Open Access & Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$)
Use this guide to develop materials in response to the Affordable Learning Solutions Campaign.
Browser Extensions
When you find materials that are blocked by paywalls try finding whether open access versions can be located using browser extensions.
- UnpaywallUnpaywall finds OA content in many ways, including using data from open indexes like Crossref and DOAJ where it exists. However, the majority of our OA content comes from independently monitoring over50,000 unique online content hosting locations, including Gold OA journals, Hybrid journals, institutional repositories, and disciplinary repositories.
If you'd like to add your repository or journal to our list of sources, that's great! You can submit your repository for indexing via this form, and submit your journal via email.
If you'd like to find a particular source, use the form below or download the complete sources list as CSV. - Open Access ButtonWe urgently need trusted knowledge that’s fairly owned, created, and read. We’re addressing that by creating a family of library-aligned, open source tools built not-for-profit, but for-change. Our toolsmake it simpler to do research without subscriptions.
The project started when students got tired of hitting paywalls. Instead of accepting their frustration, they became inspired and took an idea to track the impact of paywalls to a hackday. The Open Access Button was launched in November 2013.
- Last Updated: May 1, 2025 1:30 PM
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