Q. How do I use Libkey Nomad and Unpaywall to find library material?

1. LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad is installed on all on-campus desktops and through the Reading List System. It links automatically to full-text journal articles and ebooks subscribed to and held in the Electronic Library If we do not hold a subscription to an article, Libkey Nomad will try to find open access alternatives.

Look out for the green teardrop symbol and download option.

Install the free LibKey Nomad extension to your personal or LJMU device

The Libkey Nomad extension is available for most web browsers including Edge, Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

You can either install LibKey Nomad directly or from your browser webstore:

1. Open your browser

2. Go to web store for the browser and search for LibKey Nomad

3. Click ‘Add’ button to add LibKey Nomad to your browser

4. Open LibKey Nomad and select Liverpool John Moores University as your organisation

LibKey Nomad also works with publisher sites, PubMed, and Wikipedia to identify available content within the website.

2. Unpaywall (available for Chrome and Firefox)

Unpaywall harvests Open Access content from over 50,000 publishers and repositories.

How to install the free Unpaywall web browser extension

For Google Chrome use the installation link from the Unpaywall site.

For Firefox follow the steps below:

1. Open Mozilla Firefox. 
   
   
    

2. In the Firefox window, type "firefox unpaywall extension" in the address bar and choose the first result.
   

3. Click the "Add to Firefox" button in the upper right corner of the page
   
                

4. A small popup window will appear. Click the "Add Extension" button:
   

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   Note: The popup window explains that Unpaywall can "read and change all your data on the websites you visit". Unpaywall must be able to read the pages and change them to add download buttons. No data about you or your searches is tracked.  

6. The plugin is now ready to use. You can close the window and proceed to browse normally. 

Unpaywall Symbol

 If there is a freely available version of the research article you are looking for, you will see a green tab with a white open padlock inside. Click on the Unpaywall symbol to access the article in full.