Open Archives
More about Open Archives
The Open Archives are archives made up of over 1,000,000 documents, which are made accessible to the scientific community for free via internet. These include pre-print and post-print documents, theses, etc. and cover a range of disciplines including chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc.
The user can search for and collect documents thanks to the versatile OAIPMH protocol (Open Archives Protocol for Meta data Harvesting).
Open Archives and digitAlexandria
The digitAlexandria system includes the OAIPMH protocol, and has thus collected the majority of these documents, making them easily and transparently available to users of the dA software. Thanks to the Freescience freeware software, a substantial amount of the most relevant OAI archives is available for free. Furthermore dA users' submitted documents are visible within the entire scientific community, since the dA archive may be harvested by OAI service providers.
The following is a table outlining the features of the dA system, highlighting the functions available through the OAIPMH protocol.
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of documents available in the OAI system | about 1.500.000 |
| Number of OAI documents available from dA | about 1.000.000 |
| Subjects | chemistry, physics, astronomy, electronics, information technology, mathematics |
| Access to full text OAI documents | depends on the policy of the archive in which they are stored. |
| Access to document descriptions | always available, even if the sever cannot be accessed from the network. |
| Access to documents through the dA network using the OAIPMH protocol | the documents shared by dA users are always available through the OAIPMH
protocol even if the user is not connected (this function can be
disactivated at any time). However downloading full text documents is only possible through the dA client software and not through the OAIPMH protocol. |
List of OAI Archives harvested by the dA system
| baseURL | repositoryName |
|---|---|
| http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/perl/oai | @rchiveSIC : Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication |
| http://publications.uu.se/portal/OAI | Academic Archive On-line |
| http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oai/OAI2.0 | AIM25 - Archives in London |
| http://www.asdlib.org/oai/oai.php | Analytical Sciences Digital Library |
| http://phy043.tours.inra.fr:8080/perl/oai2 | AnimalPhysiology-LivestockSystems |
| http://eprints.univ-lyon2.fr:8050/perl/oai2 | Archive Lyon 2 |
| http://archiveseiah.univ-lemans.fr/perl/oai2 | ArchivesEIAH |
| http://arXiv.org/oai2 | arXiv |
| http://www.biomedcentral.com/oai/2.0/ | BioMed Central |
| http://caltechbook.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Books by Caltech Authors |
| http://caltechbook.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Books by Caltech Authors |
| http://caltechasci.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Caltech Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative Technical Reports |
| http://caltechasci.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative Technical Reports |
| http://oralhistories.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Archives Oral Histories Online |
| http://caltechcstr.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Caltech Computer Science Technical Reports |
| http://caltechcstr.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Computer Science Technical Reports |
| http://caltechcdstr.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Caltech Control and Dynamical Systems Technical Reports |
| http://caltechcdstr.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Control and Dynamical Systems Technical Reports |
| http://caltecheerl.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports |
| http://caltecheerl.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory Technical Reports |
| http://etd.library.caltech.edu:80/ETD-db/OAI/oai | Caltech Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
| http://caltechlib.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Library System Papers and Publications |
| http://caltechparadise.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai | Caltech Parallel and Distributed Systems Group |
| http://caltechparadise.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | Caltech Parallel and Distributed Systems Group |
| http://infsearch.cs.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/oai.pl | Carnegie Mellon University Informedia Public Domain Video Archive |
| http://cav2001.library.caltech.edu/perl/oai2 | CAV2001: Fourth International Symposium on Cavitation |
| http://tel.ccsd.cnrs.fr/perl/oai20 | CCSD theses-EN-ligne, France |
| http://hal.ccsd.cnrs.fr/oai/oai.php | CCSd/HAL : e-articles server (based on gBUS) |
| http://fred.ccsu.edu:8000/perl/oai2 | CCSU Digital Archive |
| http://cdsweb.cern.ch/cgi-bin/oai2d | CERN Document Server (Beta) |
| http://preprint.chemweb.com/CPS/OAI/ | Chemistry Preprint Server |
| http://citebase.eprints.org/cgi-bin/oai2 | citebase.eprints.org |
| http://biblio-eprints.bo.cnr.it/perl/oai2 | CNR Bologna Research Library |
| http://isof-eprints.bo.cnr.it/perl/oai2 | CNR ISOF (Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattivita') |
| http://www.compscipreprints.com/comp/OAI/index.htt | Computer Science Preprint Server |
| http://www.cstc.org:80/cgi-bin/OAI/CSTC.pl | Computer Science Teaching Center |
| http://www.conoze.com/interfaz/oai/20/ | conoZe.com |
| http://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/perl/oai2 | Digitale Hochschulschriften der LMU |
| http://dispute.library.uu.nl/cgi-bin/oai.pl | dispute |
| http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/perl/oai | DLIST |
| https://drtc.isibang.ac.in/oai/ | Documentation Research and Training Centre |
