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What is LibKey?

This guide provides an overview of LibKey research tools, designed to streamline access to full text resources available via MIT Libraries. There are multiple LibKey tools to help with finding full text content. See details about how to use each of the following:

LibKey links in Search Our Collections

LibKey integrates with the MIT Libraries catalog, Search Our Collections. LibKey makes finding and accessing full-text articles in the library's collection seamless. When you search, you'll find direct links to available full-text content in your search results.

LibKey article links in the MIT Libraries catalog, Search Our Collections

Nomad browser extension

LibKey has a browser extension called Nomad that can help provide access to library-licensed content and open access articles when you are browsing the open web.

How to get Nomad

LibKey Nomad browser extension setup option to select library organization.

  • Once installed, you'll see the Nomad pop up option on any web sites that have scholarly article content.

Using Nomad

Whenever you're on a website with academic articles, LibKey Nomad will automatically check if we provide access to them. If available, you'll see an icon or notification allowing direct access to articles. Here are a few examples.

PubMed

LibKey Nomad behaves much the same way in PubMed, except you may also see links to complete journal issues. This allows for browsing the table of contents for the issue in which an article appears, increasing the chance that you will discover similar articles in the same publication.

PubMed search results with Nomad pop up and links to full text articles

Wikipedia

You will also see Nomad In Wikipedia that will help with seeing full text access options in the list of references for Wikipedia entries.

Nomad browser extension pop up on Wikipedia showing full text access options via MIT Libraries.

LibKey links in Wikipedia showing full text access options via MIT Libraries.

BrowZine

BrowZine is like a digital magazine shelf for academic journals. It lets you browse, read, and save citations to scholarly journals.

You can find journals by title, subject or issn, as well as save journals and articles to your bookshelf for later reference.

BrowZine home page for searching journals by title, subject or issn

BrowZine search result page for a journal title

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