Wikipedia:Questia

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Wikipedia:Questia/Nav Questia is an online research library for books and journal articles focusing on the humanities and social sciences. Questia has curated titles from over 300 trusted publishers, including 77,000 full-text books and 4 million journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, as well as encyclopedia entries. Paid access to Questia costs $99 per year.

As of August 2012 Questia has generously agreed to give free, full-access 1-year accounts for 2000 Wikipedia editors to use, distributed at the discretion of the community. Editors will need a 1-year-old account and 1000 edits in order to qualify. At the end of 1 year, editors who found the resource useful can simply re-apply.

Userbox

Code	Result
{{Wikipedia:Questia/Userbox}}	QThis user used to have access to Questia through The Wikipedia Library.	Usage

Requirements

• You do not have free online access to these Questia products through your local library or university
• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
• You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia
• You are active in content generation, research, and/or verification work
• If you previously had access to Questia and the account has expired, you can reapply.

If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered.

Expectations

Approved editors may

• Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content
• Electronically save portions of restricted content
• Print out single copies of portions of restricted content
• Comply with any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the Questia website they are accessing

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others
• Mass scrape or mass download Questia content
• Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose
• Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles
• Use the access provided through the Pilot for any commercial purpose

Private and confidential information

• You will need to have a confirmed email address to participate. You understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Library, and Questia Online Library. While Wikipedia Library coordinators are volunteers (not employees or contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation or Questia Online Library), they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation

External videos
Questia search demonstration

• Editors should always provide original citation information, in addition to linking a Questia article, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT
• Editors should not provide bare links to non-free Questia pages
• Editors should note "(subscription required)" in the citation, where appropriate

Examples

<ref>{{cite web|title=National implementation committee approves funds for Swami Vivekananda values' education project|url=http://www.questia.com/doc/1P3-2131107461.html#|publisher=US Fed News Service, Including US State News |accessdate=14 April 2012|date=September 2010|subscription=yes|via=[[Questia]]}}</ref>

• "National implementation committee approves funds for Swami Vivekananda values' education project". US Fed News Service, Including US State News. September 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2012 – via Questia. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

If citing a book, optionally adding the ISBN of the cited book (found inside the Questia book, on its copyright page) increases both accessibility and verifiability for those without Questia access, who may then use the automatically-generated ISBN hyperlink. ISBNs can be included in many citation templates (including cite web), by means of the |isbn= parameter. Alternatively, as in the example below, immediately after (outside) the citation and Questia reference templates, simply type the acronym ISBN (with no punctuation) followed by one space and then the 13-digit (preferred) or 10-digit ISBN.

<ref>{{cite book|last1=Morris|first1=Christopher|title=The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi and Its Peoples, from Hernando De Soto to Hurricane Katrina|year=2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|pages=70, 74|url=http://www.questia.com/read/121547188|accessdate=12 July 2014|subscription=yes|via=[[Questia]]|isbn= 978-0195316919}}

• Morris, Christopher (2012). The Big Muddy: An Environmental History of the Mississippi and Its Peoples, from Hernando De Soto to Hurricane Katrina. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 70, 74. ISBN 978-0195316919. Retrieved 12 July 2014 – via Questia. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)

Apply or renew

To apply for new access add your username at the bottom with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}). Tell us in what areas you're active and how you'll use the Questia resources. If you had an account, it expires after one year, so please reapply.

 Renewal requests generally will require using a different email address than the one you previously used for Questia. To re-use the same email address, please email Luis.Pedrazacengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account.

1. స్వరలాసిక (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I write in Telugu and I may find suitable resources in Questaస్వరలాసిక/Svaralaasika 15:59, 3 September 2016 (UTC)

   @స్వరలాసిక:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 23:57, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

2. Coin945 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My specialty is educational video games, and I think this resource would be invaluable--Coin945 (talk) 12:57, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

   @Coin945:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 13:35, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

3. Anarchyte (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am writing a few articles at the moment and access to Questia would be very helpful. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:37, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

   @Anarchyte:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 13:35, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

4. KrakatoaKatie (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Renewal request. Working on NRHP articles and others that I catch and release. Katie^talk 15:11, 17 September 2016 (UTC)

   @KrakatoaKatie:For renewal requests, please email Luis.Pedrazacengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account. Signing up again will otherwise require a different email address.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 00:41, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

5. muzzleflash (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) New user request. I have over 500 edits primarily about Chinese history and economics. This resource will be helpful for general research in these areas that can yield material for article improvement.
6. KAVEBEAR (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)) New user request. I have written heavily about Polynesian and American history including two FA, nine GA and more than fifty DYK since 2008. This resource will be extremely helpful for me in accessing reliable sources for improving existing articles I am working on and in creating new contents.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:28, 26 September 2016 (UTC)

   @KAVEBEAR:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 13:35, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

7. LeyteWolfer (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). Thesis work on Cold War conflicts; finding opportunity to add/correct to existing WP articles. --LeyteWolfer (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)
8. Banjo (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) 59k+ edits and Sysop at gl.wikipedia. Other than admin dutires, I focus my work both in translations/adaptations and improvement of GA/FA to galician wiki and improving already created content and article referencing in galician wiki. Lately focused on history related articles, but I usually work on a vast array of topics. Access to these resources would be really helpful in these tasks and in improving the general referencing of gl.wiki articles. Banjo (talk) 09:41, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Banjo:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

   Received and activated. Thank you! Banjo (talk) 15:09, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

9. Uhlan (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email). General topics. Uhlan ^talk 08:03, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

   @Uhlan:For renewal requests, please email Luis.Pedrazacengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account. Signing up again will otherwise require a different email address.

10. Iselilja (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have used this before and found it very useful. I now would like to use it for the Africa edithon, and otherwise for editing on society topics. My old one is since some time expired, I'll sign up with new email. (I am also sometimes at Norwegian Wiki) Iselilja (talk) 23:38, 18 October 2016 (UTC)

    @Iselilja:For renewal requests, please email Luis.Pedrazacengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 15:03, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

11. Niklem (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Everything concerning "Big Apple". Used to obtain an access to Questia twice (see archives). --Niklem (talk) 13:08, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

    @Niklem:For renewal requests, please email Luis.Pedrazacengage.com directly asking for an extension of your TWL account.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:14, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

12. Alansohn (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) As a firm believer in adding references to articles, I'm finding that fewer sources are available online and that there are many available at Questia that are outside my reach. The addition of these new sources will help me create, expand and references and allow readers to more easily trace back to the original source. Alansohn (talk) 15:56, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

    @Alansohn:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

13. Esquivalience (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would like access to expand the span of topics I can write and expand articles in, especially as there is plenty of cruft in open-access sources for the social sciences and related topics (as they can be written by any Tweedledee). Esquivalience (talk) 17:08, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

    @Esquivalience:, Approved Expect an email shortly with further details  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 14:16, 16 November 2016 (UTC)

14. InformationvsInjustice (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I would put my access to work immediately with my current project: Romulus and Remus. I went to the resource's website and was able to identify usable sources within minutes. I am in the Classical Greece and Rome Project. There's nothing worse than finding a reliable source and being unable to access it! Informata ob Iniquitatum (talk) 10:07, 20 November 2016 (UTC)
15. ca$e (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Access would be helpful for work in areas of philosophy and religious studies, among other fields (>40k edits). Ca$e (talk) 20:41, 25 November 2016 (UTC)