What is the Open Access Browser Extension?

• Tool: Open Access Browser Extension  Works with Chrome only.

"When you use the Button, it'll either take you straight to a free copy of the research article or help you ask the author to freely share the article with you."

What is Unpaywall?

• Unpaywall.org is "an open database of free scholarly articles." 
• Unpaywall  harvests "Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories, and make it easy to find, track, and use."

How to use Unpaywall

• use Google Chrome browser.
• go to Unpaywall.org 
• Click on "Get The Extension" and follow the instructions to download.  

Once the extension is installed

• a lock icon will appear in the  upper right side of the page when you encounter journal content  
• If the article is open access, the icon will change to an unlocked green button.  You can click on the unlock button and access an open access version of the article. 
• If the article is not available through open access, the icon will change to locked gray button. The article is not available through  open access. 
• If it is not available ou can manually request the article through Interlibray Loan. 

Green Unlocked Icon

Gray Locked Icon