Accessing the full text of articles has gotten easier! ZSR recently added a service called LibKey that operates behind the scenes to provide reliable links to scholarly journal articles with fewer clicks.LibKey works with data from ZSR’s thousands of journal subscriptions as well as the Unpaywall open access database to quickly and seamlessly link users to scholarly journal articles. There are three ways that LibKey enhances access to articles: linking in the ZSR catalog, libkey.io, and LibKey Nomad.
LibKey in the ZSR Catalog
The Download PDF option will take you directly to a PDF containing the full text of the article. The Available Online option takes you to the page for the article on the publisher’s website. The View Issue Contents option allows you to browse the table of contents for the associated journal. We have always provided linking to the full text of articles, but the technology behind LibKey reduces the chance of a broken or incorrect link.
LibKey.io
LibKey.io allows you to look up an article by DOI (Digital Object Identifier) or PMID (PubMed ID) to see if ZSR provides access to it. If the article is available through ZSR, you will be given a link to the PDF of the article. If the article is not available, you will be taken back to the library catalog so you can request it via ZSR Delivers.
LibKey Nomad
LibKey Nomad is an extension available for major browsers (including Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Safari) that helps you access the full text of articles when searching outside of the ZSR catalog and databases. While this feature requires some setup, it is a powerful tool that can save you time when trying to determine whether you have access to the articles that you need.
Download LibKey Nomad and choose your preferred browser. Select Wake Forest University as your institution. Once the extension is installed, you will see the green LibKey Nomad logo when it detects a journal article. You can expect to see the icon on publisher websites, Wikipedia, PubMed, and other sites. Below are examples of how LibKey Nomad appears on different sites.
Wikipedia
Publisher’s Website
PubMed
If LibKey Nomad does not locate the full text of the article that you need, you will be able to request it via ZSR Delivers.
Please be aware that access to subscription articles is only available to current WFU students, faculty,and staff, in accordance with vendor agreements and the ZSR Library Electronic Resources Policy. In order to view the full text of articles, you may be asked to log in with your WFU username and password, especially if you are off campus.
4 Comments on ‘Introducing LibKey: Finding Full Text Just Got Easier’
Thank you for this informative and comprehensive update!!
Downloaded! Thank you!
This so helpful, I can’t wait to try it out!
LibKey is a massive upgrade! I had my LIB100 students use the Summon Search to find Scholarly Journal Articles because of all the new enhancements. I love the Retraction notices as well as the Review Article notices. This is a fabulous investment! Thanks for this post. I’m passing the extension information on to my students!