| http://hpds1.mit.edu/oai/ | DSpace at MIT |
| http://www.ub.uni-duisburg.de:8080/cgi-oai2/2/OAI-XMLFile-2.1/XMLFile/DuetT/oai.pl | DUETTv2 - Dissertations and other Documents of the University Duisburg |
| http://eprints.rclis.org/perl/oai2 | E-LIS |
| http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/perl/oai2 | e-Prints Soton |
| http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/perl/oai2 | ECS EPrints Service |
| http://eldorado.uni-dortmund.de:8080/rootcollection/cgi/oai2 | Eldorado - Document Server of the University Dortmund |
| http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/perl/oai2 | eprints@iisc |
| http://eiop.or.at/cgi-bin/oaiserv.pl | ERPA European Research Papers Archive |
| http://www-new.gsi.de/~harvest/oai2.php | GSI OAI Repository |
| http://www.gsi.de/~harvest/oai2.php | GSI OAI Repository |
| http://hsss.slub-dresden.de/hsss/servlet/hsss.oai.OAIServlet | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/cgi-bin/OAI/hkuto.pl | Hong Kong University Theses Online |
| http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/OAI-2.0 | Humboldt University of Berlin, GERMANY, Document Server |
| http://www.mpi.nl/IMDI/OAI-IMDI/2.0/imdi_oai2.pl | IMDI to OAI bridge |
| http://oai.dlib.indiana.edu/phpoai/oai2.php | Indiana University Digital Library Program |
| http://oai.dlib.indiana.edu/oai2/ | Indiana University Digital Library Program |
| http://rocky.dlib.vt.edu:80/~jcdlpix/cgi-bin/OAI1.1/jcdlpix.pl | JCDL 2001 Picture Album |
| http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/oai2.0/ | LTRS |
| http://memSIC.ccsd.cnrs.fr/perl/oai | mémSIC : Mémoires en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication |
| http://memsic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/perl/oai2 | mémSIC : Mémoires en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication |
| http://www.mathpreprints.com/math/OAI/index.htt | Mathematics Preprint Server |
| http://oai.lib.msu.edu/oai/oai.cfm | Michigan State University - Digital and Multimedia Center |
| http://hbllmedia.lib.byu.edu/test/PhpOai2/oai/oai2.php | Mormons and their Neighbors |
| http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oai/OAI2.0 | MUNDUS - UK Missionary collections |
| http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/oai2.0/ | NACA |
| http://ndad.ulcc.ac.uk/cgi-bin/oai/OAI2.0 | NDAD - UK National Archive of Datasets |
| http://services.nsdl.org:8080/nsdloai/OAI | NSDL OAI Repository (initial release) |
| http://www.language-archives.org/cgi-bin/olaca3.pl | OLAC Aggregator |
| http://www.open-video.org/oai2.0/ | OpenVideo |
| http://www.orgprints.org/perl/oai2 | Organic Eprints |
| http://orgprints.org/perl/oai2 | Organic Eprints |
| http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/oai/oai.php | PhysNet, Oldenburg, Germany, Document Server |
| http://physnet.uni-oldenburg.de/oai/oai2.php | Physnet, Physics Document Server, Germany |
| http://pkp.ubc.ca/harvester/oai/ | PKP Open Archives Harvester |
| http://ProjectEuclid.org/Dienst | Project Euclid (Hosted at Cornell University Library) |
| http://rib.cs.utk.edu/OAI/test/oai.pl | RIB Archive |
| http://sammelpunkt.philo.at:8080/perl/oai2 | Sammelpunkt. Elektronisch archivierte Theorie |
| http://servdoc.jp.cnrs.fr/perl/oai2 | Serveur de Documents Science et Culture France-Japon |
| http://www.ifeanet.org/oai/oai2.php | Serveur des publications de l'Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines |
| http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/oai/oai20.php | The University of Tennessee Library, Knoxville |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UAB/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UB/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat de Barcelona |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UdG/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat de Girona |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UIB/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat de les Illes Balears |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UdL/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat de Lleida |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UV/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat de València |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UJI/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Jaume I |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UOC/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UPC/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_UPF/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| http://www.tdx.cesca.es/TDX_URV/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | Universitat Rovira i Virgili |
| http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/oai2.cgi | University of California eScholarship Repository |
| http://bolder.grainger.uiuc.edu/uiLibOAIProvider/2.0/oai.asp | University of Illinois Library |
| http://oaigateway.grainger.uiuc.edu/oai.asp | University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, OAI Gateway |
| http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/perl/oai2 | University of Melbourne ePrints Repository |
| http://oai.sunsite.utk.edu/cgi-bin/oai2.cgi | University of Tennessee Sunsite Open Archives Initiative |
| http://eprints.biblio.unitn.it/perl/oai2 | University of Trento - Italy - UNITN-Eprints |
| http://www.lib.usf.edu:80/cgi-bin/ETD-db/NDLTD-OAI/oai.pl | USF Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| http://scholar.lib.vt.edu:80/theses/OAI/cgi-bin/index.pl | Virginia Tech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection |
Self archiving e copyright
The right of an author to republish a copy of their own work online (self-archiving) is assured by the Italian constitution. This right is overruled only in the contracts of certain publishers, a list of these publishers will be posted here