If you've gone to university, it's well worth looking to see if your university provide alumni access. My university, the University of London, provide alumni access to the library for £220 a year, which includes an eight book borrowing limit, full JSTOR access (which doesn't have the limitation that JPASS has), Oxford DNB access and some other online resources. Some universities also charge the even better price of nothing. I've put up a page in project space on English Wikipedia so we can document which institutions provide access: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:JSTOR/Alumni_access -- Tom Morris http://tommorris.org/ On 24 September 2013 at 12:56:18, David Gerard (dgerard(a)gmail.com) wrote: fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathleen McCook &lt;klmccook(a)gmail.com&gt; Date: 24 September 2013 12:25 Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals To: English Wikipedia &lt;wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org&gt; In an effort to enhance access options for people who aren’t affiliated with universities, colleges, or high schools, not-for-profit digital library JSTOR has launched JPASS, a new program offering individual users access to 1,500 journals from JSTOR’s archive collection. The move follows the March 2012 launch of JSTOR’s Register & Readprogram, which allowed independent researchers to register for a free MyJSTOR account, and receive free, online-only access to three full-text articles every 14 days. That service has since attracted almost one million users including independent scholars, writers, business people, adjunct faculty, and others, and JSTOR plans to continue offering the service in its current form. However, in a recent survey, many of Register & Read users expressed interest in an individual subscription model that would offer enhanced access, encouraging JSTOR to move ahead with JPASS. http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpa… JSTOR Launches JPASS Access Accounts for Individual Researchers [Library Journal] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

With regards to getting access to closed journals... I'm now working for the National Library of Australia and we offer free, at home, access to JSTOR and MANY other restricted access databases to any Australian, if they get a free library card. [You can see the full list at the NLA eResources page: http://www.nla.gov.au /app/eresources/ ] Is this unique to Australia? I must admit that I didn't realise until recently the extent of the restricted databases that were available for free to library card holders in their own home. With all the discussion over the years on the global Wikimedia mailing lists about trying to special access for Wikimedians, I had just assumed it was a global issue. But, at least for Australians, it's largely solved... Are other country's major libraries offering journal access to the public for free? If not, perhaps rather than trying to get special access for Wikimedians directly from the Database companies, we should be working to get access via Library subscriptions? Liam / Wittylama. [p.s. yes - I realise I'm promoting a service offered by my employer, sorry. But I reckon it's relevant and important that people know though. p.p.s. If you are Australian and want a free library card sent to you - go here: http://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/ ] wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata On 24 September 2013 12:48, Andrea Zanni &lt;zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpa… _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

In the U.S. I encourage people to check out what database subscriptions their local public library offers -- many larger public libraries offer a surprising number of online journals & databases that are available to anyone who has a library card, which you can generally get for free if you live in the library's area (and sometimes for pay if you *don't* live in a library's area -- especially if you are nearby). Additionally, some states offer state-wide consortia deals on databases and subscriptions, so even small public libraries have access to a wide range of materials. Also, if you are close to a public university of some sort, the vast majority offer on-site access to their online resources if you are physically on campus. We do not, to my knowledge, have a national library program like what Liam describes, but people in other countries should check and see if they do. Standing offer: If you email me offlist, I will help you try to figure out what library resources you might have access to :) best, Phoebe On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Liam Wyatt &lt;liamwyatt(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: at Library go wrote: like limit, Oxford program enhanced http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2013/09/digital-libraries/jstor-launches-jpa… https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

On 24 September 2013 14:06, Liam Wyatt &lt;liamwyatt(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: My free library subscription in Birmingham, England, gets me access - from home or indeed anywhere else - to a number of otherwise-paywalled online databases and services <http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/libsubs>.