Core | The world’s largest collection of open access research papers

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<H2> A comprehensive bibliographic database of the world’s scholarly literature </H2>
<H2> The world’s largest collection of open access research papers </H2>
<H2> Machine access to our vast unique full text corpus </H2>
<H2> A comprehensive bibliographic database of the world’s scholarly literature </H2>
<H2> The world’s largest collection of open access research papers </H2>
<H2> Machine access to our vast unique full text corpus </H2>
<H2> A comprehensive bibliographic database of the world’s scholarly literature </H2>
<H2> CORE features </H2>
<H3> Access to raw data </H3>
<H3> content discovery </H3>
<H3> OAI identifiers </H3>
<H3> Managing content </H3>
<H3> Bespoke contracts </H3>
<H3> Support us </H3>
<H3> About </H3>
<H3> Community governance </H3>
<H3> Innovations </H3>
<H3> Join CORE </H3>
<H3> Cost-free PIDs for your repository </H3>
<H3> Who we serve? </H3>
<H3> CORE’s Distinctive Characteristics </H3>
<H3> Our services </H3>
<H3> Guidance for Open Access compliance monitoring in REF 2029 </H3>
<H4> Access to raw data </H4>
<H4> content discovery </H4>
<H4> Managing content </H4>
<H4> Gareth Malcolm </H4>
<H4> Kathleen Shearer </H4>
<H4> Burton Davis </H4>
<H5> Companies </H5>
<H5> Academic institutions </H5>
<H5> Researchers & general public </H5>
<H5> Funders </H5>
<H6> Indexing the world’s repositories </H6>
<H6> Comprehensive data coverage </H6>
<H6> Powerful services </H6>
<H6> Cutting-edge solutions </H6>
<H6> Gareth Malcolm, content Partner Manager at Turnitin </H6>
<H6> Nicola Dowson, Library Services Manager at Open University </H6>
<H6> Jon Tennant, Rogue Paleontologist and Founder of the Open Science MOOC </H6>
<H6> Ben Johnson, Research Policy Adviser at Research England </H6>
<H6> Product </H6>
<H6> Organisation </H6>
<H6> Support </H6>
<H6> Writing about CORE? </H6>

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