and internal sources. We appreciate your patience during this period.
DOAJ makes it easy for libraries to integrate trusted open access journals and articles into their services, catalogues and guides. Discovery systems can use our data to help library users find reliable open access content. Our service supports libraries’ open access workflows and helps you to help your researchers identify quality open access publications venues.
The OAPEN Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to sustainable, open access, peer-reviewed books in the humanities and social sciences. OAPEN operates three platforms: OAPEN Library, OAPEN Open Access Books Toolkit, Directory of Open Access Books.
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is an open infrastructure indexing and discovery system committed to increasing the discoverability of open sciences.
CRL/NERL is currently offering a One-Time Purchase offer from Gale. This includes the newly released Eighteenth-Century Collection Online (ECCO) III along with 60 global resources focused on area studies, global studies, historic news, and global affairs. The goal is to use the purchasing power of the CRL/NERL membership to obtain resources at a higher discount than can be achieved individually.