UofL Libraries: Computer Engineering and Computer Science: Open Access Resources

Free Websites

CiteSeerX
CiteSeerX is an evolving scientific literature digital library and search engine that has focused primarily on the literature in computer and information science. CiteSeerx aims to improve the dissemination of scientific literature and to provide improvements in functionality, usability, availability, cost, comprehensiveness, efficiency, and timeliness in the access of scientific and scholarly knowledge.
dblp
This service provides open bibliographic information on major computer science journals and proceedings. dblp is a joint service of the University of Trier and Schloss Dagstuhl.
DSpace@MIT
DSpace@MIT is a growing collection of MIT’s research that includes peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, working papers, theses and more. End-user downloads of the 80,000+ items regularly exceed one million per month.
Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL)
"The Technical Report Archive & Image Library (TRAIL) identifies, acquires, catalogs, digitizes and provides unrestricted access to U.S. government agency technical reports."

Open Access Journals and Predatory Publishing

Open Access Journals are freely available to others, undergo a peer review process that is often compatible with traditional journals, and will often require an Article Processing Charge to cover publication costs.

Predatory publishers use the Open Access Journal model to profit by charging authors to publish in their journals, however many do not have a true peer review process. Publishing in these journals can be harmful to researchers who think they are publishing in reputable journals.

Beall's List of Potential Predatory Journals and Publishers can be used as a guide to identify potential predatory publishers or low-quality journals.

You can find trusted Open Access Journals through the non-profit organization called the Directory of Open Access Journals. You can also limit your search journals without article processing charges and that receive a DOAJ seal.