How can I access online resources without needing to log in?
Students, staff, and faculty at CCSF can access electronic resources through the CCSF Library subscriptions. We are unable to share remote access to library database subscriptions to additional individuals (such as alumni and community borrowers).
Answer
For information access beyond the CCSF Library subscriptions, we recommend:
- applying for a San Francisco Public Library card and using their subscriptions.
- using online Open Access materials. See options below.
What is open access?
"Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions" (Suber, 2015).
What kind of content is available?
There are many options out there, but here are few for you to get started:
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) doaj.org
- Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR) opendoar.org
- Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) doabooks.org/doab
- HathiTrust Digital Library hathitrust.org
- JSTOR and Artstor about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/
- National Academies Press Free eBooks nap.edu/books
- NCBI Bookshelf ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books
- OASIS oasis.geneseo.edu
- Project Gutenberg gutenberg.org/
- Project Muse about.muse.jhu.edu/muse/open-access-overview
- SpringerLink tinyurl.com/springer-oa