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EBSCO Information Services is a major US-based provider of library resources and information services. It manages a wide range of databases covering all subject areas. For more information see its website.

EBSCO's partnership with The Wikipedia Library includes one-year access to the following resources:

Requirements[edit]

  • 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 do not already have access to this resource through another library or institution

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[edit]

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 EBSCO website they are accessing and with the EBSCO user agreement.

Approved editors will not

  • Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
  • Mass scrape or mass download EBSCO 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 EBSCO content for any purpose not specifically outlined above

Private and confidential information

  • By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and EBSCO. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or EBSCO), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

Citation[edit]

External video
Academic Search Complete tutorial from Gonzaga University
  • Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to EBSCO resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
  • Editors should not provide bare links to restricted EBSCO pages
  • Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
  • Respect the copyright of EBSCO, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
  • Cite resources in line with the citation examples provided below or with the examples provided by EBSCO
Note that citation styles vary by article; editors can use the style most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as the citations are complete.

Example

{{Cite journal|url = http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&bquery=AN+15475961&type=1&site=ehost-live |title=Honeywell Acquires GEM|last = Mather|first = Lee|date = December 2004|journal = Advanced Packaging|accessdate = 7 October 2014|doi = |pmid = |volume = 13|issue = 12|page = 10}} {{subscription needed|via=[https://www.ebsco.com EBSCO]'s Academic Search Complete}}
  • Mather, Lee (December 2004). "Honeywell Acquires GEM". Advanced Packaging. 13 (12): 10. Retrieved 7 October 2014.   – via EBSCO's Academic Search Complete (subscription required)

Further participation[edit]

You can help The Wikipedia Library share this partnership:

  • Add {{Wikipedia:EBSCO/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.
EBSCO This user has access to EBSCO resources through The Wikipedia Library.


Apply[edit]

Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}) followed by an explanation of why you would like access to this resource. It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access and examples of your commitment to content creation. See also previous approved and not approved applications.

  1. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I do a great deal of work on articles dealing with non-fiction books, dealing with psychology and other topics, and EBSCO access would assist me greatly. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 21:51, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
    @FreeKnowledgeCreator: Approved We have a good selection of materials on psychology and literature. Expect an email within 24 hours with further details. -Thibbs (talk) 06:47, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
    Responded to the e-mail. FreeKnowledgeCreator (talk) 06:56, 26 January 2017 (UTC)
  2. Star Garnet (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Academic Search Complete, MasterFILE Complete and America: History and Life would help with hundreds of biographies of American diplomats that I have planned. Star Garnet (talk) 13:24, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
    @Star Garnet: Approved Expect an email within 24 hours with further details. -Thibbs (talk) 02:41, 18 February 2017 (UTC)
  3. Damoon4all (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I make edits to many Nigerian articles on Wikipedia. Access to this resource will enable me enrich my knowledge on Nigerian/African literature, language, history and culture with the view to making more useful edits on Wikipedia. In my country, Nigeria, we don't have access to premium databases and online libraries like this so this would go a long way to help me.
    Not approved Damoon4all: As you don't yet meet the experience requirements, I think it would be helpful for you to do a bit more editing first before applying for access. In the interim, I recommend using the Resource Exchange to seek specific sources you may need. -Thibbs (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
    Please consider re-applying for an account after you have made a few more edits to the encyclopedia and I will be happy to reexamine your qualifications. -Thibbs (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
  4. Kober (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Since 2004, I have made nearly 40,000 edits on English Wikipedia and created more than 1,400 new articles, mostly pertaining to geography, culture, and history of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Eastern Europe. I find many of the titles listed here very useful. --KoberTalk 19:51, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
    @Kober: Approved Expect an email within 24 hours with further details. -Thibbs (talk) 22:45, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
  5. Samwalton9 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Editor for many years, >60 created articles, *cough* Partnerships Coordinator for TWL *cough*, would find this access to these resources generally useful for my content creation work, which I'm starting to do more of again :) Sam Walton (talk) 00:34, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
    @Samwalton9: Well here's where I would normally ask you to clarify which specific parts of the EBSCO collection you were interested in or which of your editing areas would be benefited by access to EBSCO. My intent is to assess whether or not access will in fact help the applicant who may or may not be familiar with the specific titles in the collection and their respective scopes. But... I have private knowledge that you are intimately familiar with the specific titles and their scopes so no need for that. :)
    Approved Expect an email within 24 hours with further details. -Thibbs (talk) 02:19, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
  6. DoctorWho42 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email), I've created about 350 articles and have 3 DYKs. While the subjects vary, I would be more interested in writing more articles on literature. Since graduating from CSUMB, I've been asking random friends with institutional access to help with research, buying back issues of old magazines for critical reception via AbeBooks (If or Galaxy Science Fiction) or cannibalizing old citations from research papers to bolster new articles, i.e. The Falling Astronauts, etc. Given much of what I need is only available via interlibrary loan or beyond paywalls, I feel like this would help my research a great deal.-🐦Do☭torWho42 (📼) 00:15, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
    @DoctorWho42: Approved I think you'll be able to make good use of both the Science Fiction Studies journal within the Humanities Full Text collection as well as the Book Review Digest Plus collection. Expect an email within 24 hours with further details. -Thibbs (talk) 00:42, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
  7. Wolfdog (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been editing Wikipedia for over a decade (some 11,000 edits) and my main interests have largely become sociolinguistics and dialectology of the English language, with some of my most edited linguistics pages being General American, Southern American English, North American English regional phonology, Hiberno-English, Inland Northern American English, etc. I used to have access to many databases grandfathered through my university, but my access through the university has since expired. I'd love to continue building linguistics pages on WP, and it seems that EBSCO is one of the best resources for this. Wolfdog (talk) 22:22, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
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