Open Educational Resources (OER)
DEFINITION OF OERs
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others." - Source: UNESCO
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Some of the popular OERs are: DOAJ, eGyanKosh, ePG-Pathshala, KOER, Lumen Learning, MIT Courseware, NPTEL, OER Commons, Open Michigan, OpenDOAR, OpenLearn, Openverse, Shodhganga - INFLIBNET Centre, Vidya-Mitra, Wikipedia, and Open Textbook Library.
| Bibliographic Databases | ||
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Insight | LOADB ( List of OA Database) | Open Index Initiative |
| Science Direct | ||
| Citation Databases | ||
| PubMed | Dimensions | Crossref |
| Google Scholar | ||
| Patent Search Databases | ||
| Lens | Espacenet | Google Patents |
| Indian Patent Search | US Patent and Trademark Office | |
| Retracted Articles Database | ||
| Retraction Watch Database | ||
| Internet Based Research Database | ||
| Digital Commons Network | World Digital Library | Science Open |
| CORE (Open access research papers) | ||
| Science Related Preprint Repositories | ||
|---|---|---|
| arXiv | bioRxiv The Preprint Server for Biology | medRxiv The Preprint Server for Health Sciences |
| chemRxiv The Preprint Server for Chemistry | TechRxiv -Preprints in Technology Research | |
| Social Science and Humanities Related Preprint Repositories | ||
| Social Science Research Network (SSRN) | SocArXiv | |
| Multidisciplinary Preprint Repositories | ||
| OSF PrePrints | Research Square | CogPrints |
| PrePrints | Authorea | |
| VOSviewer: Visualizing Scientific Landscapes | Publish or Perish Software | Bibliometrix An R Tool for Comprehensive Science Mapping Analysis |
| Cite Space - Visualizing Patterns and Trends in Scientific Literature | BibExcel | SciMAT Science Mapping Analysis Tool |
| ScientoPy | Scholarometer | Pajek |
| Scite | ||
| Knowledge Mapping Tools | ||
|---|---|---|
| Citation Gecko | My Science Work | Open Knowledge Map |
| Citation Tools | ||
| BibMe | Cite this for Me | Citefast |
| Easybib | ZoteroBib | MyBib |
| Plagiarism Detection Tools | ||
| Copy Leaks | Dupli Checker | Paper Rater |
| Grammarly Plagiarism Checker | Search engines Report | Plagium |
| Alterting Service Tools | ||
| Giga Alert | ||
| Information Repackaging Tools | ||
| Summary Generator | SMMRY | Online Summarize Tool |
