Open access scholarship refers to work that is freely available to read and download online. Open access work is often licensed under a Creative Commons License, which allows authors to control how their work is used. Choosing to make your work open access allows scholars and interested parties around the world--regardless of institutional affiliation or support--to read and build upon your work.
You have several options when it comes to making your work open access. There are three common "forms" of open access. Click on each to learn more.
Preprints are the first copy of an author's manuscript that have not undergone peer review yet. Preprints are often included in databases alongside published articles and can be an indication of early research in a field.
If citing a preprint in a paper or project, make sure to cite the final published article if available.
The following resources are freely accessible to you, even after you leave SU:
Syracuse University Libraries have signed transformative agreements with academic publishers that broaden access to SU scholarship. Under the agreements, the costs to publish your work open access (APC charges) will be covered by the library. Please click on each agreement below to see how to make your work open access.
There are currently agreements with the following publishers:
Additionally, there are opportunities for publishing books in the following open monograph programs supported by Syracuse University Libraries:
For more information, check out: