From: Brian Simboli <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:56:03 -0400 To what extent does the new Impactstory look-up capability overlap with the same capabilities in Google Scholar? When would one want to use one as opposed to the other? Or are they complementary? Thanks Brian Simboli Lehigh University > Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 11:28:21 -0400 > From: LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: ImpactStory releases new Chrome Extension: Unpaywall > > From: Anali Perry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 20:05:40 +0000 > > In case you missed it, on Friday, Impactstory pre-released a new > Chrome extension called Unpaywall that looks for free full-text of > research articles that would otherwise seem to be only available with > a subscription. > > http://blog.impactstory.org/unpaywall/ > > From the announcement: > > “Unpaywall is powered by an index of over ten million > legally-uploaded, open-access resources, and it delivers. For example, > in a set of 11k recent cancer research articles covered in mainstream > media, Unpaywall users were able to read around half of them for > free–even without any subscription, and even though most of them were > paywalled.” > > The extension is still in a beta stage, with full release scheduled > for April 4, but more people using it helps work out the bugs in > advance. > > The FAQ has some additional information, including how it works and > advanced settings. > > http://unpaywall.org/faq > > This tool joins OADOI and the Open Access Button as easy ways to try > to bring open access versions of papers more to the forefront. > > Cheers, > > Anali Maughan Perry > Associate Librarian - Collections & Scholarly Communication > ASU Library > (480) 727-6301 > [log in to unmask] > http://libguides.asu.edu/profile/amperry > http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7173-4827