Research & Grey LiteratureDatasetNewAdded 2026-11-13

DOAB Directory of Open Access Books

Books from many academic publishers, added continuously

Freeauth: noneCC-BY-4.0✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree web directory and RSS; no account.
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Commercial use?: YesCC-BY-4.0, with credit

The fine print

License note: Directory contents CC BY 4.0 unless noted otherwise (footer links the 4.0 licence). Listed books keep their publishers' licences.
Required attribution: Required under CC BY 4.0: credit DOAB.

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// Overview

DOAB Directory of Open Access Books

The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) lists quality-checked open-access academic books from many publishers, with title-level metadata (publisher, licence, subject, links to the full text) and an RSS 2.0 feed of new listings.

Coverage

Books from many academic publishers, added continuously. DOAB lists books and links out to them; it is distinct from DOAJ, which covers journals.

Good for

#research-grey-literature#open-access#books#rss

Verdict

Use it to discover open-access books by subject or publisher and to check a book's stated licence, alongside doaj-api for journals. Licence: CC-BY-4.0 for the directory contents: the footer says "If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)" and links the 4.0 licence. Each listed book keeps its publisher's licence. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free web directory and RSS; no account.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	CC-BY-4.0
License note	Directory contents CC BY 4.0 unless noted otherwise (footer links the 4.0 licence). Listed books keep their publishers' licences.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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// Full record · catalog.json

name: DOAB Directory of Open Access Books
slug: doab-directory-of-open-access-books
category: Research & Grey Literature
domain: Research & Grey Literature
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/doab-directory-of-open-access-books
providerUrl: https://directory.doabooks.org/
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free web directory and RSS; no account.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://directory.doabooks.org/
coverage: Books from many academic publishers, added continuously. DOAB lists books and links out to them; it is distinct from DOAJ, which covers journals.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://directory.doabooks.org/
https://directory.doabooks.org/feed/rss_2.0/site
tasks: research-grey-literature
open-access
books
rss
license: CC-BY-4.0
licenseUrl: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
licenseNote: Directory contents CC BY 4.0 unless noted otherwise (footer links the 4.0 licence). Listed books keep their publishers' licences.
attribution: Required under CC BY 4.0: credit DOAB.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "doab-directory-of-open-access-books"
    }
  }
}

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