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 <liamwyatt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 <zanni.andrea84(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It's probably worth mentioning (again) that
> > we started a brand new wikimedia mailing list about Open Access:
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/openaccess
> >
> > If you are interested in the topic of access to scientific/academic
> > literature, you should be there.
> > Getting access to "closed" journals is definetely something that we like
> > and must pursue,
> > but changing the very system of is more important.
> > We shouldn't have this issue at all :-)
> >
> > Aubrey
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Tom Morris <tom(a)tommorris.org> wrote:
> >
> > > 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 <klmccook(a)gmail.com>
> > > Date: 24 September 2013 12:25
> > > Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals
> > > To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > 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]
> > >
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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 <klmccook(a)gmail.com>
Date: 24 September 2013 12:25
Subject: [WikiEN-l] access to journals
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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]
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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]
Indeed, a community a few hundred seems optimal.
Fred
> This is certainly not a question only for the English Wikipedia. I
> somewhat doubt that it even foremost has to do with the English
> Wikipedia. I have seen this problem primarily in smaller Wikis dominated
> by few people.
>
> Regards,
> Lars Gardenius
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Von: Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>
> An: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> CC: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Gesendet: 13:28 Donnerstag, 5.September 2013
> Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please, let's save the Wikipedia - from itself
>
>
> At wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org ? Perhaps, but hard to start over from
> the beginning.
>
> Fred
>
>> Should not this discussion be held on he maillist for English
>> wikipedia?
>>
>> There is not much, if any, of what is being discussed that I can
>> recognize from my home wp
>>
>> Anders
>>
>>
>>
>> Fred Bauder skrev 2013-09-05 13:18:
>>> That was the purpose of the original arbitration committee. Finding a
>>> mentor is kind of hard nowdays as there are so many users who might
>>> help
>>> but probably will not. On the other hand, many requests I have
>>> received
>>> and looked into are from people who are making trouble themselves;
>>> sometimes very serious trouble. Giving a second chance to someone who
>>> has
>>> been banned by the community after extended discussion seldom works
>>> out
>>> well. But that's not a newbie who has run into serious trouble just
>>> for
>>> making jokes about Windoze...
>>>
>>> Fred
>>>
>>>> It is very laudable if you, Peter, tries and help newbies and others
>>>> that
>>>> are harassed by other users.
>>>>
>>>> I however don't think it is enough in a worldwide organization that
>>>> you
>>>> have to rely on volunteers and that these will intervene.
>>>>
>>>> As I see it, if you start such an organization you must also take on
>>>> the
>>>> responsibilities that follows.
>>>> You can't just duck and pretend that you can hand over all problems
>>>> to
>>>> the users.
>>>>
>>>> I still think that an international organization like the Wikis
>>>> demands
>>>> an instance to which mistreated and mobbed users can turn. An
>>>> instance
>>>> with the responsibility that normal rules in a society are upheld and
>>>> with the authority to uphold them.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Lars Gardenius
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> Von: Peter Gervai <grinapo(a)gmail.com>
>>>> An: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>>> Gesendet: 10:50 Donnerstag, 5.September 2013
>>>> Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please, let's save the Wikipedia - from
>>>> itself
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Lars Gardenius
>>>> <lars.gardenius(a)yahoo.de>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> No I don't think it is being addressed. Not in a serious way.
>>>> You mean it's not _solved_. Indeed.
>>>>
>>>> At least one problem was mentioned in the thread which is that the
>>>> (honest, knowledgeable) newbies have unproportionally smaller
>>>> debating/lobbying power than aboriginals, and they are very easy to
>>>> oppress. This is an ongoing problem for the last decade or so and no
>>>> good solution seem to exist.
>>>>
>>>> In theory there are (or could be) volunteers who could be called in
>>>> cases of newbie oppression from the experienced troll^H^H^H^Heditors
>>>> who would declare that they try to act as neutral as possible but
>>>> they
>>>> would possess more experience to handle obnoxious editors and other
>>>> regual beings. Arbitration, mentoring, whatever we like to call it.
