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Alumni: Free online resources

Open Access Journal articles

 

Academia.edu

Researchers can make versions of their research freely available where publisher licences permit. Academia.edu has no connection with DMU and individual authorare themselves responsible for uploading the correct and legitimate version of their articles.

BASE

BASE is a search engines especially for academic open access web resources. BASE is operated by Bielefeld University Library.

CORE

Search across repositories, like DORA, at other universities

Directory of open access journals

Search for articles within journals that are open access and provide freely available content.

DORA

DMU's repository including access to journal articles and other research carried out by members of the university.  Access to the full-text is free where publishers allow.

Google Scholar

A scholarly search tool.  Articles that are freely available will include a link to the full-text

JSTOR register and read

Read a restricted number of articles for free

OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents

ResearchGate

Researchers can make versions of their research freely available where publisher licences permit. ResearchGate has no connection with DMU and individual authors are themselves responsible for uploading the correct and legitimate version of their articles.

Open Access books and Theses

 

Google books

Find full-text access to books.  The advanced setting will allow you to refine your search to ebooks only.

Directory of open access books

Links to free ebooks.

EThOS e-thesis online service

British Library service providing downloadable PDFs of over 600,000 UK doctoral theses 

British Library digital collections

See the public library access page for details about the British Library print and digital collections

Free company information

 

Companies House

Provides some free company information

YouGov

UK Government information and profiles

YouGov profiles lite

Provides some interesting if light demographics data

Company Spotlight

Company Spotlight is PrecisionIR's website providing Annual Reports for the world's top publicly traded companies. They also have aggregated content (video, PowerPoint, Webcasts, and more) for over 24,000 companies.

Advertising Association

Represents agencies, brands and media promoting the role, rights and responsibilities of advertising and its impact on individuals, the economy and society. There is also links to Credos their advertising think-tank with downloadable reports on issues related to advertising.

Advertising Standards Authority

The Advertising Standards Authority is the independent body set up by the advertising industry to police the rules laid down in the advertising codes. The latest investigations, adjudications and research are downloadable from the site.

Kompass

Kompass is a well-known and reliable business to business global trade directory. Simple or advanced searches on products and companies are possible. Basic information is freely accessible. More detailed information is available on a subscription or pay per view service.

The Thomas Register

Comprehensive information on manufacturers and suppliers of products in the USA. There is little or no financial data, just detailed product information with a Product News section with articles and market news on the latest innovations.

Morningstar

Covers some free financial information