CORE alternatives
6 tools in the catalogue cover the same ground as CORE and can replace it depending on the need. Each one is reachable, re-checked daily, and listed with its pricing.
- Google ScholarfreeMultidisciplinary academic search engine indexing journal articles, theses, books, conference papers, and patents; includes citation counts and related work discovery.
- GovInfo (ex-FDsys)freeLegacy US Government Publishing Office document system (FDsys) that has been superseded by GovInfo (govinfo.gov); the URL now redirects to the modernized GovInfo platform.
- Lazy Scholar (T)freeBrowser extension that automatically finds free legal full-text versions of academic papers when viewing paywalled content; checks open-access repositories and PubMed Central.
- Library DatabasesfreeUniversity of Florida Library's A-Z database directory providing access to hundreds of academic databases covering all disciplines; useful as a reference for locating specialized research databases.
- Open LibraryfreeInternet Archive's open catalog of over 3 million books with borrowable digital editions; provides bibliographic data and full-text access for many out-of-print titles.
- OpenGrey EU PapersfreeFormer European grey literature database maintained by INIST-CNRS that indexed non-conventional scientific and technical documents; archived in 2020 and no longer updated.
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Aggregates open access research papers from thousands of repositories, with full text rather than abstracts alone.
RECOMMENDED USE
Reading the paper itself when the publisher's version is behind a paywall
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Lazy Scholar (T)
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Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
Search EnginesAcademic search engine indexing over 400 million documents from 12,000+ content providers including institutional repositories, open-access journals, and research databases worldwide.
Open Access Scholarly Journals
Search EnginesPAGEPress open-access publisher hosting peer-reviewed journals across biomedical, natural, and social sciences; provides free access to published research articles.
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