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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

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{{Wikipedia:Questia/Userbox}}	Q This user has access to Questia through The Wikipedia Library	Transclusions

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 video

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. (subscription required (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. (subscription required (help)). 

Apply or renew

1. Add your username at the bottom with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}). Tell us what areas you're active in and how you'll use the Questia resources. If you had an account, it expires after one year, so please reapply.
2. Ragityman (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Application for new access. I hope to combine Questia resources with those of HighBeam and ScotlandsPeople, to do some serious article creation, as my situation is changing, and I will soon have more time to devote to more labor-intensive projects on enWikipedia. Questia will provide information regarding ethnology, cultural anthropology, history, and particularly the history of technology. Rags (talk) 21:59, 16 July 2015 (UTC) - Done
3. רחל1 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My account has expired and I wish to renew it. I find Questia very helpful resource for writing articles in Hebrew Wikipedia. Thank you, רחל1 (talk) 04:57, 17 July 2015 (UTC) - Done
4. Adam Cuerden (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I can use this towards ocumenting things in the Verdi projects I'm working on. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 18:08, 26 July 2015 (UTC) - Done
5. Rhododendrites (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Renewing. No one particular subject area. History, cultural studies, technology... Thanks. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 03:09, 27 July 2015 (UTC) - Done
6. Historiograf (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Renewing. Today received help request (can you help meanwhile??), only another de-Questia-user at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bibliotheksrecherche#Questia seems active. Thanks --Historiograf (talk) 14:48, 1 August 2015 (UTC) - Done
7. magiciandude (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I reapplied earlier this year and was approved, but the e-mail with the activation code never came. Erick (talk) 14:22, 5 August 2015 (UTC) - Done
8. Macspaunday (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) May I request a renewal of an earlier (expired) Questia account? I am active in English and American Literature and a few other fields, here and on WikiQuote, and use Questia for accurate citations and details. Thank you. Macspaunday (talk) 21:04, 8 August 2015 (UTC) - Done
9. Iñaki LL (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Hi, my membership expired. I deal with Basque and Pyrenean history (contemporary, 7-9th century, 19th century), geography, and culture matters. Relevance and accuracy, I attempt to avoid dependence on Spanish language sources and get access to the information cited in article references. Thanks Iñaki LL (talk) 22:46, 10 August 2015 (UTC) - Done
10. GeneralizationsAreBad (talk · contribs · count) I work extensively in military history, and access to Questia would help me tremendously by providing me with additional quality sources to work with. I have already worked on Korean War, Battle of Kursk, and Operation Barbarossa, and have promoted the latter two to GA. I would also be able to branch out further into areas such as political science, general history, and counter-terrorism. Thanks, GAB^Hello! 21:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC) - Done
11. wikimostafa (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My interests for contribution are arts and literature. Wikimostafa (talk) 14:08, 6 September 2015 (UTC) - Done
12. Bogger (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Account expired, September 2015. Reapplying. Use mostly for Irish articles. Bogger (talk) 12:59, 14 September 2015 (UTC)- Done
13. Paulscrawl (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Good source for expanding cultural coverage of Wikipedia, with many familiar but currently inaccessible university press titles. I was just reaching for it to add needed secondary, non-technical evidence based medicine citations when I noticed account expired. Thank you! -- Paulscrawl (talk) 01:43, 17 September 2015 (UTC)- Done
14. Elph (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) It's can help me to improve the quality of our articles in ar.wiki. --Abbas 05:37, 18 September 2015 (UTC) - Done
15. Continua Evoluzione (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I focus mainly on articles about Greek mythology and ancient Greece on the Italian Wikipedia. I think the Questia library can help me a lot for this matter, both to expand existing pages and to create new ones. Currently I have no access to Questia. Continua Evoluzione (talk) 19:35, 18 September 2015 (UTC)- Done
16. Cerevisae (talk · contribs) I have been a Wikipedia editor for 6 years with over 3000 edits. My major areas of edits would include political and socio-economic conditions in Malaysia and Sarawak. Such books and journal archive would definitely benefit me in researching about Malaysia and Sarawak in the 1970s and 1980s or even in the 1900s before the formation of Malaysia.Cerevisae (talk) 23:04, 22 September 2015 (UTC) - Done
17. Maile66 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'm doing a lot of history articles, both in creating and improving. I am active in reviews at DYK, GAC, FLC, FAC. Active for almost 9 years, with global contributions total 85,034 edits.— Maile (talk) 15:40, 6 October 2015 (UTC) - Done

