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- 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- GovInfo (ex-FDsys)freeLegacy US Government Publishing Office document system (FDsys) that has been superseded by GovInfo (govinfo.gov); the URL now redirects to the modernized GovInfo platform.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maintained by INIST-CNRS that indexed non-conventional scientific and technical documents; archived in 2020 and no longer updated.
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