Free Databases
The Smithsonian has developed a list of free databases .
-DDLabels: Academic databases, Free databases
Information Sources & Information Sifting Techniques

I am a retired librarian, most recently serving at Indiana Wesleyan University's Cleveland Education Center.
The Smithsonian has developed a list of free databases .
-DDLabels: Academic databases, Free databases
Lindsay Ellis reviews the state of Open Access academic journals, and the budget constraints of buying database bundles.
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Labels: Academic databases, academic journals, Open Access, Publishing
Paywall is a documentary about the need for open access journals.
-DDLabels: Academic databases, Paywall
Wikipedia has an article listing scholarly databases , and quite a number are open source.
-DDLabels: Academic databases, Open Source