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.
| Provider | Category | Available resources |
| DOAB | Agriculture and Food Sciences | 13 e-books |
| Springer Link | Environmental and Earth Sciences category | 3,496 ( 1 Book, 12 Book chapters and 3,465 Journal articles, 17 journals & 1 Protocol) |
| InTech Open Science | Agriculture and Biological Science Environmental Science | 100 e-books 44 e-books |
| OAPEN | Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment | 25 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
