Oy, you informed every body about this great resource. Why dont YOU
assist in promoting and overseeing the application process on behalf
of the WikiProject. I'll be travelling for a week from Friday onwards
So I cant help.
Ashwin
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
<parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Not sure if everyone knows this:
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HighBeam
HighBeam Research is an online, paid search engine for newspapers,
magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines and encyclopedias.
The site has access to over 80 million articles from 6,500 publications,
most of which are not available for free elsewhere on the internet.
Thousands of new articles are added daily, archives date back over 25 years
including trade journal, newspaper articles, and peer-reviewed journals
covering a wide range of subjects and industries; and there are tools for
finding, saving, organizing, and sharing information as documents. Aside
from a free 7-day trial (credit card required), access to HighBeam costs $30
per month or $200 per year for the first year and $300 for subsequent years.
As of March 13, 2012 HighBeam has generouslly agreed to give free,
full-access 1-year accounts for Wikipedia editors to use, at the discretion
of the community. HighBeam is excited about this and does not expect there
to be a shortage of these free, 1-year accounts; however, editors will have
to have a 1 year-old account and 1000 edits in order to qualify for one. At
the end of 1 year, editors who found the resource useful can simply
re-apply.
The current plan, although up for discussion, is for sign-ups for the
accounts to begin on Monday April 2 at 10am EST and remain open until the
following Monday; if there are more editors than accounts, to assign them
randomly; if a surplus of accounts remain available, to re-open the sign-up
page for regular additions.
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Regards,
Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
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Warm regards,
Ashwin Baindur
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