Lack of Information Literacy as a Barrier to Open Access among Students and Scholars

By Alan Colin-Arce

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Open access seeks to make scientific literature free for readers; however, several obstacles prevent students and scholars from receiving all the benefits it offers. One of these is the lack of information literacy, which is the ability to locate,…

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