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Browzine and Field Museum: LibKey Nomad

Library apps for discovery

LibKey Nomad

LibKey NomadLibKey Nomad is a browser extension. LibKey Nomad automatically provides instant links to articles from journals subscribed to by your library–and Open Access sources–connecting you to literature discovered on the web.  LibKey Nomad works with your library to determine the fastest path to content across thousands of publishers and millions of articles. It also adds in-line enhancements to popular sites like PubMed, Wikipedia, Scopus, Web of Science, and more. If full text is not available, you will be provided with other options, including interlibrary loan

LibKey Nomad at Publisher Sites

While browsing the web or visiting scholarly publisher sites, LibKey Nomad will provide a link directly to the PDF if the article is accessible through the library. 

University of Chicago Press Nomad screen capture

Get started with LibKey Nomad

You can get started with LibKey Nomad in three easy steps:

  1. Install the LibKey Nomad extension for your preferred browser. 

  2. Search for "Field Museum" from the list of institutions.

  3. Start your research and look for the LibKey Nomad button on the lower left screen to download PDFs.

LibKey Nomad and Wikipedia

LibKey Nomad on Wikipedia

LibKey Nomad also provides direct access to scholarly journal articles that are cited in Wikipedia entries. You may see the typical "download PDF" link, but you may also see "article link." Article links take you to sources that do not support linking directly to PDFs, but still have full text availability. 

Wikipedia Nomad Screen Capture