Derric, 

Accounts are available, in most cases, for a year period, based on the resource and requirements of the partnership (each page will be clear on that requirement). Moreover, if you think you will be creating content related to access through one of the databases: feel free to sign up. We are having a lot of success in getting more partners and partnerships are expanding rapidly (I almost have 3 more minor databases of newspapers and biographical info beyond BNA signed, and am in talks with 2-3 major publishers that seem productive. Jake has a similar list of possible engagers). You can always return access to an account, and for many of these we can redistribute the access to another user. 

Alex Stinson
User:Sadads
Project Manager
The Wikipedia Library


On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Derric Atzrott <datzrott@alizeepathology.com> wrote:

How long are these available for?  I might like to sign up for one, but I don’t want to take an account from someone else who might use it more.

 

Do we usually use them all?  I’ve been trying to do research on Atelopus barbotini and access to one of these might be useful, but I probably wouldn’t use it everyday.

 

Thank you,

Derric Atzrott

 

From: libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:libraries-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jake Orlowitz
Sent: 19 June 2014 17:01
To: Wikimedia & Libraries; North American Cultural Partnerships; cultural-partners@wikimedia.ch; wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [libraries] The Wikipedia Library: New Free Accounts Available

 

The Wikipedia Library has new, free research account signups available:

 

New

* British Newspaper Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:BNA> (50 accounts)

* Keesing's World News Archive <http://enwp.org/WP:Keesings> (25 accounts)

 

Expanded

* Credo Reference <http://enwp.org/WP:CREDO> (200 new accounts)

* JSTOR!! <http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR> (400 new accounts).  

 

Medical

* BMJ <http://enwp.org/WP:BMJ> (25 accounts)

* Cochrane Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Cochrane> (100 accounts)

 

Other

*Questia Online Library <http://enwp.org/WP:Questia (500 accounts)

*HighBeam Research <http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam (500 accounts)

 

 Sign up!

 

Accounts are available to ALL global editors with a 1 year old account and 1000 edits.  Please notify your local community about the signups.  You can signup today on English Wikipedia.  But!  If you have started a local Wikipedia Library branch you can host signups on your local Wiki (Arabic, Chinese...).  To set up a Wikipedia Library branch email Ocaasi at jorlowitz@gmail.com.

 

Thanks!

 

Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi)

The Wikipedia Library


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