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Alexander Street Press is an electronic academic database publisher. Its "Academic Video Online" collection includes videos in a range of subject areas, including news programs (notably shows like 60 Minutes), music and theatre, lectures and demonstrations, and documentaries. The Academic Video Online: Premium collection would be useful for researching topics related to science, history, music and dance, anthropology, business, counseling and therapy, news, nursing, drama, and more. For more details see their website.

There are up to 30 free one-year accounts available to Wikipedians through this partnership.

Requirements

• 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 six 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 do not meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you will 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 Alexander Street Press website they are accessing.

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties
• Mass scrape or mass download Alexander Street Press 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.
• Display individual excerpts of content greater than 500 words.

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 Alexander Street Press. 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 Alexander Street Press), but 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

Alexander Street Press tutorial

• Editors should always provide original citation information in addition to linking to Alexander Street Press resources, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to restricted Alexander Street Press pages
• Note (subscription required) in the citation, where appropriate
• Respect the copyright of Alexander Street Press, 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 Alexander Street Press

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

<ref name="java jive">{{cite AV media | people=Ozier, David (dir) | year=2000 | title=Java Jive | medium=Documentary | url=http://search.alexanderstreet.com/view/work/764830 | publisher=National Film Board of Canada | accessdate=3 March 2016 | subscription=yes | via=[[Alexander Street]]}}</ref>

will render in the References section as:

References

See also

• CS1 citation template library

Further participation

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#{{user8|''YOUR-USERNAME''|Project=''code''}} ( eg. #{{user8|Checkingfax|Project=en}} ) followed by a brief 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.

1. Fredericknoronha (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I work to promote online information about documentary film in India, and run the Docuwallahs2 network online [1] This could help me to contribute similarly to En-Wikipedia too.fredericknoronha (talk) 06:11, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

   Fredericknoronha Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 02:15, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

2. Tomwsulcer (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Been at Wikipedia about 7 years, edit all kinds of articles, science, politics, language, biographies; some articles I've revamped are here. I have over 100+million pageviews from articles and images.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 17:27, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

   Tomwsulcer Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please put the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 02:03, 22 March 2016 (UTC) -- Just noting -- I never got an email with instructions to register.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 14:19, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

3. Arian Ar (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)Arian Ar (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I'm looking for documentary's regarding Military History specially US military to expand those articles in my home project(Mostly Stubs). --Arian Ar (talk) 09:55, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

   Arian Ar Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 07:51, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

4. Softlavender (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have created and contributed substantially to Wikipedia articles on music, theatre, dance, documentaries, history, business, etc. Softlavender (talk) 06:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

   Softlavender Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 12:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

5. Natalie.Desautels (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) This amazing service will be an excellent resource for my research in creating, editing and translating articles in many areas; ...strong interest in classical music, especially classical and flamenco guitar but in many areas as well outside of music. --Natalie.Desautels (talk) 14:01, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

   Natalie.Desautels Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 08:46, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

6. Ciridae (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) This resource contains Street Literature which would be a great help for me in contributing to such articles. I have a strong interest in novels and other fiction. I would also love to have access to the science and tech collections, especially related to computer science. Ciridae (talk) 04:27, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

   Ciridae Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk}

7. Icerat (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Mostly focused on business related articles. Actually currently involved in trying to source a copy of a Sixty Minutes episode, so this would be perfect! :)--Icerat (talk) 12:54, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

   Icerat Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers!

   Icerat Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:04, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

8. Nvvchar (talk · contribs · count) I cover a wide range of subjects in many disciplines not only of my country (India) but also in many countries of the world. As of today, I have 1483 DYks and 66 GA's to my credit. Having access to reference tools would be very helpful in my work. ThanksNvvchar. 13:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

   Nvvchar Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:04, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

   Hi, Nvvchar. Allowing email from other users does not appear to be enabled in your user preferences. Please enable email, or send an email to me. You can email me by clicking on the Email user link found on my user or talk page. I need to email you a link to a form you need to fill out. Once I get the form back from you then I can send you your login ID and login password for Alexander Street Press. To enable email, go to your user preferences (first checkbox 2/3 way down page), tick the box for Enable email from other users, and save your changes. Ping me back. Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 17:52, 1 April 2016 (UTC).

   Hi, Checkingfax. Thanks. I have enabled my e-mail address. Nvvchar. 00:58, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

9. Hmich176 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I have been on English Wikipedia for 10 years. This resource would be useful for research that I do for articles on Wikipedia. I have over 7000 edits.

   Hmich176 Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register for access. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 03:04, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

10. Tom29739 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) This resource would be very helpful to me in finding citations for many articles I edit, like documentaries for military history articles, and several other areas of work. Thanks, Tom29739 ^[talk] 21:36, 12 April 2016 (UTC).

    Tom29739 Approved Expect an email shortly with instructions to register for access. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 06:42, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

11. Amqui (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) Amqui (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I contribute in many subjects including but not limited to geography, history, anthropology, natural sciences, religions, military, zoology, on French Wikipedia. This resource will be helpul in my research to develop and create articles. Thanks, Amqui (talk) 06:02, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

    Amqui –  Approved – Expect an email shortly with instructions to register for access. Please consider putting the userbox code found on this page on your user page, if you do userboxes Cheers! {{u|Checkingfax}} {Talk} 09:31, 13 June 2016 (UTC)