Hi, everyone.
Thought this might interest the Wiki-EDU and Wiki-Research communities as well.
Cheers, Shani. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com Date: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 3:47 AM Subject: [GLAM] New Free Research Access via the Wikipedia Library To: "wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org" wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: wikipedialibrary-l@wikimedia.org, wikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, wikimediareference-l@lists.wikimedia.org, " wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org" < wikimediaannounce-l@lists.wikimedia.org>, "Wikimedia & GLAM collaboration [Public]" glam@lists.wikimedia.org, Wikimedia & Libraries < libraries@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/
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