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1. Publication or database name, publisher, website link, # potential users, Username suggesting

You can now suggest new databases directly on the Library Card platform! Track our progress towards getting access to requested publishers at the Phabricator board.

Can I have access my favorite niche publisher through the Wikipedia Library?

A: Typically, the core Wikipedia Library team focuses on getting access to larger, multi-purpose databases, containing a wide range of sources that we think could be used by dozens of Wikipedia editors. Thus, if editors ask for publishers that might be used by only a couple of Wikipedia editors, we will either a) look for an aggregator like WP:EBSCO, WP:JSTOR or WP:Gale which has collected those works in a larger database or b) we ask editors to reach out directly to these smaller publishers using our Partner Pitch Process. We have found that smaller organizations have less organizational barriers to participating in our program and that, most of the time, even volunteers not experienced in Wikimedia outreach can work with them to create a partnership. If you do decide to reach out to a partner, feel free to cc swaltonwikimedia.org in any correspondence with partners. Once the partnership has been started, we are happy to list the resource in our partner databases.

/Archived requests

South African Government Gazette, Greengazette

South African Government Gazette, Greengazette, http://www.greengazette.co.za/, Wikipedia:WikiProject South Africa Nathan121212 (talk) 16:28, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

1. @Nathan121212: Is there an organization with larger holdings that publishes or gives access to the Gazette alongside other works? We try to get access to resources that would impact a wide range of users. In the past partnerships from small publishers don't have the kind of impact across Wikipedia and our user base as other ones do. We will certainly try contacting them, but are wondering if there is another route for access/contact that might be more fruitful, Sadads (talk) 16:59, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

   @Sadads: Not that I am aware of. A Google search brings nothing new up. According to its website, Greengazette give access to Gazettes from all nine of South Africa's provincial government as well as legal notices and patent journals. Thanks for giving this a look. Nathan121212 (talk) 18:53, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

   @Nathan121212: Cool beans. We probably won't look into this for another month or two: we have a ton of tasks right now that need to be finished up before we start too many more new partnerships, Sadads (talk) 18:56, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

   @Nathan121212: I tried a digital communication with them a couple months ago, and have not received a response. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:07, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

   @Nathan121212: I think South African Government Gazette is included in WP:Sabinet. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:32, 16 September 2015 (UTC)

   @Nathan121212 and Nikkimaria: actually that is one of the few items that they share that is not included in that donation: however, I got the contact information for someone who might be able to give us that access. I hope to have some more information soon, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 20:06, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

   Thanks for the update User:Astinson (WMF) Nathan121212 (talk) 16:48, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE journals , magazines and conference proceedings http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/guesthome.jsp

1. 1. also IEEE standards ie http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/index.html

   One thing the IEEE materials would be good for is biographical information about leading scientists and inventors. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

   Access to IEEE Xplore would be incredibly helpful. The amount of work submitted to IEEE in its specific areas of research is unparalleled.

I Agree PAR (talk) 05:04, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

@WeijiBaikeBianji and PAR: We spoke to IEEE at Frankfurt Book Fair last year and they seemed interested. I've just started that conversation with them again; I'll update here if there are any developments. Sam Walton (talk) 15:53, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

IEEE

More than 2000 ebooks and enormous number of articles are available IEEE here. Almost the best source in Electrical engineering.--Freshman404^Talk 12:14, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

@Freshman404: As above, I've been emailing IEEE about the potential for a partnership. Haven't heard anything in a while so I'll follow up :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 17:04, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): I have some institutional access to this document center, if anyone needs, I can send him/her the requested document.--Freshman404^Talk 15:16, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Genealogybank

Genealogybank.com - I think this would be hugely helpful for editors involved in local research for things like country estates and small rural communities and to trace ownership and family lines.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:49, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

1. Genealogybank has a pretty extensive Newspaper collection. I second reaching out to them. --ThaddeusB (talk) 04:56, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
2. Support for same reason as ThaddeusB, and for local history research per nom, but not for "tracing ownership and family lines", which sounds like what WP:NOR tells us not to get into.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  01:58, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
3. Support, I have access and use it frequently for its newspaper database. It compliments the newspapers.com quite well with only a little overlap. Smmurphy^(Talk) 14:19, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld, ThaddeusB, SMcCandlish, and Smmurphy: We've spoken to NewsBank in the past but weren't able to convince them, so I don't have high hopes for Genealogy Bank, but I've emailed them nonetheless. Will let you know if I hear anything. Sam Walton (talk) 11:05, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

If they want an example of an article we could probably improve with their data, William A. Spinks is a likely suspect. Virtually his entire second career as an oilman, as well as his early history (before winning the Pacific Coast Billiards Championship), including his educational background, are all a mystery at this point, but local newspapers and other documents might well elucidate.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  10:08, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

The Times archive

The Times archives.♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:50, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: I believe this is available 1985-present in Infotrac. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:20, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

I have access to it myself.♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:33, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: The Times Digital Archive is now available through Gale! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:40, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Excellent, got there eventually ;-). Hope you're well!! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:41, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

The Irish Newspaper Archives

The Irish Newspaper Archives , "The largest digital archive of Irish newspapers in the world, providing access to millions of newspaper articles spanning 300+ years of Irish history."♦ Dr. Blofeld 16:52, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Toronto Star Archives

Toronto Star Archives -millions of newspapers from 1887-2010

1. The above are just possibilities, don't want to burden you with any more!!♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:04, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

   No worries @Dr. Blofeld: we always want feedback on what we are missing, and what is particularly useful. We can make assumptions based on our experience, but you never know, Sadads (talk) 17:28, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

Access to Research

Access to Research This covers over 8000 journals and over 10 million academic articles. In the UK its available for access in libraries but not home-reading. Apwoolrich (talk) 15:57, 24 August 2014 (UTC)

1. @Apwoolrich: Thats a really interesting idea. It seems to be mostly designed for public libraries to join. But I wonder if we could support Wikimedia UK in getting vpn-like access to the project: would help us focus our other partnerships away from British editors.... I will look into it, Sadads (talk) 14:27, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

   I can access and search the site from home, using my library card's number, but I cannot get beyond reading summaries of the articles. Apwoolrich (talk) 06:33, 28 August 2014 (UTC)

   Hi @Apwoolrich: I tried several rounds of pinging: no response. If you would be interested in taking the lead on pitching a partnership with, especially because it is such a regional platform/tool, I would be very much interested in giving you the tools/help. And/or we could involve Wikimedia UK, in that process, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

2. Yes, please. All the databases I have access to so far have a notable paucity of veterinary sources. If this has 8,000 journals, I think that could fill some of that gap.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  02:00, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
3. Yes, I agree this would be an excellent resource to gain access to. SagaciousPhil - Chat 07:52, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

We're going to try speaking to them again, but I'm not optimistic due to the way this ties to physical libraries. Sam Walton (talk) 11:07, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Wiley Online Library

Wiley Online Library: 2,000+ journals, more than 16,000+ books—good academic content. – Maky ^« talk » 09:01, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

1. I agree, it would be helpful. JimRenge (talk) 18:00, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

   I concur! Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:12, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

   I came here especially to express interest in the Wiley Online Library, as it is full of many of the best sources for the topics I write about most regularly. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

   I'd like to be able to access Soil Use and Management. Many people think of soil as unimportant but we get almost all our food from soil, it's the biggest carbon store after rocks and oceans, and yet soil is being lost and damaged, so this is an important journal.Rowan Adams (talk) 12:29, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

@Maky, JimRange, Arbitrarily, and WeijiBaikiBianji: We have begun some positive talks with Wiley, so hopefully we will have something good to report soon, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 15:53, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

That's great! Just drop me a note if something develops. I'm going out of town next week for a conference (May 26–30), so hopefully I won't be too late on any sign-ups. – Maky ^« talk » 23:37, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF):Any update on this? – Maky ^« talk » 19:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

@Maky: Sorry for not having it sooner: we expected the conversation to move quicker than it is. We already have most of the partners lined up for a late July/early August release, and we expect Wiley to be among them. Sorry for building up hopes. In the meantime, we just announced both Science magazine and WP:Taylor & Francis's biology collection which should help for your topical area; also, we have more accounts for WP:RSUK. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:20, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): is Wiley Online Library available in Wikipedia Library already? Would be very helpful. Samat (talk) 01:51, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

@Samat: I no longer work directly on this program. @Samwalton9: coordinates new partner outreach. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:59, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): do you have any news for us? Samat (talk) 12:59, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

@Samat: Not right now, unfortunately, but I'm working on it :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 18:43, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Ok, thank you! Samat (talk) 20:07, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Am checking in on this now two months later— I'd really like to be able to access this database, and am finding that many of the search terms I use are showing up in it (most recently my search for more info on the extraembryonic membranes of a certain parasitoid wasp). Am hoping you can tell me there has been progress (?). Thanks! KDS4444 (talk) 19:58, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Unfortunately not - will update when I know more. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:45, 21 May 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF):, I take this does not work yet? As I've found out, for volcanology articles WOL is an useful (if not essential) source. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:25, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Still nothing to report I'm afraid. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

• @Maky, JimRenge, WeijiBaikiBianji, Rowan Adams, Arbitrarily0, Samat, KDS4444, and Jo-Jo Eumerus: Wiley Online Library. Nikkimaria (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Karger Publishers

1. Karger Publishers: 80+ journals—For WikiProject Primates, it would help to have access to Folia Primatologica. – Maky ^« talk » 09:09, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Westlaw and Lexis

Westlaw and Lexis databases for U.S. court decisions. Huge area of low-hanging fruit for improving our articles on federally reported cases; huge collab opportunity with law schools, hugely important subject matter when knowledge of the law = justice, but said knowledge is locked behind a paywall. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 01:51, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

1. Separately from the U.S. Federal and 50 State reported cases databases (that both WestLaw and Lexis have), also American Jurisprudence and Corpus Juris Secundum, which are basically legal encyclopedias that provide the most bang-for-your-buck. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 01:56, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   As an alternative, Bloomberg Law would be nice: they have BNA products (good summaries of legal concepts), legal news sources, as well as the usual case reporters. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 05:33, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

   Hey @Mendaliv and Swatjester: we just opened up access WP:HeinOnline which includes a bunch of academic journals around law. Hopefully that is a good medium term solution: I am looking into Lexis and Westlaw in my next big outreach push. We have tried to contact Lexis before, but haven't found a good path. Sadads (talk) 22:40, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

2. At least Lexis/Nexis and maybe also Westlaw gave an account to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (also a 501(c)(3)) back when I worked there. So, definitely worth pursuing. And, yes, they are exceptionally useful for legal research. Lexis/Nexis has pre-Shepardized materials (maybe Westlaw does, too), which is basically precedent-tracking research done for us. I.e., not original research, which is very easy to engage in by accident when trying to figure out case law in common law systems, which in turn is something that has to be done one way or another to make sense of many legal and public policy subjects. Better this be done by a source we can cite!  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  01:55, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
3. Losing general LexisNexis access is one of the worst parts of leaving grad school (For me, the business docs more than the legal stuff) – czar 06:54, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
   • @Mendaliv, Swatjester, SMcCandlish, and Czar: The big WP:EBSCO donation has a lot of the kinds of material you are asking for here: we don't have Westlaw or LexisNexis happening anytime soon, hope that is a useful medium term solution, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 20:02, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

   @Astinson (WMF): I looked through and it has an impressive collection of journals, but it lacks the real meat of what a researcher needs -- the legal encyclopedias (American Jurisprudence and Corpus Juris Secundum), 50-state case law databases (which will be essentially non-existent outside Westlaw/Lexis), and the major, most well-known treatises (Nimmer on Copyright, Farnsworth on Contracts, McCarthy on Trademarks, etc.) or the various Restatements of the Law. Journals are great, but much of what they do is give me one particular law professor or student's opinion on some likely esoteric matter, as opposed to a substantive statement at a glance on what the differences are between jurisdictions on a particular area of law, and where to look to find the most relevant citations. So, if I want to improve articles on U.S. diplomacy from a legal standpoint, I'm better off with the Restatement (Third) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, rather than the International Law Review. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 06:01, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

   As a policy analyst (among other things), I concur strongly. The 50-state DBs were crucial when I was doing that sort of work, and our current state of the 'pedia in this regard on most subjects it utterly awful. It tends to look like: In New York, a statute [citation here] says Foo. Alaska has a similar law. The Maryland state assembly was considering something like this in 2009. [the end].  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  17:04, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

4. I endorse this wholeheartedly, even to the extent that I think the Wikipedia Foundation should purchase access. Although there are many free sources for case text, Lexis-Nexis offers the ability to “Shepardize” cases to see if they are still “good law,” and Westlaw offers a similar capability. An encyclopædia article on any court case would be incomplete at best unless it is “Shepardized” to see, at a minimum, if the case is still “good law” or if, on the other hand, the outcome has subsequently been reversed. In a paper encyclopædia the omission of this step is excusable, but electronic encyclopædias such as Wikipedia should really offer the advantage of being up-to-date. This need is made particularly acute since both publishers have ended individual, credit-card-based access, and are offering their databases only to firms (companies and law firms) and institutions (libraries and schools) on a subscription basis. I used to use the credit-card based service, whereas the cost of an individual subscription is prohibitive (unless you are a lawyer, in which case failure to verify that cases relied-on are up-to-date may constitute legal malpractice.) And you only need to subscribe either to Lexis or to Westlaw, not pay for both.

