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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

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Audiobooks offer the added convenience of being accessible even in situations where a print or digital ebook is not. Free and premium online courses Gone are the days when you need to go through a whole process in order to access paywalled knowledge. The Internet has made it super easy to self-educate.

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7 Good Academic Search Engines for Science Teachers

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While some of the resources you might come across are available for free most of the academic literature, as you know, is paywalled and you can either use your institutional affiliation or purchase the document yourself to access it. Scopus Scopus by Elsevier is a database of citations and abstracts of peer-reviewed literature.

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7 Good Google Scholar Alternatives for Academics and Student Researchers

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WorldCat enables you to access 'article citations with links to full text, authoritative research materials, one-of-a-kind documents and photos of local or historic significance, and digital versions of rare items that aren’t generally available to the public.' Access to ERIC is free and does not require any membership or subscription.

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Best Websites to Help You Find Academic Books and Journal Articles

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If you are affiliated with an academic institution or organization you can use their login credentials for free access, otherwise, you will have pay to access paywalled materials. you can either directly access online content that’s openly available or click on a link for a library near you.

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10 Characteristics of 21st Century Learners

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With technologies like AI taking the world by surprise, the ability to generate and access knowledge has become almost ubiquitous for anyone with an internet connection. In my experience, digitally proficient students are better equipped to access a vast range of learning resources and collaborate on a global scale.

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