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This week is Open Access week- see our favourite resources<http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/this-week-is-open-access-week-see-our.html> This week is open access week! <http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about> This celebrates good full text items that you can get on the Internet for free. We will be posting updates all week http://lselibraryresearch.blogspot.co.uk/ to start what is open access - what are its possibilities for learning. View these inspirational videos from open access lecture site TED <http://www.ted.com/> Sanjay Pradhan: How open data is changing international aid<http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid.html> <http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid.html> 2012<http://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid.html> Michael Neilsen Open Science<http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/open-science-2/> but here is the fun part! coming all this week our links to favourite open access resources! Here are a few mega sites to get started. Directory of Open Access Journals. (DOAJ) Maintained by Lund University Library. A key starting point for tracing and accessing 1,000s of academic ejournals covering all subject areas. <http://www.doaj.org/> OpenDOAR<http://www.opendoar.org/> Comprehensive list of institutional and subject-based repositories worldwide. It is possible to cross-search the content to locate individual articles. Open Access Bibliography<http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Bibliography_of_open_access> which based is on Charles W. Bailey, Jr., Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals<http://www.digital-scholarship.org/oab/oab.htm>, Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2005. It seeks to list and link to articles and reports covering all aspects of open access. Topics include; mandates, copyright, institutional repositories and interviews. Heather dawson LSE Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer