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
wittylama.com
Peace, love & metadata
On 28 July 2014 17:53, Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz(a)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(a)gmail.com
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