Congratulations Jake and the 'Wikipedia Library' team. This is a really cool project that just keeps growing. Thank you.

On a tangential note: A while ago there was some discussion (not within your project but it is still of relevance) about whether it would be possible (and also whether it would be desirable) to somehow automatically indicate within Wikipedia footnotes that the website the reader is about to go to is closed from public/free access. There is debate about how to 'signal OA-ness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Open_Access/Signalling_OA-ness', but nevertheless it might be nice to indicate to our readers that (for closed-access journals or databases for example) the link they're about to click will not actually show them the text being cited [unless they're on a university network etc.].

-Liam / Wittylama

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On 28 July 2014 17:53, Jake Orlowitz jorlowitz@gmail.com wrote:

Hi All,

The Wikipedia Library has new free signups available:

*American newspaper database Newspapers.com http://enwp.org/WP:Newspapers.com

*British genealogical database FindMyPast.com http://enwp.org/WP:FindMyPast

*Religion and women writers collections at Past Masters http://enwp.org/WP:Past_Masters

*Several large archival collections from Adam Matthew http://enwp.org/WP:Adam_Matthew

Medical editors can sign up for BMJ and Cochrane. http://enwp.org/WP:BMJ http://enwp.org/WP:COCHRANE

Accounts are still available for JSTOR, British Newspaper Archives, Questia, and HighBeam. Sign up!

http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR http://enwp.org/WP:BNA http://enwp.org/WP:QUESTIA http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam

Note that signups are happening on English Wikipedia until you have journals set up on your local Wikipedia library branch. Don't have a local Wikipedia Library branch?? Contact me to get started setting one up!

Please help share this news at your local community discussion or noticeboard :)

Thanks and cheers,

Jake Orlowitz (Ocaasi) jorlowitz@gmail.com

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