2600:1003:B004:C864:0:9:8E97:3201 (talk) 16:44, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

I agree with SMcCandlish and anonymous IP. Lexis and Westlaw are prohibitively expensive for individuals. Consequently many editors who edit legal or law-related articles do not have access to these exceptionally helpful databases.   - Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) 03:24, 29 November 2017 (UTC)

LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis is best known for its law databases, but they have great access to newspapers in the LexisNexis Academic database, including papers from the US (national, regional, and local), Canada, and Britain. I fill a good number of WP:RX requests with papers from this database. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 17:52, 11 June 2017 (UTC)

The New England Journal of Medicine

The New England Journal of Medicine, Massachusetts Medical Society, http://www.nejm.org, contributors on medical stuff. One of the most prestigious peer-reviewed medical journals. Bloubéri (talk) 11:52, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Keilana: is doing outreach for this, and may have an update, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

New York Times/Times Machine

Regarded as the newspaper of record in the United States. Pre-1923 material is up for free download as pdfs, but material 1/1/23 onward is paywalled. Carrite (talk) 19:30, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

This would be very useful for copyright clean-up. I have just used the last of my ten free looks for the month of May. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:14, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

@Carrite and Diannaa: We have tried to get access to the NYT archives through multiple routes, but no success yet. Eventually... in the meantime, we have had a lot of success with other newspaper archives, and have 2-3 more in the pipeline, and WP:Newspapers.com has plenty of accounts, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:23, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

@Carrite and Diannaa: NYT appears to be indexed from 1985 to present at Infotrac. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:56, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

New York Times

Some of its content is available through search engines, but after a certain number in a month access is denied without a subscription. As one of the United States' newspapers of record, its back issues are a valuable resource. Eddie Blick (talk) 21:28, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

@Teblick: We have repeatedly approached the Times, and have repeatedly gotten a firm no. Unlike newspaper databases, Newspapers like the times are not vying for visibility and discovery for researchers: they already have a fairly extensive reputation and visibility. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:09, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Still, it's very disappointing that NYT don't see how beneficial it would be in terms of knowledge. I'm sure eventually they'll relent.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:53, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that clarification. I'm disappointed, but I understand the reasoning. Eddie Blick (talk) 20:19, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

@Teblick: NYT appears to be available from 1985 to present via Infotrac. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:57, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

@Carrite, Diannaa, and Teblick: We just launched access to ProQuest, through which you will now be able to access all current and archival New York Times content. This doesn't give you access to the NY Times website itself, but you can take a headline and search for it in ProQuest to get access to the full text. ProQuest is part of the new Library Bundle, which means if you meet our automatically-checked account criteria you can access ProQuest right away. Head over to https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/ and log in - if you see that you meet the Bundle eligibility criteria, you'll be able to access ProQuest through My Library right away. Please let me know if you have any questions or feedback on the process. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 08:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, Samwalton9. That sounds great! I will check it out. Eddie Blick (talk) 16:24, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

When I tried logging in, I got an "Internal server error" message. I sent a note to the address on the error page. Eddie Blick (talk) 16:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Looks like this was a Cloud VPS issue due to some backend work, and should now be resolved :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 17:22, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Samwalton9, Access is working fine now. Thank you! Eddie Blick (talk) 01:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC))

@Teblick: Great! Please let me know how you find using ProQuest to access NYT. We're interested to know if we should still try to get access to the New York Times website directly, or if access via these databases is sufficient. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 08:43, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF):, I will do that. I used it only briefly last night, but I liked what I saw. I was curious about how to cite articles. I assume that (in addition to the obvious title, date, etc.) I should put "|via = ProQuest" in the citation. Should I also add a parameter about access being available through the WP Library? Eddie Blick (talk) 12:53, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

via=Proquest can be helpful but we don't require that or any note of the Wikipedia Library. Feel free to simply follow standard citing procedures :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:45, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, @Samwalton9 (WMF):. I appreciate the guidance. Eddie Blick (talk) 00:55, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

My (US) local library offers a free basic subscription to The New York Times website to all library patrons. The subscription is a one-day subscription, but it can be used over and over. If you have a good public library system, you might ask them if they have a similar program. WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:07, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

This is just a follow-up "Thank you!" for providing access to NYT archives via ProQuest. I have used the service often to add information to articles, and I greatly appreciate the efforts of those who are responsible enabling access to the archives. Eddie Blick (talk) 23:59, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

News aggregator

Can we have a news aggregator like Factiva ? 90.10.171.105 (talk) 12:07, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Hi @90.10.171.105: Our partnerships with WP:Highbeam, WP:Newspapers.com and British Newspapers Archive already aggregate quite a bit of newspaper material. We are also negotiating access with several new historical newspaper databases.Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:31, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

• I've used Factiva in the past to catch tons of stuff that has fallen through those databases' cracks. Not sure how much that has to do with package access, but something to consider nonetheless – czar 06:56, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) publishes a wide range of documents, some of which are freely available and some of which are only available to ITU members. It would be good if Wikipedia editors had access to the full range of ITU publications. Examples of or lists of ITU publications for which access would be useful:

• World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database online: http://www.itu.int/pub/D-IND-WTID.OL-2014
• ITU-T Recommendations and other publications: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/publications/Pages/default.aspx
• ITU Publications: http://www.itu.int/en/publications/Pages/default.aspx

--Jeff Ogden (W163) (talk) 21:12, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Early English Books Online (EEBO)

Covering print books published in England between 1473 and 1700, this database shows and allows searching of full scans of original English books: good for tracking down what happened, say, in a first edition of Milton. Covers literature, yes, but also history, religion, politics, philosophy, and many other areas. Link: [1] --Akhenaten0 (talk) 19:30, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

@Akhenaten0: We started talks with them last year, but the team that was helping us, seems to have lost track of this request: I probably will restart the converstaion over the summer. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 15:54, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): Over which summer? :)

Did you ever get a chance to follow up further on this, and, if so, was any progress made? If not; time for a new attempt perhaps? --Xover (talk) 05:00, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

@Xover and Akhenaten0: Sorry for not updating: this was last summer. The contacts we had for this conversation disappeared, and we have had trouble finding a successful path into Proquest: they simply seem a bit too big, and not to have a clear way to create this partnership. I am now working on WP:GLAM, but @Samwalton9: is now coordinating our partner outreach efforts, and may try to start that relationship. We also should see Proquest representatives at the International Federation of Library Associations Congress next week, I will make sure to visit their booth and see if we can find another contact. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 13:53, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF) and Samwalton9: Any luck at the IFLA Congress? The latest need for this is trying to dig up a scan of the title page of the 1591 quarto of Sir Philip Sydney's Astrophil and Stella (to illustrate its article), and as it's a pretty rare edition the scan in EEBO (the British Library's copy) is one of extremely few available anywhere. The Bodleian Libraries may have it, but that's equally unavailable. --Xover (talk) 08:23, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

An addendum just to illustrate; of the second edition, also printed in 1591, there are 5 copies known to exist. Of the first edition there are two. --Xover (talk) 09:09, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

@Xover: No foot in the door yet, but one possible lead. Will let you know if there is an opportunity. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 14:34, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Reaxys

With Reaxys you can search Beilstein (Organic), Gmelin (Inorganic and organometallic) and Patent Chemistry databases. Reaxys' search, analysis, and workflow tools are designed around the needs and common tasks of users, including a synthesis planner to design the optimum synthesis route and multistep reactions to identify precursor reactions underlying synthesis of target compounds. Users can filter search results by key properties, synthesis yield, or other ranking criteria. Would be very useful for chemistry articles! Link: [2] Thepcmaniac (talk) 12:20, 10 May 2015 (EEST)

