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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.

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)

The Times archive

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

The Los Angeles Times Archives

The Los Angeles Times Archives -millions of articles since 1881 - I know myself and a few west coast and film project editors who'd find this tremendously valuable

1. -Especially if NY Times proves unobtainable. A very right wing paper for the early 20th C but a good source as the century progressed. Carrite (talk) 19:26, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
2. @Carrite: Most of LAT is in the Business Source Complete part of WP:EBSCO, 19:57, 17 September 2015 (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)

Gale Reference & Research

Gale Reference & Research Database of many otherwise difficult-to-access sources, including Associated Press, Chatham House, Punch, Smithsonian Collections, many other press archives, and thousands of online books. RolandR (talk) 12:04, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

1. Gale offers interesting coverage of some useful sources. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

ProQuest

ProQuest: It began publishing doctoral dissertations in 1939 and has published more than 3 million searchable dissertations and theses. JimRenge (talk) 22:31, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

1. Agree, and suggest looking into some of their ancillary products, such as ProQuest Congressional or ProQuest Legislative Insight; while some of these primarily bring in primary sources, or otherwise freely-available GPO publications, it's much more easily searchable. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 18:46, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

   @Mendaliv and JimRenge::I have started a promising conversation on this front, though the first partnerships w/ PQ might not be the specific databases you request (once in the door, though, these tend to become much easier.)Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:13, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

   Thanks for working on the contact; ProQuest would be useful for me too. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

   Their Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive and Historical Newspapers databases would be very useful. The latter one includes The Times of India, one of the most reputed Indian newspapers. It would be very useful for editors working on Indian history during the latter half of the 19th century and whole of the 20th century. Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 12:01, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

• Yes, this should be very helpful. --Tito Dutta (talk) 16:56, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• As an editor working on rather controversial topics in the Indian sphere, the Times has a bit of a dodgy reputation, particularly for being even more sensationalist, and poorer with fact-checking and coverage, than many of the other mainstream Indian papers. That said, there are still immense gaps in nitty-gritty uncontroversial Indian topics, and the Times would certainly help with those. Vanamonde93 (talk) 17:13, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
• I would also highly appreciate having access to old newspapers for India such as the The Times of India. Kautilya3 (talk) 17:38, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

@Kautilya3, Titodutta, and Vanamonde93: I can help out with the Times of India Archives if you have a specific citation in mind. Leave a note on my talk or at WP:RX - NQ (talk) 11:50, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

That's handy to know, NQ. The Times of India can be rather dodgy nowadays but historically (say, pre-1980s) it was a very good newspaper and access to it would likely be very useful. I have access only to the ProQuest Times (London) and Guardian databases and use them a lot ... but rarely when I already know the specific citation because in that circumstance the cite has almost always come from a reliable secondary source anyway. They're better used, like the BNL, for broad searches that then become more specific. - Sitush (talk) 10:16, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

• I really doubt they're gonna greenlight freely available downloads of pdfs of dissertations — that's big money to them — but this would be massively important if it could be swung. Carrite (talk) 19:28, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
• @JimRenge, Mendaliv, Kautilya3, Titodutta, Vanamonde93, Skr15081997, Carrite, and Sitush:: We have another Newspaper database WP:Newspaperarchive.com and the massive WP:EBSCO which should provide an intermediary set of material, until we get a relationship with proquest: both provide quite a range of useful tools that might help fill the gaps you all talk about, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 20:00, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
  • As far as I understand the users above talked about Historical Newspapers (including The Times of India), EBSCO and Newspaperarchive.com don't have that material. I vote for ProQuest Historical Newspapers: South China Morning Post and ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chinese Newspapers Collection. That are absolute unique collections of historical magazines of China and Hong Kong (form the end of XIX century). It's very valuable resource for all users who interested in history of China and Hong Kong.--Алый Король (talk) 11:46, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
    • @Алый Король: Good to know: we have had fruitful initial conversations with Eastview and Newsbank, though neither are going to be ready for a donation soon; both of these have more global diversity. Though we have approached Proquest a couple times, haven't had a fruitful conversation yet. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 12:54, 24 September 2015 (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)

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)

SpringerLink

1. SpringerLink: Scientific documents, including 5 million articles and 3 million chapters. – Maky ^« talk » 09:16, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

   I should also note that along with Elsevier and Wiley, this is another huge pay-wall for my research. (Although Karger would be very nice, these three are the "holy trinity" for my referencing.) Of particular note, this publisher is the biggest source of secondary sources (books and chapters, along with other articles) in my area of expertise. Though journal articles are very helpful, books and book chapters can be critical. – Maky ^« talk » 09:32, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

