If you are new to the concept of Open Access (OA), start with Peter Subers’ article Open Access Overview. The article provides an excellent introduction to open access and covers almost all aspects and issues in this cutting-edge field. There are also links to many major open access initiatives and statements, as well as links to Peter Subers’ open access Blog and Newsletter in this article.
Generally speaking, open access literature is “digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.”(Peter Subers, Open Access Overview) In the context of this subject guide, open access refers to the freely available research articles, discussion papers, technical reports, experimental data, and many other forms of scholarly documents found in online journals, archives, and databases in various disciplinary areas relating to the study of global climate change.
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