This is a new trend which is being practised and used in many areas inthe world. This trend is called “Open Access Journals and Databases”. This is the simplest way where the public may access the journals or databases in full content freely and in most cases downloadable or for which otherwise specified.

Annals Academic of Medicine Singapore The Annals is the official medical journal of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. It is a refereed monthly journal appearing in the Index Medicus and has been accepted in the Science Citation Index-Expanded, ISI Alerting Services, and Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine. Subject: medicine.

BASE BASE is one of the world’s most voluminous search engines, especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 240 million documents from more than 8,000 content providers. You can access the full texts of about 60% of the indexed documents for free (Open Access). BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

Bioline International Bioline International is a pioneer in the provision of open access to peer-reviewed bioscience journals published in developing countries. These journals contain timely research on public health, international development, tropical medicine, food and nutritional security, and biodiversity. Bioline increases the visibility of this research by making it readily available to researchers across the world. Subject: bioscience.

Cambridge Digital Library’s Islamic Manuscript The Cambridge Digital Library will draw together books, manuscripts and other items from across our collections that are especially significant. Many of them have been displayed in Library exhibitions in the past – now they can be accessed at any time, from anywhere in the world, and browsed cover to cover exhibitions in the past. Subject: manuscript.

City Journal (Magazine) City Journal offers a stimulating mix of hard-headed practicality and cutting-edge theory, with articles on everything from school financing, policing strategy, and welfare policy to urban architecture, family policy, and the latest theorizing emanating from the law schools, charitable foundations, even the schools of public health. Subject: urban affairs.

CORE: Connecting Repositories CORE harvests research papers from data providers from all over the world including institutional and subject repositories, open access and hybrid journal publishers. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

Dart Europe E-Theses Portal The DART-Europe partners help to provide researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs). Subject: multi-disciplinary.

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ is a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer-reviewed open access material. The database contains 12000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

ERIC: Education Resources Information Center Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information. The ERIC website is offered free for public use by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. Subject: education.

E-LIS: E-Prints in Library and Information Science E-LIS is an open access archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information Science & Technology, and related areas. E-LIS is based on the voluntary work of an international team of librarians. Subject: library science.

Free Medical Journals The Free Medical Journals Site is dedicated to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet Subject: medicine.

Harvard Design Magazine Harvard Design Magazine aims to provide a forum for practitioners, journalists and academics primarily architecture, landscape architecture and urban and design planning. Subject: architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and design planning.

IIUM Journals IIUM Journal Publication is the publishing arm of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). IIUM promotes research and education by efficiently coordinating the publication of research projects; maintaining strategic alliances with distributors and other publishers, and regularly participating in book exhibitions and sales. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

Indian Journal of Urology Indian Journal of Urology-IJU (ISSN 0970-1591) is the official publication of the Urological Society of India. The journal is published quarterly. Subject: medicine – urology.

Information Research Information Research, is open access, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. Subject: information science, information management, information systems, information policy, archives and records management and librarianship.

International Food Research Journal International Food Research Journal (IFRJ), published six (6) times a year, is an open-access, double-blinded peer-reviewed online journal under the category of food science and technology. Subject: food science and technology.

International Young Scholar Journal of Language (IYSJL) International Young Scholar Journal of Language (IYSJL) is an online, peer-reviewed biannual journal. The journal aims to provide an avenue for young scholars to publish their research work and to share their findings or insights with other young scholars, academicians and practitioners. Subject: languages- Bahasa Malaysia, English, Arabic.

J-STAGE J-STAGE is an electronic journal platform for science and technology information in Japan, developed and managed by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Subject: science and technology.

Malaysian Citation Index Delivering access to bibliographic and citation information from scholarly literature published in Malaysian journals, conference proceedings, chapters in books and theses in the sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences and the humanities. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

MyJurnal MyJurnal contains bibliographic data and full-text contents of articles published in refereed scholarly journals in Malaysia, in various disciplines such as Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Medical & Health Sciences. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

Medical Journal of Malaysia Published in 1890 this journal originated as the Journal of the Straits Medical Association. With the formation of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), the Journal became the official organ, supervised by an editorial board. Some of the early Hon. Editors were Mr. H.M. McGladdery (1960 – 1964), Dr. A.A. Sandosham (1965 – 1977), and Prof. Paul C.Y. Chen (1977 – 1987). Subject: medicine.

National Center for Biotechnology Information The National Center for Biotechnology Information advances science and health by providing access to biomedical and genomic information. Subject: biomedical and genomic.

Open Access Theses and Dissertation OATD is a resource for finding open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

PATENTSCOPE® Search Service The PATENTSCOPE database provides access to international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in full-text format on the day of publication, as well as to patent documents of participating national and regional patent offices. Subject: patent

Royal Society Open Science A fast, open journal publishing high-quality research across all of science, engineering and mathematics. Subject: science, engineering and mathematics.

ScienceOpen ScienceOpen is a freely accessible research platform that offers millions of open access articles across all scientific disciplines. It supports advanced search, article recommendations, and tools for researchers to share, review, and promote their work. A useful resource for students, academics, and researchers. 

Shamaa Arab Educational Information Network Shamaa provides free access to educational research produced in Arab countries, including journal articles, theses, and reports. The platform covers topics in education and related fields in Arabic, English, and French. It is a valuable resource for researchers, educators, and students interested in education in the Arab world.

Singapore Medical Journal The Singapore Medical Journal (SMJ) is the monthly publication of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA). The Journal aims to advance medical practice and clinical research by publishing high-quality articles that add to the clinical knowledge of physicians in Singapore and worldwide. Subject: medicine.

The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health is published by the SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network (SEAMEO TROPMED Network). Subject: tropical medicine and public health.

UM e-journals UM e-Journals is provided by the University of Malaya (UM). Subject: multi-disciplinary.

UTM ejournals e-Journals published by UTM. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

UPM e-journals Pertanika publishes the official journals of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), under UPM Press. The international peer-reviewed journals are devoted to the publication of original papers and serve as fora for practical approaches to improving quality in issues pertaining to tropical agriculture; science and technology; social sciences and humanities; and related fields. The goal is to bring the highest quality research to the widest possible audience. Subject: multi-disciplinary.

UTS ePress Journals UTS ePRESS is the open access publishing arm of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). UTS ePRESS aim is to remove barriers to knowledge by freely disseminating high quality scholarly works. Through this commitment to open knowledge, UTS ePRESS contribute to scholarship that seeks to solve global challenges. Subject: governance, international studies, history, law, society, social justice.