Research Guides: Predatory Publishing: Open Access Publishing

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Busting OA Myths
From the UNC Libraries LibGuide on open access and commonly held assumptions on open access publishing.

Understanding Open Access

Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access is the needed modern update for the communication of research that fully utilizes the Internet for what it was originally built to do—accelerate research. -- SPARC

Open Access Fact Sheet from SPARC
Open Access Overview
An introduction to open access (OA) for those who are new to the concept - with many useful links.

The Open Access Rainbow

From SHERPA RoMEO (Securing a Hybrid Environment for Research Preservation and Access Rights Metadata for Open archiving) classification scheme for open access publishing and archiving options.

GOLD	The article is made open access immediately by the publisher, free of charge.
GREEN	The article can be archived pre-print and post-print or as publisher's version/PDF.
BLUE	The article can be archived post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing) or as publisher's version/PDF.
YELLOW	The article can be archived pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing), but not post-print.
WHITE	Archiving is not formally supported.

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Predatory Publishing: Open Access Publishing

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Understanding Open Access

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