Overview of OA e-books in agriculture and related sciences on AIMS

A new category entitled "Open Access e-books on agriculture" has been added to the "Open Access Resources" section on AIMS.

This page gives an overview of publishers and resources for OA books and journals in the agricultural domain. Identified OA book providers include the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), SpringerLink, InTech Open Science and Versita Open.

Take a look at the table below for a summary.

ProviderCategoryAvailable resources
DOABAgriculture and Food Sciences13 e-books
Springer LinkEnvironmental and Earth Sciences category3,496 ( 1 Book, 12 Book chapters and 3,465 Journal articles, 17 journals & 1 Protocol)
InTech Open ScienceAgriculture and Biological Science

Environmental Science
100 e-books

44 e-books
OAPENEarth Sciences, Geography, Environment25 e-books

For example, InTech Open Science provides 100 e-books when browsing under 'Agriculture and Biological Sciences' and additional 44 e-books under 'Environmental Science', while SpringerLink provides 3,496 open access resources covering e-books, book chapters and journals, under 'Environmental and Earth Sciences' category.

This list will be enriched and kept updated,  in order to facilitate the access to this type of e-literature on agriculture.

Visit the Open Access Resources page on AIMS for more information at  http://aims.fao.org/open-access/resources