Many of the resources collected on this guide require an affiliation with URI or use of a public computer within the URI Libraries. You can always check access restrictions for recommended resources by looking at the icon next to each link. The little green "A" icon to identifies resources that are accessible. 

 - Free Resource: All Can Access

 - URI Only (must be a URI student, faculty, or staff member to access)

You can also check out the recommendations on this page for additional resources you can access without a logon restriction! 

To browse for open access, freely available scholarly material on your topic, check out the Directory of Open Access Journals linked below!

Open Access (OA) journals are gaining popularity in the sciences, including entomology. Like other scholarly journals, these are peer-reviewed but are freely available online and accessible without subscription or affiliation with an academic institution. 

Here are a few great options for finding open access scholarly work on the subject of Plant Sciences.