Accessing Open Access Books

Taylor & Francis open access books are published across all subject areas, our strengths are in Society & Social Sciences and Humanities.We have also built collections in subject specific areas and collections for universities and funders who have a large amount of book content to open access.

Explore & discover open access research from Taylor & Francis

Explore all open access books and book chapters published by Taylor & Francis, and discover content available across subject areas including economics, environment & sustainability, geography, history, law, media & cultural studies, politics, sociology and more.

Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Open Access Book Content

Read Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics open access book content by Taylor & Francis authors. 

Humanities and Social Science Open Access Book Content

Humanities and Social Science titles in subjects such as Business & Management, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Politics & International Relations, Built Environment. 

The​ Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) Collection

Discover the growing collection of open access content published by researchers within the Consortium of Saxon University Libraries, represented by The​ Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB). 

University of Helsinki Collection

Access 37 open access books from researchers based at the University of Helsinki in our new collaboration. This collection showcases monographs and shortform publications in the social sciences with topics ranging from educational politics to public participation, science and society.

All available to explore under Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) license

Kyoto University - Open Access Chapters

Discover the growing collection of open access chapters published by researchers at Kyoto University

All titles have been written by researchers from Kyoto University and include titles in Behavioural Sciences, Humanities & Media Arts and the Social Sciences.
They are available to read under the CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

Knowledge Unlatched Collections

Taylor & Francis have collaborated with Knowledge Unlatched to unlock two subject specific collections in Gender StudiesAfrican Studies as well as KU Select titles. These have been financed through libraries coming together to crowdfund to make titles open access and available to all. Find out more on our Knowledge Unlatched projects and how your institution can get involved.

These are living collections and will continue to expand for the next three years.

Taylor & Francis Open Access content on the Second World War

Browse the specially curated collection of open access book chapters and journal articles on the Second World War.  This living collection will be continually updated with new research throughout the course of 2020.
If you have an article or chapter you would like to contribute, get in touch with the Open Access team to learn more.