• @Thepcmaniac: We are still in the pilot phase with Elsevier's current donation (WP:Elsevier) Hopefully we will be able to expand the donation when we next talk to them; I can ask about this particular source. How many editor's do you expect would use this for citations? Who would it be useful for? Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:34, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Lots of publications especially about humanities and theology/religion studies, but also about philosophy and history; most ebooks and journals are in German but there are also several publications in English. Continua Evoluzione (talk) 13:31, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Oxford (UK) Libraries

I urge we get access to this http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. Oxford students get passwords issued by their colleges. The ability to access digitised texts available there would be very useful. Apwoolrich (talk) 13:37, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

@Apwoolrich:We are happy to support donations of access from university libraries: the Wikipedia Visiting Scholars model (outlined at Wikipedia:Visiting_Scholars/Sponsor) has been very successful with our pilot research universities in the states. These kinds of partnerships tend to work best with someone on the ground doing the outreach, but we have a WIR now! @MartinPoulter: Do you think we could get some type of remote access partnership? We could advise on developing some-type of partnerships similar to what we have been doing with other Uni-libraries. I have been encouraging the dutch to see if they can do something similar with one of their libraries, and it sounds like they might be able to get bulk donations of accounts (something on the scale of 50 or 100 research accounts). Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:20, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Also, as a resource, we have created a replicable process guide at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Processes/WVS_establishment for setting up a program on your own. It could be something run by Wikimedia UK, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. I have been promoting the Wikipedia Library in my outreach work and I will explore the possibility of this at the Bodleian. I can't promise anything and I don't know what regulations are involved, but I will make the case. @Apwoolrich: my case will be helped if I have specific examples of articles that users would want to improve. MartinPoulter (talk) 19:50, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

@MartinPoulter: Has there been any interest in library-access for Wikipedia editors? We heard that Koninklijke Bibliotheek in the Netherlands gave out ~50 accounts one time to their databases, for one year periods during an editathon. Most of the limitations for research libraries are tied to the types of, and Universities like Oxford have really good frameworks for Visiting Scholar/Student positions that define the kinds of access available. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF) and MartinPoulter: Editors working in the WikiProject Shakespeare scope would find access to the Bodleian and Ashmolean useful, in addition to the numerous books and journals published by Oxford University Press. The Oxford Shakespeare in particular would be of broad general interest for the project, and they publish a lot of more narrow books and journals in the area. --Xover (talk) 19:34, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

@Xover: Oxford Journals Online is available through WP:OUP, as are some other Shakespeare resources (although not the Bodleian/Ashmolean sources, unfortunately). Nikkimaria (talk) 21:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

I would also love to have access to the Bodleian link above. It is a fantastic resource especially on medieval and Irish history. Evangeline (talk) 12:49, 25 October 2015 (UTC)

Just dropping a note here to keep the request alive. Access to the Bodleian and Ashmolean collections would still be very useful on many literature-related subjects. These holdings are, of course, primary source material, so it would typically be for scans of title pages of works to illustrate an article on that work or its author, or to check stuff like formats, page counts, printers/publishers, and so forth. Or for a scan-backed transcription onto Wikisource. I'm sure there are other uses, but this is what I usually want it for. (and, no, visiting scholar would probably not be an option for me, though I'm sure for others it might be a better option). --Xover (talk) 08:38, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

MIT CogNet

The essential research tool for scholars in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences, with new content added every month. http://cognet.mit.edu/

World Shakespeare Bibliography

The World Shakespeare Bibliography from the Folger Shakespeare Library would be an indispensable tool for finding sources for Shakespeare-related articles. While slightly narrow in scope, there are currently in excess of 1000 articles in the scope of WikiProject Shakespeare, and there is significant overlap into other fields such as history, theatre, film, music (anything that could conceivably be influenced by Shakespeare has been, at one point or another). --Xover (talk) 12:04, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

@Xover: Do you have a sense of how many editors would need to use it? We have connections at JHU press so might be able to negotiate access for editors. If its mostly for your own purposes, you are also welcome to pitch the editors yourself: Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Processes/Pitching_partners. In my experience, bibliographies are hard to use, unless you are a very experienced researcher with a strong inter-library loan connection. You could also try to create a Visiting Scholar relationship if you think it will be just you (see the outline of the program at Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars). In doing so, you might get even more access than the bibliography. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:48, 17 September 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson: Hmm. As the Shakespeare WikiProject is rather under-staffed I suspect we're talking on the order of a handful of editors, with perhaps some stray editors from other areas (e.g. Opera, Theatre, Film, Painters, etc.) that may find it of use. And, as you suggest, a bibliography is not a perfect match for the Library program since it doesn't in itself give editors access to the sources (a downside for the editors) and thus editors won't have cause to link to it rather than JSTOR or wherever (a downside for the providers of the resource, here JHU/WSB). I was thinking of it more in terms of "What other resource would be a valuable tool for me" rather than its fit for the Library.
However, I am also a poor fit for either pitching a partner directly or a visiting scholar arrangement (I just can't commit predictable amounts of time to Wikipedia and a potential partner's area). So I think the conclusion is that the World Shakespeare Bibliography must sink to the end of the Library's todo list (somewhere after "Solving world hunger" and "Bring about peace on earth"), and if pitched it will most likely have to be more of purely charitable donation to the project rather than a straight up win—win pitch.
Oh well. Thanks for looking into it, and keep up the great work (everyone): it is very much appreciated! --Xover (talk) 05:54, 19 September 2015 (UTC)

@Xover: The time commitment for Visiting Scholars doesn't have to be huge, and your to do list on your user page, seems sufficiently substantial, to make a pitch for library support. We also have WP:OUP, which includes several Shakespeare bibliographies, so would be useful as well. @Ryan (Wiki Ed): would be the person to talk to if you are interested in that kind of support: we may even try to make it a joint appoint with one or two other Shakespeare editors. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 13:17, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for the ping. @Xover: I'll follow up regarding Visiting Scholars possibilities at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Shakespeare, in case others are interested. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:06, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Edited by: George Ritzer, eISBN: 9781405124331, Print publication date: 2007, DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com

If anyone knows how I could access this, let me know. It would be quite useful for my planned articles on sociology, and presumably, a useful tool for the entire Wikipedia:WikiProject Sociology. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:22, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

NewsBank

I have made numerous contributions to Wikipedia from having NewsBank access to newspaper articles from the past several decades at one college library whose librarians thought the students would use it a lot. The resource was too expensive. I am very limited now since the nearest library where I can use it is a few miles farther away. — Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:16, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: I am in a really good conversation with them, they want to donate, but organizationally weren't ready to a few months ago. I am imagining we will see a donation in the next 3-6 months. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 13:01, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: We got a fairly firm no recently, with an invitation to revisit in 6 months or a year. In the meantime, I recommend using WP:EBSCO, WP:Newspapers.com and WP:Newspaperarchive.com, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:03, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

If any of that worked I would have tried it. There is no substitute.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 17:19, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

@Vchimpanzee: I was very disapointed as well: I am trying another route for getting access to Newsbank's global historical newspapers (http://www.readex.com/content/world-newspaper-archive ). They are developed by the Center for Research Libraries, so we might be able to get a license from them directly. That covers the most glaring topical gaps we have in newspapers, though there are still certain newspapers and periodicals that we can't get, unfortunately. I will keep working on these and other outreach targets. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:24, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