    ChrisGualtieri Thank you for doing this. Now that I've used the code and gotten on the site, I did not fill it out and do not wish to continue. The information required to register is way, way too invasive of privacy just to have access to references. Thanks, anyway. But I'm passing this back. — Maile (talk) 21:58, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

18. LowSelfEstidle (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I enjoy researching to improve English articles of a variety of favourite topics of mine, including films, biographies, and music related articles. Having a resource such as this would be a tremendous help and would encourage me to spend more time researching and improving content to the articles I enjoy working on! Many thanks. LowSelfEstidle (talk) 17:29, 6 October 2015 (UTC) - Done
19. Chuangzu (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been active editing on Wikipedia since 2006, my main area is Chinese Martial Arts and Taoism in the United Kingdom, in particular the history of the Lee style T'ai Chi and the author Chee Soo, I am also interested in the history of West Penwith in Cornwall, United Kingdom, where I live miles from the nearest University or Library which is why I conduct research using the internet.Chuangzu (talk) 18:18, 6 October 2015 (UTC) - Done
20. GDW13 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been editing since 2006 on a wide variety of articles and am always looking for reliable sources. Access to this resource would be a great addition to my toolbox used for contributing to Wikipedia. GDW13 (talk) 08:06, 7 October 2015 (UTC)- Not done
21. Cirt (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Improving articles about WP:Freedom of speech to WP:GA and WP:FA quality. Thank you, — Cirt (talk) 03:04, 9 October 2015 (UTC) - Done
22. wilfridselsey (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I mainly edit articles on Anglo-Saxon England. Wilfridselsey (talk) 21:06, 26 October 2015 (UTC) - Done
23. Jfhutson (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am requesting renewal. Questia was helpful to me in editing religious history and theology articles. --JFH (talk) 20:22, 1 November 2015 (UTC)- Done
24. MRG90 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My account is expired and I'd like to renew it. I have been an active user on Persian Wikipedia since 2011. I create and improve articles related to art and literature. I am also active in DYK project on Persian Wikipedia (see my 2015 activity here). I received access to questia last year via The Wikipedia Library. Questia has been a very useful website for me and I have used it frequently (see some of the articles which I have created by using questia: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...). MRG90 (talk) 20:17, 16 November 2015 (UTC) - Pending
25. MrLinkinPark333 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I help out at the Resource Exchange and come across requests for books that aren't fully available on Google Books. Having Questia as a resource would be a big help! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:20, 18 November 2015 (UTC)- Done
26. dr.mbl (talk · contribs) Ph.D. in Sociology, I specialize in articles related to biology and sociology. I badly need referecens available for reading on line. Questia would be great for me and Wikipédia fr ! Thank you, Dr.mbl (talk) 19:49, 20 November 2015 (UTC)- Done
27. Czar (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Requesting renewal—account just expired. Humanities. Some examples of previous usage: User:Czar/db#Questia czar 17:15, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
28. Donner60 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) My previous account renewal expires December 8 (rather than December 7 as I first wrote). I am requesting renewal. I have used Questia in the past for creating, editing or expanding mainly History and Biography articles. It is a very good resource in those areas. I intend to continue to use it for content creation or editing in those area, which I have in preparation or plan to work on in the coming year. I also have used Questia to find references for some articles with citation needed tags and occasionally to check a recent addition to an article that I think either needs a citation which I can quickly find or may be of dubious validity. Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 23:46, 7 December 2015 (UTC)