Research Database Directory

Every research database, reviewed.

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Unpaywall

The one-click route to a legal free version of almost any paper.

Tier 2 ToolsFree

Zenodo

CERN's catch-all repository — deposit any research output and get a DOI.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

OpenAIRE

Europe's open scholarly graph — publications, data, software, and funding, linked.

Tier 2 Open AccessFree

figshare

Share figures, datasets, and outputs — repository with a polished front end.

Tier 2 Open AccessFreemium

PrivCo

Private-company financials — the numbers on firms that don't file.

Tier 3 CorporateSubscription

Orbis

Company data on a global scale — hundreds of millions of firms, public and private.

Tier 3 CorporateSubscription

Bloomberg Law

Legal research with a business-intelligence backbone — law plus Bloomberg's data.

Tier 3 CorporateSubscription

Forrester

Gartner's main rival — research on technology, customer experience, and marketing.

Tier 3 CorporateSubscription

Gartner

Technology's most-cited analyst — Magic Quadrants, Hype Cycles, and IT advice.

Tier 2 CorporateSubscription