I would definitely like if subscriptions to Newsbank were available. There has been requests on the RX for newspaper articles that only Newsbank could fulfill based on the year coverage that Gale did not covered for me. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:10, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

Politiken and Ekstra Bladet

The historical archives of the Danish newspapers Politiken and Ekstra Bladet: http://www.e-pages.dk/polarkivdemo/1/ and http://www.e-pages.dk/ebarkivdemo/1/ would be really nice to have free access to for especially the Denmark related articles. Froztbyte (talk) 20:01, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@Froztbyte: Have you considered taking this up with the local Wikimedia chapter in Denmark? I'm sure the The Wikipedia Library project can provide support and a framework, but I imagine that approaching these organisations is likely to both be smoother and more successful if done by someone local. --Xover (talk) 03:21, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

@Froztbyte and Xover: We most definitely would like to help the local chapter do outreach for Danish newspapers: I am imagining that local language outreach would work best. Our outreach strategy is documented at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Processes/Pitching_partners, and we would be happy to help with setting up a Danish language branch (see the process at meta:The Wikipedia Library/New branch setup guide). Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:57, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Time magazine

As is true with the New York Times, some content is available through search engines, but after hitting a limit, availability ceases. It has much valuable material for those of us who write and edit articles about people and events in the United States in the 20th century. Eddie Blick (talk) 21:31, 8 October 2015 (UTC)

Weekblad Schuttevaer

Is a Dutch magazine for the shipping, fishing and off shore industries. I plan to contact hem myself, with the help of WMF-nl. One question: at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Publishers, the section How it works: "Throughout the process we send you quarterly reports about the number of links to your content on Wikipedia and how that changes over time." Can and should I do that myself, and if yes: how? The publisher is here, some 25 more magazines, but all in Dutch. Regards, Sander1453 (talk) 09:17, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

@Sander1453: Looks great! Sorry for not responding sooner, I seem to have missed your message. You can see our outreach strategy at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Processes/Pitching_partners. If you cc' me during the email outreach astinsonwikimedia.org, I can help listen to the conversation (even if the outreach is in Dutch), and provide advice if you run into any problems. Once the donation is secured, we can work them into our link metrics quite quickly.Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:16, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Astinson. Unfortunately, I mailed them October 27th, but never got any response. But I'll remember this the next time I'm trying to convince a publisher to do business this way. Thanks, Sander1453 (talk) 22:47, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

Schweizerbart Science Publishers

I was going through the RX and found a few requested resources that could be found here. This publishing house has "books (print and electronic) and journals and series in the Earth and environmental sciences (geology, mineralogy, paleontology), biosciences (plant sciences, zoology, phycology), aquatic ecology and human biology." This would be helpful for the RX in locating science articles --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:32, 24 October 2015 (UTC)

@Saehrimnir: Do you want to do the outreach for this? It would be a good source to get via the German Library branch. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:17, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): I can certainly have a look into that maybe together with @Veronika Krämer (WMDE):.--Saehrimnir (talk) 21:28, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Journal of Contemporary Social Services

Journal of Contemporary Social Services, http://familiesinsocietyjournal.org/, It would be useful to me in researching evidence based social programs Sultec (talk)

@Sultec: We don't typically persue individual journals, because of how few of our editors they serve. However, I would recommend trying to get access through a local research library (see Wikipedia:Find your source for strategies). You may also want to try reaching out to the journal directly, using our pitch: Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Processes/Pitching partners. If they are willing to donate more than one account, we would be happy to distribute them through the Wikipedia Library. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:28, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Brepols Publishers

I stumbled upon this site while helping out at the RX. This is another publisher that has access to journal articles and books. Here's the link. This site focuses primarily on humanities subjects --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:16, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Brepols is a very important publisher indeed. Whenever I write on art history or linguistics, for example, papers that came out in journals only available from Brepols are a major stumbling block. Adding them to the Wikipedia Library would be a great catch. Primaler (talk) 17:34, 21 June 2016 (UTC)

Sage Publications

I know that the Wikipedia Library has access to SAGE Stats, but not to the full Sage journals website. It would be helpful locating journal articles. They have journals on Health sciences, life & biomedical sciences, materials sciences and engineering and social sciences & humanities. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 22:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: We realize that, we have begun asking our contacts at sage for the journals: they were our initial priority, but when they offered the stats instead, we took the access with the hope of demonstrating impact and usage further. We have begun asking again for expanded journals access. Hopefully we will get it soon, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 18:16, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Routledge

Routledge is described on its website as "the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences." As such, it has publications that would be of value not only in my primary area of interest (old-time radio), but in a wide variety of other fields, which should be useful to many Wikipedia editors. As I write this message, the website lists 58 categories in which it publishes material. Routledge is a member of the Taylor & Francis group, which makes some of its material available to Wikipedia editors. I found out today, however, that the current agreement with Taylor & Francis applies only to databases -- not to books. I have found samples of Routledge publications on Google books and used material from those, but of course they provide only a limited number of pages of each book. Eddie Blick (talk) 13:38, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

I second that. I had once the chance to use some of their works about classical studies (Greek history) and they looked very good to me. Lots of their books are available as ebooks on T&F ebooks via subscription. ContinuaEvoluzione 08:42, 1 December 2015 (UTC)

@Continua Evoluzione: Thanks for sharing the link to the Taylor and Francis collection. @Teblick: We have WP:TANDF which has targeted collections from that space. IN particular, we have an arts and humanities collection there that might be useful for you in the radio topics. We are also looking to get more targeted collections from them: so if you find a particular source not including in the current donation, let us know what it is, and we can ask for that access. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:30, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! I will take a look at what is available in the arts and humanities collection to see if some of it might apply to my research. Three books from Routledge have already caught my attention:

• The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Radio, edited by Christopher H. Sterling and Cary O'Dell
• Encyclopedia of Radio 3-Volume Set, edited by Christopher H. Sterling
• The Concise Encyclopedia of American Radio, edited by Christopher H. Sterling and Cary O'Dell

I'm sure that any of the three would be quite helpful for the kinds of articles that I create and edit. Perhaps the company has PDF copies available. That is how McFarland has provided its books that I have received. I appreciate your help with this. Eddie Blick (talk) 20:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)

Maney Online

1. Maney Publishing: "more than 170 scholarly journals, most published in partnership with societies, universities, and institutes." Many books too. maneyonline.com. Timmyshin (talk) 06:06, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

   @Timmyshin: since they are merging with WP:TANDF, I think we probably won't pursue the relationship. We already have a good relationship with Taylor and Francis, with strong likelihoods of that partnership expanding in the near future. I would recommend applying for the collection you need in that group, that way you are on the waitlist. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 16:58, 4 January 2016 (UTC)

British Universities Film & Video Council

The BUFVC is "a representative body which promotes the production, study and use of moving image, sound and related media in higher education, further education and research". Its services include a number of databases. It also runs Box of Broadcasts (BoB), an online archive of radio and television programmes, including all BBC TV and radio content dating from 2007 (800,000+ programmes) over 10 foreign language channels, including French, German and Italian.

There is a Derby University case study on the use of BoB.

For example, access to this BUFVC recording would enable me to improve Denis Martin and related articles.

It is possible that access may have to be limited to Wikimedians in the UK. We may need negotiate to obtain an ERA licence, first.

As I am in the UK, I would be willing to assist in reaching out to BUFVC, or ERA, or to act as a local point of contact. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:02, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing: Sorry for not responding sooner! Did some initial investigation a month ago, and it appears I didn't respond. As always we welcome any initial outreach. I am not sure how consistent, or to what extent we could have access to the whole thing --- it looks like its supported by JISC, which does have geographic bounds. In the past, we have helped support donations secured by WMUK, and would be welcome to do so again. Our pitch documentation is at Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Processes/Pitching partners, if you need language or strategy. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:57, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

BearManor Media

BearManor Media publishes a fairly extensive list of books related to film, television, radio and the people involved in them, focusing more on history than on the present day. Most of my creating and editing of Wikipedia articles involves those areas, and I see a number of titles on the company's website that would be useful. I would appreciate someone's investigating whether Wikipedia might establish an arrangement with BearManor like the one it already has with McFarland. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:31, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

@Teblick: Thanks for the great recommendation! That looks like a rather narrow collection, that probably would serve only one or two editors. In the past, with this size collection, we have asked that the editor requesting do the outreach, using our process documented at Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Processes/Pitching_partners. Editors have fairly high success rates with smaller publishers. If you do email them, feel free to cc me at astinsonwikimedia.org, and if a hard question comes up, I would be happy to step in and help. We have had similar smaller asks go very successfully with other editors (for example, WP:Miramar). We find that negotiations are much easier with smaller organizations. We would be happy to list it as a signup, if they agree to give books to more editors, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 14:51, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): Thanks for your quick reply. After reading it, I skimmed the "Partner pitch guide," but I need to go back and read that document more thoroughly. Will it be all right if I contact you at the email address you listed in order to discuss how I might approach the people at BearManor? Eddie Blick (talk) 15:25, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

Sure that's fine, or we can also talk here. Generally, I would recommend trying their public email addresses. Typically, small outfits like BearManor, have just a handful of staff so any communications that is out of the ordinary (like "access partnership with Wikipedia"), will get to the right person in the office really quickly. Part of the reason, we have WMF staff or more experienced volunteer doing conversations with the larger publishers, is that it takes a lot more wading through bureaucracy to get to the right person, unfortunately. We have also had a lot of success with cold-calling. Having the pitch page open during the cold call, can help with the typical questions you will get, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 15:34, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

AccessEngineering

AccessEngineering provides access to McGraw-Hill reference publications. It covers 14 major areas of engineering. It would be a valuable asset for developing engineering concepts on Wikipedias, that are not really included in traditional academic databases which focus more on research, and books that are not available in your local library. Amqui (talk) 15:37, 15 June 2016 (UTC)

Elsevier – additional access

It would be great to have access to additional Elsevier content alongside the great range of ScienceDirect journals and books. Information technology journals, such as the Journal of Information Security and Applications, would be highly useful in WikiProject Computer Security work. Thanks! Seba5tien (^talk/_contribs) 16:55, 25 July 2016 (UTC)

Gale Literature Resource Center

http://gdc.gale.com/gale-literature-collections/literature-resource-center/

Access to many biographical sources and other journals that aren't included in our other current packages. I'd love to see this added to our Gale partnership. czar 15:13, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

@Czar: I'm speaking to Gale next week; will enquire! Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 22:09, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

"Oxford Scholarly Editions Online" and "The New Oxford Shakespeare"

"Oxford Scholarly Editions" contains things like (my area of interest) the complete set of critical editions of the plays and poems from The Oxford Shakespeare, and all manner of other scholarly editions in many fields. In addition, Oxford University Press has recently announced "The New Oxford Shakespeare" a fully digitally integrated new complete edition of The Oxford Shakespeare. How the content of the one will relate to the other is not clear (maybe the new editions will replace the extant ones on Oxford Scholarly Editions?), but access to either or, preferably, both these services would be wonderfully useful.

PS. Pinging Samwalton9 (WMF) since he's the one that most recently seemed to be talking to OUP (cf. the Bloomsbury thread above). --Xover (talk) 09:59, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Xover: Discussions about The Oxford Shakespeare are ongoing :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:19, 13 September 2016 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF) and Cameron11598: Any progress on access to Oxford Scholarly Editions Online and The New Oxford Shakespeare? Also, my ODNB access seems to have vanished (but Journals is still there). --Xover (talk) 08:41, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Xover: Not as of yet - I'll take a look at where we got to and see if I can push that along. As for ODNB access - I think the accounts might have been for a period of one year and thus will require renewal. I'll clarify that too. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:29, 18 January 2017 (UTC)

@Xover: I'm not sure to what you are referring So I'll have to refer to Samwalton9 (WMF) on this matter. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 05:33, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

@Xover: Yes I think your account will need renewal - please put a request in at WP:OUP. Sam Walton (talk) 13:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Any news on Oxford Schoarly Editions and The New Oxford Shakespeare? --Xover (talk) 08:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

@Xover: OUP informed us that they're happy with the current set of resources in the partnership, so unfortunately this won't be added anytime soon. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:05, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

That's… disappointing. I guess we'll have to pin our hopes on the other major publisher of critical editions of Shakespeare for primary reference works for the play-related articles then. But thanks for following up with them on this, Sam! --Xover (talk) 11:17, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

National Archives

The US national archives. Holds an enormous number of documents, etc, certainly in the millions. Currently I need about 40 documents from it, for research. scope_creep (talk) 16:40, 18 November 2016 (UTC)

Duke University Press

I came across this publisher while attempting to find a source in the Resource Exchange. This publisher offers over 50 journals that could be beneficial to Wikipeidans. These jounrals include topics on LGBT and women studies. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:48, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: You can get access to most, if not all, Duke content through Project MUSE, see here. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 00:53, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: I did see that Radical History Review was on Muse, (which I have access), but it doesn't have the issue which I need. The publisher could be helpful to cover the missing gaps. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 00:55, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: According to our wonderful new search tool this journal is also hosted by Gale and EBSCO - could you check if they have the issue you need? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 00:58, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Neither Gale or Ebsco has the year I'm looking for (1994). And I did use the A-Z database for a different search. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 01:08, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: That's a shame. I'll look into this but since we have access to a fair portion of their content already it's not going to be a priority; if you need a specific item you'll be better off requesting it at WP:RX for now. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 01:14, 1 January 2017 (UTC)

Reference Universe

• Publication or database name: Reference Universe
• Publisher: Paratext
• Website link:
  • http://refuniv.odyssi.com/landing/
  • http://www.paratext.com/reference-universe/
• Number of potential users: all users for every topic
• Description:
  • In 2015 Thomas Mann wrote in "The Oxford Guide to Library Research" 4th ed., "This is a subscription file published by Paratext (Stone Ridge, VA) that is an index to all of the individual articles in about 45,000 specialized subject encyclopedias and other reference sources from 750 publishers; coverage extends back to 1980. This database also links directly to full texts of the articles supplied by other sources (e.g., SAGE Knowledge, Oxford Reference, Elsevier's ScienceDirect, CREDO Reference) if your library already has separate subscriptions to these databases."
  • According to Paratext, "35 million links to 50,000 subject encyclopedias, compendia & handbooks", includes "All major e-reference publishers represented", and "E-book and legacy print collection", within "English-language coverage, 1975 – 2016".
• Username suggesting: Mitchumch (talk) 01:55, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

I.B. Tauris and Mazda Publishers

Would be a great addition for those who are actively involved in history-related topics of the Middle East/Near East.[3][4] - LouisAragon (talk) 01:21, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: I've sent a first email to IBTauris and will look into Mazda. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:20, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Any news? :) - LouisAragon (talk) 22:11, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Some! I.B. Tauris content is on its way, as part of a partnership we haven't announced yet. No news on Mazda unfortunately. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:38, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

@Samwalton9: Great, thanks for the update! Hope Mazda will come along eventually as well. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:25, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): How are things going? - LouisAragon (talk) 00:41, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAragon: Sorry for the delay here. This is actually just waiting on us to implement proxy authentication to the Library Card platform, at which point we'll be ready to get people set up with access. Hoping to make real progress on that in the new year :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:51, 20 December 2018 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Awesome! Thanks for the heads up. - LouisAragon (talk) 17:04, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

Film databases

I've got three requests:

• Variety Insight, a film database maintained by Variety: www.varietyinsight.com
• The Studio System, a film database maintained by Baseline StudioSystems: www.studiosystem.com
• Screenbase, a film database maintained by Screen International: screenbase.screendaily.com

The problem is that popular, user-generated databases like the IMDb are unusable on Wikipedia. There are reliable alternatives to the IMDb, but free sites often must sacrifice comprehensiveness or how often they update their database. For example, it can take years before a film shows up in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films. WikiProject Film is one of the more active WikiProjects, and access to any one of these sources would be invaluable, especially in sourcing upcoming films and European films. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:56, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

@NinjaRobotPirate: I'll start with Variety Insight. On a sidenote, when citing their public release date list, you'll probably want to use an archived version since it looks like that list will update as time goes on, removing movies that release. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:31, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, I usually update it to point to an archived version once it scrolls off. They update the entries occasionally, so using the most recent version possible seems like a good idea. Insight would be a very useful resource. Variety opened up their previously paywalled review archive, so I have some small degree of hope there. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:29, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

I actually just stopped by to see if anyone had suggested Variety Insight. --tronvillain (talk) 22:09, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

The Register of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy

The Register of Graduates, West Point Association of Graduates (WPAOG), Communications and Marketing, 100 potential users (to start)

Formerly, the Biographical register of the officers and graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., from its establishment, in 1802 (example) was published at ten-year intervals and provided biographical data on graduates of USMA, including their Cullum numbers. That resource is now maintained by the WPAOG. Because the Register provides useful data and does not contain adverse information, I'm hopeful that the Association will allow access. I've based my potential users count on the approximately 1100 active members of Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history. I'm guessing that the entry point for communication with the Association is one of the people featured on the web page I've cited.

--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 18:13, 2 June 2017 (UTC)

@Gaarmyvet: I'll look into this. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:16, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

AIS data for ship tracks

• Publication or database name: Automatic Identification System (AIS)
• Publisher: various, MarineTraffic may be the most comprehensive
• Website link:
  • https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/p/ais-historical-data
  • http://www.vtexplorer.com/ais-analysis.html
  • https://www.fleetmon.com/services/historical-ais-data/
• Number of potential users: 100+ using rough count of Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Participants +Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Maritime warfare task force#Participants
• Description:
  • Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a system for ships to transmit via VHF radio their location, course and speed and other data. It is collected by various government and private entities at shore stations and satellites. The tracking data can be incorporated in useful ways for Wikipedia articles, such as analyses of collisions. The developing article USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision is such an example.
  • Note that free historical downloads for most US waters are available at https://marinecadastre.gov/ais/. It would also be a worthwhile effort to collate such sources for other countries if the full commercial feed(s) aren't available.
• Username suggesting: Bri (talk) 02:20, 20 June 2017 (UTC)

@Bri: Could you clarify which of the features that MarineTraffic offer would be the ones useful to you? I take it that it would be the "Voyage History" data. Just so that I have a good sense of what would be requested. Thanks, Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:12, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Yes, exactly the track history for a particular vessel, like that used to create File:AIS_map_of_MV_ACX_Crystal_2017-06-16_detail.png. This unfortunately had to be done by scraping data from a third party website, if we had access to the track database it would be preferable. - Bri (talk) 17:15, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Maitron-en-ligne

fr:Le Maitron (contact info with list of current partners) carries a dozen biographical dictionaries on people associated with labor movements. The entire set is available online, but paywalled. There isn't another resource like this in English, and the French version (print or online) isn't readily available in English-language countries. It would be quite a boon to have access to this resource. Jake/@Samwalton9 (WMF), let me know if this isn't on your docket and I could reach out myself (not in French, though). Or perhaps there are staff from TWL on frwp who can help?  czar 22:05, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Taylor and Francis eBooks, Taylor and Francis imprints (Routledge etc), purchase options, at least 100 users based on WikiProject Military History, likely many more because there are also books on "Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Behavioural Sciences, Built Environment and Law." Kges1901 (talk) 09:37, 30 July 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): For whatever it's worth, I also occasionally run into books (primarily from Routledge) that are only available via T&F ebooks (the current T&F access is journals only, or so the description suggests). The latest was Shakespeare on Silent Film: A Strange Eventful History by Robert Hamilton Ball (which, incdentally, is the standard work on its topic; updated this century by Judith Buchanan's Shakespeare on Silent Film: An Excellent Dumb Discourse—published on CUP but sadly not available on Cambridge Core for some reason—but still not replaced). --Xover (talk) 18:30, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

MIT Press

I came across this resource while helping a Wikipedian on the RX Exchange. MIT Press has over 30 journals in the arts & humanities. There are also tons of e-books for purchases as well. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:23, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

@MrLinkinPark333: Are there resources you'd like which aren't currently covered under our existing partnership? Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:48, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Perhaps the ebooks would be interesting to look into. Also, the website URL that I provided for the journals is a different link than the one on MIT Press's wiki account signup, but both point to the same spot. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:40, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

South Asia Archive

http://www.southasiaarchive.com is very useful source for material across fields relating to a high-population region. Shyamal (talk) 12:56, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

@Shyamal: Looks like the best avenue for getting access to this would be through Taylor & Francis. I've asked them if we might be able to get access. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:02, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. Shyamal (talk) 15:05, 18 October 2017 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Eight months later, any response? mahir256 (talk) 02:29, 18 June 2018 (UTC)

@Mahir256: Unfortunately the response I received from Taylor & Francis was negative on adding the archive to our available collections at this time. I'll revisit this with them in the future. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 09:40, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

South Asia Archive

• South Asia Archive, seems to contain a lot of historical documents and journal issues concerning South Asia. Good endorsements by leading researchers on the page. A tried to get an account, but it said that I have to recommend it to my librarian [5]. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 00:15, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Sydney Morning Herald

Australia's premier newspaper, with archives back to 1955. http://archives.smh.com.au/ Doctorhawkes (talk) 03:48, 21 January 2018 (UTC)

