Hi, everyone.
Thought this might interest the Wiki-EDU and Wiki-Research communities as
well.
Cheers,
Shani.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)gmail.com
Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 AM
Subject: [GLAM] New Free Research Access via the Wikipedia Library
To: "wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Cc: wikipedialibrary-l(a)wikimedia.org,
wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org,
wikimediareference-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "
wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <
wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>gt;, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration
[Public]" <glam(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>, Wikimedia & Libraries <
libraries(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi!
The Wikipedia Library has several new, free research donations available:
* EBSCO (very expansive access to academic, newspaper, and magazine
sources):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:EBSCO
*
Newspaperarchive.com (historical newspapers from the United States,
Canada, UK and 20 other countries--includes Open Access "clippings"
feature):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Newspaperarchive.com
* IMF Elibary (archival collection of IMF reports, studies and research on
global economics and development):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:IMF
* Sabinet (large African digital publisher with a wide range of content in
English and other European and African languages):
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Sabinet
* Numérique Premium (French language social science and humanities ebook
database with many topical collections):
<https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Num%C3%A9rique_Premium
* Al Manhal (Arabic and English database with a variety of sources mainly
focused on or published in the Middle East):
<
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9…
* Jamalon (Arabic book distributor with physical book delivery to
volunteers):
<
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9…
Many other are resources are available, including Elsevier ScienceDirect,
British Medical Journal, Dynamed, Project MUSE, DeGruyter,
Newspapers.com,
Highbeam, and HeinOnline.
Do better research and help expand the use of high-quality references
across Wikipedia projects. Sign up today!
The Wikipedia Library Team
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wikipedia_Library
p.s. We engaged in a thoughtful debate this week about our access donation
partnerships. You can read about our view, and we welcome your comments.
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/16/open-access-in-a-closed-world/
_______________________________________________
GLAM mailing list
GLAM(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam