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E-print and preprint archives are electronic collections of articles, which may or may not have been published in traditional journals.
Preprints allow you to read about research before it is formally published.
Most e-print and preprint archives are automated and rely on authors submitting information.

They are all part of the global open access movement which aims to make research freely available.

You can search for preprints in your subject area using the following services:

• British Library Research Archive
  Database of papers and materials by researchers who are not affiliated to an academic institution. Those submitting documents here are usually the author or editor or have the necessary permission to make the documents available via this archive. Some of the material may not have been peer-reviewed. Examples include papers from conferences hosted by the British Library.
• IFLANET Digital Libraries
• The Scout Report Type preprints in the search archives box (top right of page) and then click on Go.

Subject specific preprint sites include:

Biology/ Psychology

Behavioral and Brain Science Preprints

Chemistry

Chemistry PrePrint Server (CPS) - register with Chemweb.com for access

Computing

Computing Research Repository

Dermatology

EScholarship

Economics

REPEC (Research papers in economics)

Energy

E-print Network Research communication for scientists and engineers.

European Integration

ERPA (European Research Papers Archive)

International and area studies

Escholarship

Mathematics

Global Directory of Mathematics Preprint and e-Print servers

Physics

Los Alamos E-Print archive

Psychology

Cognition sciences eprint archives