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Open Access

This guide highlights open access initiatives at the University of Northern Colorado as well as provides background information on the open access movement and resources.

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open access is the free, online availability of research and scholarship which can be read and used by anyone without financial, legal, or technical barriers

free access ♦ no barriers ♦ wider audiences ♦ greater impact ♦ author control

Publication Models of Open Access

Open Access is not only a movement to make journals more open and accessible (see Beyond Journals). When you hear about open access models, people are generally referring to journal or book publications and it can get confusing. If you have questions, please email library.scholcomm@unco.edu.

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