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Anywhere Access - Apps and Tips

Your guide to remote access options for Library subscribed resources, essential worktools, and troubleshooting.

About Unpaywall

  • Unpaywall is an open database of millions of free scholarly articles from publishers, universities, governmental agencies, and other service providers all over the world. 
  • The full-text articles on Unpaywall have been legally uploaded by their authors with the permission of the relevant publishers.

How it works

To begin installing the Unpaywall extension:

Alternatively, click on the relevant icon below:

Get it for Chrome

 Get it for Firefox

Next, click on Add to Chrome / Firefox and follow the instructions. You will then see the extension in your browser's menu bar.

A green open lock next to a research article indicates that a full-text version is available when you click it. 

grey closed lock beside a research article indicates that Unpaywall cannot locate a full-text version.