Use these catalogues to find books, journals and other library materials. Start with the University Library catalogue, then search wider catalogues to locate titles held in libraries across Nigeria and around the world.

University Library

• UNIOSUN Library Online Catalogue (OPAC) Link coming soon
  Search the Osun State University Library collection by title, author or subject.

Union and National Catalogues

• WorldCat
  Search the collections of thousands of libraries worldwide in one place.
• National Library of Nigeria
  The national library of Nigeria, with information on its collections and services.
• Library of Congress Catalog
  The catalogue of one of the largest libraries in the world.

Free Online Book Catalogues

• Open Library
  A catalogue of millions of books, with many free to borrow or read online.
• Internet Archive: Books
  A large digital library of freely accessible books and texts.

Read books and scholarly journals online to support your coursework, assignments and research. The collections below are free and open access unless stated otherwise.

E-Books

• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
  Thousands of peer-reviewed academic books that are free to read and download.
• OAPEN Library
  Open access academic books, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
• Project Gutenberg
  Over 70,000 free e-books, especially classic literature.
• Open Library
  Borrow or read many books online for free.

E-Journals

• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  A curated directory of high-quality, peer-reviewed open access journals.
• African Journals Online (AJOL)
  Peer-reviewed journals published in Africa, many of them open access.
• PLOS
  Open access journals in science and medicine.
• SciELO
  Open access journals from developing countries across many subjects.
• arXiv
  Free preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, economics and related fields.

Search academic databases for peer-reviewed articles, theses, reports and other research publications. Most of the databases below are free to search; some full texts may require a subscription or institutional access.

Multidisciplinary

• Google Scholar
  Search scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources.
• CORE
  Millions of free full-text research papers from repositories and journals worldwide.
• BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)
  One of the largest search engines for open access academic documents.
• Semantic Scholar
  AI-powered search for scientific literature.
• JSTOR Some content requires institutional access
  Journals, books and primary sources across the humanities, social sciences and sciences.

Subject Databases

• PubMed
  Biomedical and life sciences literature, including nursing and health sciences.
• ERIC
  Education research and information.
• Research4Life Access through eligible institutions
  Free or low-cost access to scientific and professional content for eligible institutions in developing countries.