Hi, everyone.

Thought this might interest the Wiki-EDU and Wiki-Research communities as well. 

Cheers, 
Shani. 
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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
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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%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87%D9%84>

* 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%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86>

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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