Corriere della Sera

Major Italian newspaper with robust online archives: http://archivio.corriere.it/ czar 21:05, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

Allafrica.com

Aggregator of over 140 African newspapers, which would be extremely useful for anyone trying to write articles on Africa-related topics (certainly there appears to be a lot of useful content on Zambian MPs, which I am currently trying to create articles on). Number 57 21:10, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

@Samwalton9 (WMF): Any thoughts on this? I'm trying to write articles on Zambian MPs at the moment and around half of the useful info that's coming up is from articles in this aggregator (which are largely invisible beyond what shows up on Google)? It would certainly go a little way to helping address our rather threadbare coverage of Africa. Number 57 22:45, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

@Number 57: Already dropped them an email but haven't heard anything back yet. Will keep trying, looks like a great set of resources :) Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:27, 20 March 2018 (UTC)

Samwalton9 (WMF) I'm going to bump this because I came here to request it. I hit this paywall just about any time I'm researching something regarding Africa, and it would be a game changer in writing about African topics. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 18:08, 21 July 2023 (UTC)

@Thebiguglyalien Thanks for letting me know. We've tried to contact them a number of times but unfortunately haven't made any progress. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:05, 24 July 2023 (UTC)

Salem Press

I've only poked around in these reference works but already I can tell some are crazy good. This looks more valuable than any database currently in TWL—it's that good. Our unsourced article says they're owned by EBSCO now, but I don't know to what extend Salem products are integrated into EBSCO's offerings. [Edit: Actually looks like Critical Survey of Long Fiction is integrated in one of my former university's EBSCO package, but not sure how that squares with ours.]

• Database
• List by series

(not watching, please {{ping}}) czar 21:55, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

DigiZeitschriften

Das Deutsch Digitale Zeitschriftenarchiv comprises thousands of published academic papers in some of the most prestigious journals, e.g. in Egyptology with the Göttinger Miszellen. Most of the sources are in English and German with a few in French. The archiv covers subjects in all fields of science and the humanities and would be a great addition to what we can already access.Iry-Hor (talk) 08:14, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

GeoScienceWorld

To whit, the various journals listed here, such as [6]. They could be fairly useful to write articles about volcanology, and I use them for my articles all the time (in fact, about 65 of all uses on Wikipedia) are by me as it is. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: I've looked at GeoScienceWorld before and found that a large number of their publications are already available through our EBSCO and Gale partnerships. WP:TWL/A-Z should help narrow down which aggregator has a particular journal. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 10:25, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Not all of them (such as "GSA Bulletin" used on Cima volcanic field) are, though. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:34, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Cabell's list

https://www2.cabells.com/

See this article from The Scholarly Kitchen on what the list is. Cabell both maintains a whitelist and a blacklist. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:36, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Journal of Cyberspace Studies

The journal is published by University of Tehran on behalf of the UNESCO Chair on Cyberspace and Culture and the Cyberspace Policy Research Center with links to UNESCO's IFAP thematic priorities. [7] Rahiminejad (talk) 08:07, 19 July 2018 (UTC)

Vahlen eLibrary

The eLibrary offers many notable German and English books about law and economics. --Chewbacca2205 (talk) 19:55, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Aluka

Can you have a look at access for this site called Aluka - [8]. They have two databases, World Heritage Sites - Africa and Struggle for Freedom - South Africa. Hosted through JSTOR. Thanks. Conlinp (talk) 07:06, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

Conlinp, I don't see how they would be helpful for our purpose. Mainly a media (and primary sources)-repository. ∯WBG^converse 09:56, 16 April 2019 (UTC)

The Illustrated London News

1. Illustrated London News Historical Archive 1842-2003, Gale, [9], 1000 potential users, suggested by laughing_sandbags

The Illustrated London News is a major source for research on popular culture in the United Kingdom in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. As one of the most widely circulating and influential periodicals of its time, it is a particularly useful source for issues relating to the British Empire. It appears to be available as an optional add-on to the Gale NewsVault product, but happens not to be one of the titles to which we currently have access through the Wikipedia Library. I wonder whether we could get in touch with Gale to request access? Laughing sandbags (talk) 14:37, 21 November 2018 (UTC)

It is accessible via the British Newspaper Archive too. Shyamal (talk) 04:42, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Accessible Archives

https://www.accessible-archives.com/

A large collection of 18th- and 19th-century newspapers, magazines, books, pamphlets, and topical collections on things like slavery and women's suffrage. General area would be American history. List of collections held: https://www.accessible-archives.com/ deisenbe (talk) 00:45, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Question about citations from The New York Times via Proquest

I have used back issues of The New York Times extensively since I gained access to that database via Proquest. My procedure has been to copy the URL of the displayed page and paste it in the appropriate place in the "cite news" template in Source Editor, along with other relevant information. Now I don't know what to do after receiving the following message from another editor today:

Hello, thank you for your work on references. When you cite the New York Times, please search their archives and add real NYT URLs. The ProQuest links are useless for nearly everybody and they're not the canonical location.

I assume that searching the archives to get the "real NYT URLs" would have the same monthly limit for non-subscribers that I encountered before I began using Proquest. Does another option exist for obtaining URLs that are not "useless for nearly everybody"? Eddie Blick (talk) 21:22, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Technically you should be able to get the URL from the NYT website as a non-subscriber - you just wouldn't be able to see the full text that way. However, I'm not convinced this step is necessary. (Your other option I suppose would be to use no URL at all). Nikkimaria (talk) 01:50, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Nikkimaria. I can try that the next time I use an article from NYT on Proquest and see what happens. Eddie Blick (talk) 02:17, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Teblick and Nikkimaria: ProQuest is best treated as an archive site. In fact, the cite template documentation is explicit about this

To cite and quote an archived news article clipped with an information aggregation service requiring a subscription

{{cite news |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |title= |trans-title= |url= |url-status= |language= |work= |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote=}}

Put the NYT URL in the URL paramater and the ProQuest URL in the archive-url parameter. You'll have to fill in archive-date, and ProQuest doesn't provide one; I would just put in the issue date. You can also use url-status to flip between making the NYT link primary or the ProQuest link primary. I would also make use of quote to include the relevant text which will help the reader who has access to neither. Another resource for pre-1922 NYT articles is newspaper.com. WikiPedia Open Library also arranges free subscriptions. They have a clipping feature where the full article image can be retrieved by anyone - you, as the subscriber, make the clipping, and anyone can click the link to see it. Of course, for artciles that span pages, they make things awkward. I also reocmmend paying attention to that via parameter.Dovid (talk) 17:44, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Britishnewspaperarchive

A rather nice catalogue of British newspaper articles that I wish to use for 1990s TV series. The only option is to view 3 free articles after creating an account.--Coin945 (talk) 08:35, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

Swedish newspaper archives

Hi all, please can you help me access these two newspaper archives? I need them to write an article on a Swedish television series.--Coin945 (talk) 08:35, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

• Tigningar archive
• Arkivet archive

The Playful Undead and Video Games by Stephen J. Webley, Peter Zackariasson

I need this book in order for me to expand article. Requesting it. 🥒Greenish Pickle!🥒 (🔔) 11:31, 20 April 2024 (UTC)