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BIO 390 - Writing in Biology course guide: Open Access

A research guide for BIO 390 classes

Preprint Servers

BioRxiv (beta)
Free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences.

Open Access Journals

BioONE
BioOne is a nonprofit publisher that aims to make scientific research more accessible through a growing portfolio of products.
BioMed Central: The Open Access Publisher
STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of over 300 peer-reviewed, open access journals
MethodsX
Peer-reviewed, open access journal
PeerJ
Open access peer reviewed articles on biology and medical science. Also includes non-peer reviewed preprint section.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER Commons: Biology materials
Science Open
Open access research articles

Open Data Sets

SHARE
Search multiple collections simultaneously. Includes Engaged Scholarship @ CSU publications.