Research Access
Library access is such a major hurdle for unaffiliated/independent scholars, but there are some resources! Here is a list of some open access starting places, but do also check with a college/university local to you to see if they have access options at not outrageous fees and with your local library systems. Some of these resources may only be free to a point or have geographic restrictions:
- Boston Public Library (for MA residents only)
- Digital Public Library of America
- Directory of Open Access Books
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- The Free Library
- Google Scholar
- Harvard Law School – Free Legal Research Resources – United States
- Harvard Library – CURIOSity Digital Exhibits/Archives
- Hathi Trust
- Internet Archive
- Janeway – Open Library of Humanities
- JSTOR Early Journal – Pre-1923 US, Pre-1870 elsewhere
- JSTOR Open Access
- New York Public Library (for NY residents only)
- OAPEN Library
- Open Humanities Press
- Oxford University Press Open Access
- Project Gutenberg
- The Wikipedia Library of Free Resources
- WorldCat
- UChicago Open Access
- UMass Open Access Databases
- UCL Discovery
Job Listings
For those of us involuntarily independent, sites with job listings for primarily American institutions and organizations including many for museums and public history positions: