BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine)

BASE is one of the world's largest search engines for academic open access web resources. It aggregates content from thousands of repositories worldwide, focusing on legally free-to-access scholarly documents and datasets.

Key Features

• Extensive open access content indexing
• Advanced search capabilities
• Multiple metadata standards support
• Source quality assessment
• Direct links to full texts

BASE is particularly valuable for researchers seeking open access literature, students with limited access to paid journals, and institutions promoting open science principles through increased discoverability of open resources.