LibKey Nomad Browser Extension
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that allows you to access full text articles from library-subscribed journals and e-books with a single click. Anywhere you browse on the web, LibKey Nomad will inform you if there is a library copy of the resource that you are viewing. It works with Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, and Vivaldi.
How does LibKey Nomad work?
Nomad works similarly to other LibKey technologies and uses the lightning fast LibKey API to perform its magic. When a scholarly publisher page loads, the extension quickly looks for the DOI of the article, compares it to your institutions holdings data and determines if you have a PDF available or a link to the article. If there isn’t immediate access, it will give you a way to easily request the through OsoFast. Additionally, it also checks on the status of the article to see if it is accessible in an open-access format. We utilize the unpaywall data set to aid with this process.
Do you need to create an account to access LibKey Nomad?
No! Nomad, like all of Third Iron technologies, is very privacy minded. There are no user accounts to create, the extension does not ask for or store your institutional user credentials and we do not run our scripts on any webpages other than those that are publisher pages as well as a few select domains such as PubMed and Wikipedia which have unique enhancements for each site.
How do you install LibKey Nomad?
Installation in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Brave & Vivaldi is simple! Just visit libkeynomad.com and click the icon for your browser. Your browser will then ask you to confirm. Choose your institution at the resulting LibKey interface and you are all set!
Search using a citation
In this course you will be expected to be able to find and read the full text of articles using only the citation information.
Let's take the citation below as an example:
TAITHE. (2001). Morality is not a Curable Disease: Probing the History of Venereal Diseases, Morality and Prostitution. Social History of Medicine : the Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, 14(2), 337–350. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.2.337
To begin, we would head to the library's homepage and use OneSearch, make sure you are signed in before beginning your search. The easiest thing to do is to paste in the articles title and see if it comes up.
If you don't aren't finding your article by searching for the article title, you can use the Journals tab to search for the journal and issue number for the article. This is also a great tool for browsing important journals in your field.
Searching for Journals:
Based on the citation: TAITHE. (2001). Morality is not a Curable Disease: Probing the History of Venereal Diseases, Morality and Prostitution. Social History of Medicine : the Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, 14(2), 337–350. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.2.337, we can see the Journal title is "Social History of Medicine."
Navigate to the "Journal Search" Tab at the top of the library homepage. Then, type "Social History of Medicine" into the search bar.
We have access to this journal through Baylor. Click on the "available online" link to navigate to the journal's homepage.
Next, we'll have to find the specific year, volume, and issue of the journal that our article appears in.
Let's look back at our citation: TAITHE. (2001). Morality is not a Curable Disease: Probing the History of Venereal Diseases, Morality and Prostitution. Social History of Medicine : the Journal of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, 14(2), 337–350. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.2.337
Now, we can see that the article we're looking for was published in 2001 in volume 14, issue 2.
Navigate to the "Browse issues" box and select "2001" from the dropdown menu.
Then, select issue 2 from the issue dropdown. Scroll down, and there's our article! Bonus: this is a fun way to see what other kinds of articles a particular journal publishes.
