{"id":22507,"date":"2025-07-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/?p=22507"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T10:26:21","slug":"uniskills-focus-on-doab-and-doaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/2025\/07\/25\/uniskills-focus-on-doab-and-doaj\/","title":{"rendered":"UniSkills Focus On: DOAB and DOAJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to another instalment of your <em>UniSkills Focus On\u2026<\/em> blogs. In this post we will be examining the benefits of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"UniSkills Focus On. This month our student blog series explores: DOAJ and DOAB. \" class=\"wp-image-22508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/ls\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2025\/06\/DOAJ-Blog.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do DOAB and DOAJ offer?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a> contain sources that are open access. This means that they are free and open for anyone to use and do not have any subscription charges. They are covered by <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons<\/a> licenses, meaning that you are free to use the material you find, as long as you reference it in your work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doabooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> has over 94,000 academic peer reviewed books and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\">DOAJ<\/a> has over 21,500 academic peer reviewed journals and over 11 million articles. <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a> cover every possible academic subject, including but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Geography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Language<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Philosophy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Religion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What are the benefits of using DOAB and DOAJ?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the large range of subjects covered and the ease of access of the sources within <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a>, these two resources are useful for any student. They both have high quality, peer-reviewed academic sources, so you can be sure that the books and journals articles you find, and use meet the highest academic standards. Why not explore at <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a> and see what they can offer you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to access DOAB and DOAJ<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a variety of different ways of accessing <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a>, including clicking on any of the links within this blog. You can also go to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/subject-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subject Resources webpage for your subject<\/a> and under the Additional Resources tab, you will find links to each of these resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Further Help and Support<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, if you need any further help or support finding, accessing, or getting the most out of your resources head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills web pages<\/a>. From here you can access lots more information, toolkits and video tutorials, book on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehu.ac.uk\/workshops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UniSkills Workshop<\/a> and even book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgehill.ac.uk\/departments\/support\/ls\/uni-skills\/one-to-one-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-to-one appointment<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you\u2019ve enjoyed our dive into <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/doaj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOAJ<\/a>. Please join us next time, when we will be exploring <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Times Higher Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another instalment of your UniSkills Focus On\u2026 blogs. 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