Registry of Accessible Web Resources

Name Type Category Content Link
Wikimedia Commons Open Access Database Multidisciplinary Wikimedia Commons - a collection of 108,541,058 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute Visit
Wikipedia Open Access Resource Multidisciplinary Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Visit
Wiley Open Access Publisher Open Access Initiative Multidisciplinary By removing the barriers to published research, open access makes your research findings available to everyone. Open access articles are freely available to read, download and share. There are several ways you can make your research open access with us – for details watch our video about our open access options. Visit
WISC-Online Open Access Educational Resource Education Wisc-Online is a repository of high-quality educational learning materials FREE to learners and educators. Wisc-Online offers an ever-growing library of learning objects freely available to students and learners at any level, teachers, parents, and anyone else anywhere on the globe. The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by subject matter experts from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) and produced by a team of instructional designers, technical editors, and multimedia developers from Fox Valley Technical College's Learning Innovations team. Visit
Wolfram MathWorld Open Access Educational Resource Mathematics, Statistics MathWorld is the web's most extensive mathematical resource, provided as a free service to the world's mathematics and internet communities as part of Wolfram Research's commitment to education and educational outreach. Visit
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository Open Access Repository Accountancy, Business, Commerce, and Economics The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (OKR) is The World Bank’s official open access repository for its research outputs and knowledge products. Visit
World Customs Organization Open Access NGO Accountancy, Business, Commerce, and Economics An independent intergovernmental body whose mission is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of Customs administrations. Visit
World dataBank: World Bank’s Open Data Initiative Open Access Resource Accountancy, Business, Commerce, and Economics DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them. Visit
World Digital Library Open Access Library Multidisciplinary This collection contains cultural heritage materials gathered during the World Digital Library (WDL) project, including thousands of items contributed by partner organizations worldwide as well as content from Library of Congress collections. The original World Digital Library site (preserved in LC’s Web Archives here) and all descriptive metadata were translated from English and made available in six additional languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Russian, and Chinese. All item records include narrative descriptions submitted by the contributing partners and enhanced by WDL researchers to contextualize the item and its cultural and historical importance. Books, manuscripts, maps, and other primary materials in the WDL collection are presented in their original languages; more than 100 languages are represented, including many lesser known and endangered languages. Additionally, all World Digital Library metadata in each of the seven languages is available as a downloadable dataset. Visit
World Health Organization: WHO Open Access NGO Medicine, Nursing, health Founded in 1948, WHO is the United Nations agency that connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health. Visit