>>>> Obviously it only worked if there's a free way to reject a request
>>>> (if
>>>> the volunteer believes the newbie has no merits, let's not call them
>>>> outright trolls and vandals) and if it isn't an "official" cabal but
>>>> a
>>>> large catalog of helpful and experienced editors.
>>>>
>>>> I have often done it (and still occasionally do on Commons since it's
>>>> a pretty harsh environment for newbies) and it's doable if there's
>>>> enough volunteers and people don't try to do it too often, I mean,
>>>> one
>>>> in a week or month or so.
>>>>
>>>> The point is to have a group of random people who are not involved in
>>>> the debate but could help to communicate with the members of the
>>>> community. (Since they're uninvolved it's probably useless to call
>>>> them biased, which is the easiest unargument I've seen in such
>>>> debates.)
>>>>
>>>> g
>>>>
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At wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org ? Perhaps, but hard to start over from
the beginning.
Fred
> Should not this discussion be held on he maillist for English wikipedia?
>
> There is not much, if any, of what is being discussed that I can
> recognize from my home wp
>
> Anders
>
>
>
> Fred Bauder skrev 2013-09-05 13:18:
>> That was the purpose of the original arbitration committee. Finding a
>> mentor is kind of hard nowdays as there are so many users who might
>> help
>> but probably will not. On the other hand, many requests I have received
>> and looked into are from people who are making trouble themselves;
>> sometimes very serious trouble. Giving a second chance to someone who
>> has
>> been banned by the community after extended discussion seldom works out
>> well. But that's not a newbie who has run into serious trouble just for
>> making jokes about Windoze...
>>
>> Fred
>>
>>> It is very laudable if you, Peter, tries and help newbies and others
>>> that
>>> are harassed by other users.
>>>
>>> I however don't think it is enough in a worldwide organization that
>>> you
>>> have to rely on volunteers and that these will intervene.
>>>
>>> As I see it, if you start such an organization you must also take on
>>> the
>>> responsibilities that follows.
>>> You can't just duck and pretend that you can hand over all problems to
>>> the users.
>>>
>>> I still think that an international organization like the Wikis
>>> demands
>>> an instance to which mistreated and mobbed users can turn. An instance
>>> with the responsibility that normal rules in a society are upheld and
>>> with the authority to uphold them.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Lars Gardenius
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> Von: Peter Gervai <grinapo(a)gmail.com>
>>> An: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> Gesendet: 10:50 Donnerstag, 5.September 2013
>>> Betreff: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Please, let's save the Wikipedia - from
>>> itself
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Lars Gardenius
>>> <lars.gardenius(a)yahoo.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>> No I don't think it is being addressed. Not in a serious way.
>>> You mean it's not _solved_. Indeed.
>>>
>>> At least one problem was mentioned in the thread which is that the
>>> (honest, knowledgeable) newbies have unproportionally smaller
>>> debating/lobbying power than aboriginals, and they are very easy to
>>> oppress. This is an ongoing problem for the last decade or so and no
>>> good solution seem to exist.
>>>
>>> In theory there are (or could be) volunteers who could be called in
>>> cases of newbie oppression from the experienced troll^H^H^H^Heditors
>>> who would declare that they try to act as neutral as possible but they
>>> would possess more experience to handle obnoxious editors and other
>>> regual beings. Arbitration, mentoring, whatever we like to call it.
>>> Obviously it only worked if there's a free way to reject a request (if
>>> the volunteer believes the newbie has no merits, let's not call them
>>> outright trolls and vandals) and if it isn't an "official" cabal but a
>>> large catalog of helpful and experienced editors.
>>>
>>> I have often done it (and still occasionally do on Commons since it's
>>> a pretty harsh environment for newbies) and it's doable if there's
>>> enough volunteers and people don't try to do it too often, I mean, one
>>> in a week or month or so.
>>>
>>> The point is to have a group of random people who are not involved in
>>> the debate but could help to communicate with the members of the
>>> community. (Since they're uninvolved it's probably useless to call
>>> them biased, which is the easiest unargument I've seen in such
>>> debates.)
>>>
>>> g
>>>
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