   Seconded. YohanN7 (talk) 21:23, 13 January 2015 (UTC)

   Agreed with the other editors that SpringerLink is very useful. I'd be delighted to link to their resources with the usual Wikipedia Library acknowledgement. -- WeijiBaikeBianji (talk, how I edit) 18:01, 10 March 2015 (UTC)

@Maky, YohanN7, and WeijiBaikeBianji: We have been trying to start a conversation with Springer, and were event told that we had the contact with the right person, but haven't seen a bite yet. I would really like to prioritize Springer, but the recent merge with Nature seems to have shaken up their organization a little bit. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 12:54, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Definitely keep us posted. Between Wiley and Springer, this covers about 75% of the material I access. Thanks! – Maky ^« talk » 00:57, 25 September 2015 (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)

Nature, NPG (Macmillan Publishers Limited)

Nature, NPG (Macmillan Publishers Limited): Another one of the most influential and prestigious scientific journals. Free registration seems to only give access to news and nothing else. – Maky ^« talk » 17:46, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

1. I concur that one. This is the journal I requested the most articles in the "article exchange" space. I don't know if this journal is part of any databases or not, but some Wikipedians seems to have access to it since my request always got filled by different Wikipedians. Amqui (talk) 17:24, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

@Maky and Amqui: We have tried to start conversations with them multiple times, but no bites. Hopefully the recent merge with Springer will make them easier to negotiate with, but we have also been hearing that the has also been a bit of an organization/staff change up as the merger is happening.Astinson (WMF) (talk) 13:01, 24 September 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. This is definitely the pay wall I hit against the most often in my work contributing to Wikipedia. Amqui (talk) 17:04, 13 October 2015 (UTC)

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press or http: http://journals.cambridge.org - would be great to have access.I'm so tired (talk) 03:45, 12 January 2015 (UTC) (talk)

1. @Tonton Bernardo: I have put in a second round of inquiries today, hopefully we will hear more :) Astinson (WMF) (talk) 17:11, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

   1. @Astinson (WMF): Thank you, Astinson. Rgds I'm so tired (talk) 17:26, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
      1. @Tonton Bernardo: So, sad news: I think I got the first firm no we have had from an academic publisher, through one of my contacts at Cambridge. I hope to continue being persistant about it, but we haven't had any traction with them yet. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 15:48, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
         1. @Astinson (WMF): Thanks again, Astinson. Rgds I'm so tired (talk) 17:18, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

I don't think it would benefit me personally but I agree it would be an excellent one to make an agreement with and a lot of people would find it a great resource.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:37, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

@John Carter: Any chance you could create List of Cambridge University Press journals? It might be useful to view a full list on wikipedia in alpha order or by subject.♦ Dr. Blofeld 13:40, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

There are rather a lot of them at present, as per here, and I have no idea how many which have been discontinued. John Carter (talk) 14:47, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Was it something like this what you had in mind? Or was it something different you were thinking of? --Xover (talk) 20:47, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Indeed good ole User:Xover, nice one. Perhaps italicize the titles though? That list would be most useful.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:07, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I'll clean it up a little and mainspace it when I have the time. Thursday-ish, probably, but no promises. --Xover (talk) 21:22, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

@Dr. Blofeld: Done. A little later than planned, but, I think, also rather nicer than it first seemed likely to be: List of Cambridge University Press journals. --Xover (talk) 18:40, 7 October 2015 (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)

Brill Online

Brill Online, which is Brill Publishers' online resource, has a pretty good variety of sources. One particular source they carry in their Reference Works collection is the Recueil des Cours, or the collected courses of the Hague Academy of International Law. These include highly cited textbook-length documents generally covering public and private international law, as well as a lot of very good specific lectures on international law topics. They also carry a lot of journals and other books on a broader series of topics than international law. I think they have both French and English sources, and I believe they're all DOI-tagged (so would be very accessible). —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 15:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

