Excelsior’s Librarian Recommends: LibKey Nomad

LibKey Nomad in action.

If you use Google, PubMed, and other websites to search for scholarly articles, you’re probably familiar with paywalls. It’s frustrating when you can’t access a promising article without a subscription.

Your university library probably pays for access to thousands of subscription-based journals, helping you bypass paywalls. The trouble is that you often don’t know when the library has access and when they don’t.

LibKey Nomad is a free web browser extension that instantly links to the full text of scholarly articles. If your library subscribes to LibKey Nomad, the extension will detect when your library has access to an article or eBook and insert a download link directly on the website you’re browsing.

All students are encouraged to download it here.

Installation is simple, as seen here:

For more information, see this Library FAQ.