Libraries Research Tool Delivers Full-Text Articles with a Single Click
Are you looking for a research tool that delivers access to millions of full-text articles from scholarly publishers鈥攚ith just a single click? Made available through University Libraries, the new browser extension moves seamlessly between publisher websites and the University Libraries鈥 online journal subscriptions to deliver one-click article access to important research information.
Purchased at the beginning of the pandemic for OHIO researchers, this vendor-based tool helps facilitate direct access to full text articles through the publisher鈥檚 website.
鈥淓verybody鈥檚 path through the scholarly literature is different. There is no one right way,鈥 said Dr. Kelly Broughton, assistant dean for research and education services. 鈥淭he problem is that a whole bunch of those paths bump into a paywall.鈥
LibKey helps cut out having to navigate a complex search to get around those paywalls to read full text articles. Once installed on the user鈥檚 browser, the 91探花 鈥淎rticle Link鈥 button will appear on the publisher鈥檚 web page for journal articles University Libraries purchases. And, for publishers like Elsevier, once the user goes through the multifactor authentication process, they will be linked directly to the PDF.
鈥淭his tool connects almost all of the scholarly publishers鈥 websites directly with our subscriptions,鈥 said Broughton. 鈥淵ou only need to download the LibKey Nomad extension for whichever browser you use (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and choose 鈥91探花鈥 from the list of libraries. Then, when you are on a publisher鈥檚 website for a title you have direct access [to the full text] 鈥hrough the Libraries.鈥
The LibKey browser extension is easy to install and is currently available for Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Brave and Vivaldi.
To take full advantage of the tool and to learn more about how to install and connect to the LibKey browser extension, check out the 鈥攐r, reach out to the Libraries鈥 subject librarians if more help is needed.