1. 1. Agree, Brill is also publisher of the very useful and influential Encyclopedia of Islam (EI), which is also available through their Brill Online offering. I recall they have material available in German as well. Milliped (talk) 16:28, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
   • Actually I'm wrong, the sources aren't DOI tagged, but do all have useable permalinks to landing pages for each document. Some of the other reference resources they have cover biblical studies, Jewish studies, Islamic studies, medieval history, and Ancient Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew linguistics. Brill Online also covers e-books and journals of publications by Brill, Martinus Nijhoff, and a bunch of others. A lot of it does have to do with international law and international relations. —/Mendaliv/^2¢/_Δ's/ 20:51, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
     • @Mendaliv and Milliped: We are talking to Brill right now, and we hope to have a donation available soon. Keep an eye out! Sadads (talk) 22:43, 4 May 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)

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)

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)

ProQuest Congressional

It has every Congressional hearing and every floor vote and floor speech in Congress, every CRS report, every GAO report, going back to 1790. Since many floor speeches and congressional hearings contain secondary sources placed in the record in their entirety, this is not only a great primary source but also a good source for secondary material. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 00:52, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

@Figureofnine: We have yet to find a profitable conversation with ProQuest. When we do, I will make sure to request access to this particular database. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 19:32, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

That would be outstanding if you can do hat. Thanks so much. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 16:15, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): I was just discussing with somebody how useful this resource would be, We believe it has access to The Times of India archives which could prove extremely useful for older films on wikipedia. If you could try to contact them I'd be immensely grateful.♦ Dr. Blofeld 08:21, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

I think you may be thinking of ProQuest Historical Newspapers. However ProQuest Congressional stands on its own merits. Sure hope we can get it. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 17:55, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

OpenAthens & ResearchGate

One source in particular, behind SagePub.com's paywall is Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. Apparently access is free to institutions that have OpenAthens. I don't know much about that system, and whether WMF would qualify for it. Some of this material is available via the unfortunately named ResarchGate (sounds like a scandal), but they will not give anyone an account without a .edu e-mail address. (There's some back-channel way to get one, but even then they still seem to want you to be a "published" "researcher". I have a mainstream book, but doubt I'll qualify because I don't work in a lab. Heh.)  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  22:13, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: I am pretty sure OpenAthens is an authentication protocol for accessing services that your subscribing libraries have access to. We can't join the access, I don't think, because we aren't a subscribing library: the organizations that subscribe as coalitions frequently buy in groups, and the licensing is contingent upon a purchasing framework. We are in a much better position to negotiate with the publishers directly, and we are in the process of building a tool that can give us the kind of authentication protocols we need to simplify access through a donation from OCLC. Similarly ResearchGate is kindof questionable in its aggregation practices: there isn't much value beyond what we hope to get by extending our SAGE stats donation WP:SAGE. Astinson (WMF) (talk) 23:49, 29 September 2015 (UTC)

@Astinson (WMF): OK, though WP:SAGE is redlinking.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  11:01, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish: Sorry, meant to write Wikipedia:SAGE Stats, Astinson (WMF) (talk) 14:58, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

ProQuest NewsStand

Extensive news archive; I had free access to this for a few years through my county library, but low take-up by the hicks and hayseeds in my county led to the library services manager not renewing the partnership :( I found this incredibly useful for my WP editing, and their pre-London Guardian archive was a treasure. Maybe they would consider a small trial? Keri (talk) 13:43, 21 June 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Keri:: We are working on access to Proquest databases, but have yet to find a good person to talk too for a donation. Hopefully we find someone this week during the ALA conference. In the meantime, a lot of editors have been happy with WP:Newspapers.com and WP:BNA for historical materials. We are also in the process of negotiating several other newspaper databases, which I will try to ping you about when they become available (one of them will be in our next distribution in late July/ early August). Astinson (WMF) (talk) 15:13, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I use both those archives, and find them very useful! The ProQuest NewsStand archive that was available through my library was particularly useful for its content from the 1990s and early 21st C though. Would be great if you managed to get something. I'll watch developments eagerly. Keri (talk) 15:22, 22 June 2015 (UTC)

ProQuest Historical, as I think it is called, would be helpful by archiving newspapers not on the Internet. ProQuest Congressional, as noted above, would also be invaluable. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 17:53, 22 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)

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)

Oxford (UK) Bibliographies

I would love to have access to Oxford Bibliographies, especially (in my case) http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/obo/page/chinese-studies#4. It has many, many useful articles on Chinese research, but users can normally get access only through an institution. Evangeline (talk) 12:49, 25 October 2015 (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)

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)

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)

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)

WorldCat

https://www.worldcat.org/ I agree with others that Proquest would be great! I think WorldCat is free, it be great if it was amended to this list! You put in your zip code and it tells you where the closest copy is. Frederika Eilers (talk) 12:22, 13 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)