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Open Access

Open Access Business Models

Open Access means the content is free for readers, but there are still creation and publication costs (which can range from minimal to substantial) to produce this literature.  There are many different business models to fund Open Access.

Elon University Agreements

We are delighted to announce that through Belk Library, Elon University has entered agreements that enables researchers at Elon to publish their articles open access (OA) with the following publishers:

  • Cambridge University Press (no cost to publish OA)
  • Wiley Journals (no cost to publish OA)
  • Oxford University Press (10% off publishing fees)
  • SAGE Journals (10% off publishing fees for ~1000 SAGE journals)