Digital Resources Directory

Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR)

Description: Access to Mideast and Islamic Resources (AMIR) is a project that aims to collect and distribute information about open access resources and other networked information in the Middle East and Islamic studies. It focuses on providing access to open access journals, digitized manuscripts, and other scholarly resources related to the Middle East and Islamic studies. The project is not a publisher but rather a platform that aggregates and disseminates information about open access resources in this field. It serves as a valuable tool for researchers and scholars interested in the Middle East and Islamic studies to discover relevant open access materials.

AdisInsight

Description: AdisInsight is a drug research and development (R&D) intelligence database that provides users with access to comprehensive and up-to-date information on drug development programs, clinical trials, adverse events, deals, and patents. It is a valuable tool for scientists, clinicians, business professionals, and other stakeholders in the pharmaceutical industry.

Afreximbank Research & Knowledge Publications

Description: Afreximbank's Research and Knowledge Department provides a platform for the dissemination of high-quality research and knowledge on trade and investment in Africa. The department publishes a variety of publications, including the African Trade Report, Country Briefs, Trade Policy Briefs, and the African Commodity Index (AACI).

Africa Development Indicators

Description: Africa Development Indicators was a primary World Bank collection of development indicators on Africa, compiled from officially-recognized international sources which presents the most current and accurate global development data available and includes national, regional, and global estimates.

Arabic Collections Online (ACO)

Description: Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a digital collection of public domain Arabic language content that is open to the public, ACO now gives digital access to 17,262 volumes covering 10,148 subjects from prestigious research libraries' vast Arabic collections, This mass digitization project, which was funded with support from NYU Abu Dhabi and is currently supported by major grants from Arcadia, a charitable fund founded by Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, and Carnegie Corporation of New York aims to feature up to 23,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions' library collections. These institutions are donating published volumes from their Arabic language libraries in a variety of subjects, including literature, business, science, and more.

ArchDaily

Description: ArchDaily is a weblog covering architectural news, projects, products, events, interviews and competitions, and opinion pieces, among others, catering to architects, designers, and other interested parties.

Architecture

Description: Architecture is a high-quality open access journal that is committed to publishing the best research in the field of architecture. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning about the latest advances in the field and in contributing to the advancement of knowledge in architecture.

Architecture and Engineering

Description: The Journal publishes academic papers on topical issues of architecture, urban planning, geotechnical engineering, engineering geology, and land transportation equipment and technology in construction. All papers submitted are subject to double-blind peer review.

Archives Direct

Description: Archives Direct is a suite of collections sourced from The National Archives, Kew, the official archive of the United Kingdom. Containing diplomatic correspondence, letters, reports, surveys, material from newspapers, statistical analyses, published pamphlets, ephemera, military papers, profiles of prominent individuals, maps and many other types of document, it consists of the history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries from the British state’s point of view , it also features a contextualizing chronology spanning the date range of the entire suite of collections, and (for selected collections) map galleries showcasing the hundreds of color maps included throughout the material.

Art and Architecture Journal

Description: Art and Architecture Journal is an Open Access Journal Issued by Faculty of Fine Arts- Luxor University, The journal is issued in English, Italian, French, and Arabic languages, the journal follows a double-blind peer-review process, Biannual (two issues per year). Journal publishes papers concerned with Islamic Art and Architecture, Ancient Art and Architecture, and Art and Architecture Conservation.

arXiv

Description: arXiv is a free distribution service and an open-access archive for 2,127,356 scholarly articles in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance, statistics, electrical engineering and systems science, and economics. Materials on this site are not peer-reviewed by arXiv.

B.C. Open Collection

Description: The B.C. Open Collection is a curated selection of open educational resources (OER) that can be accessed by educators in B.C. and beyond to use in the classroom, in an institutional learning management system, or on other teaching and learning platforms. All materials are openly licensed. This means they are free to use, customize, and share.

BASE

Description: BASE is one of the world's most voluminous search engines especially for academic web resources. BASE provides more than 340 million documents from more than 11,000 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.

BC Building, Plumbing and Fire Codes

Description: The British Columbia Codes 2018 provide the minimum requirements for a safely built environment and are the product of a unique partnership between industry practitioners, construction technology experts, and provincial regulators.

BioMed Central (BMC)

Description: BioMed Central is a prominent open-access publisher of scientific and medical research. BMC provides free and unrestricted access to a wide range of peer-reviewed journals covering various fields within biomedicine and related disciplines. The organization is known for its commitment to open science and accessibility of research findings.

Britannica Academic

Description: Fast and easy access to high-quality, comprehensive information combining the insightful Encyclopaedia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, primary sources and many other research tools. It provides a variety of reliable sources that students need to consult to conduct thorough research, all written to provide balanced, global perspectives and insights. Also, all content is complete with citations required to deliver academically rigorous essays.

Britannica Dictionary

Description: the Britannica Group, worldwide leaders in education, knowledge, and information for more than 250 years. Under Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster imprimaturs, people all over the world — students, teachers, researchers, and casual learners —can access reliable, lively, and relevant school curricula, and trustworthy information on subjects ranging from language and science, history and the arts, and much more.

Britannica Library

Description: Children, Young Adults, and Adults have access to a secure, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource, Find articles from encyclopedias, multimedia, primary sources, e-books, and other learning tools to help students with their research and to reinforce curricular standards.

Buildings

Description: Buildings is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on building science, building engineering and architecture published monthly online by MDPI. The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) is affiliated with Buildings and their members receive a discount on the article processing charges.

CABI Books

Description: CAB eBooks provides online access to broad, authoritative knowledge from a leading scientific publisher. Titles are indexed and retrievable as chapters, ensuring that a search of available titles returns the most relevant results. CABI's 48 member countries guide and influence our work which is delivered by scientific staff based in our global network of centres.”

CABI Reviews

Description: A reviews journal covering agriculture, global health, nutrition, natural resources and veterinary science

Cambridge Dictionary

Description: Cambridge University Press has been publishing dictionaries for learners of English since 1995. Cambridge Dictionaries Online began offering these dictionaries completely free of charge in 1999 — and today, Cambridge Dictionary is still growing.

ChemSpider

Description: ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database providing fast access to over 100 million structures, properties, and associated information. By integrating and linking compounds from hundreds of high-quality data sources, ChemSpider enables researchers to discover the most comprehensive view of freely available chemical data from a single online search. It is owned by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Class Central

Description: Class Central is a listing of online courses which aggregate courses from many providers to make it easy to find the best courses on almost any subject, wherever they exist. It focus primarily on free (or free to audit) courses from universities, offered through massive open online course (MOOC) platforms.

Clinical key

Description: ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine that helps doctors, nurses, and other health professionals make better decisions anywhere, anytime, in any patient scenario. ClinicalKey adapts to your schedule, workflow preferences, and information needs, making it easier for you to find and apply relevant knowledge quickly