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Open Access @ UCC: Open Access Resources

Open access is a broad international movement that seeks to grant free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data.

Creative Commons Licenses

Which license should I apply to my publication?

Do you know which copyright licence to apply to your Research Publications? 

There are six different CC license types - Use the licence chooser here for guidance

Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardised way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law.

The presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted indicates what can be done with this work.  

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OpenDOAR

OpenDOAR is the quality-assured, global Directory of Open Access Repositories. You can search and browse through thousands of registered repositories based on a range of features, such as location, software or type of material held. Try it out for yourself: Here

OASPA - Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association

OASPA is a diverse community of organisations engaged in open scholarship with a mission to encourage and enable open access as the predominant model of communication for scholarly outputs. It's membership includes scholar-led and professional publishers of books and journals, across varied geographies and disciplines, as well as infrastructure and other services.