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Unpaywall: Database and Linking Information

Unpaywall is a service which tracks and links to Open Access scholarly content s available for free online (i.e. not behind a paywall). 

The Stanislaus State Library has incorporated Unpaywall into the Sanislaus State Library OneSearch service.  When you search OneSearch, if the library does not have the article in our collection, the system will also query Unpaywall, and may find and link to free sources for that article.

Article / Content Types:

See the Unpaywall guide section on content type for examples and more details.

  • Journal article 
  • Journal article pre-print
    • Final version of an article, but not marked up for final publication in the journal layout (tables, graphs, etc.).
  • Working paper 
    • Informally published research in early stages.
Access in OneSearch:

Unpaywall content is indexed in OneSearch (Everything @ Stan State).

Unpaywall will show up as a link to access the full-text in appropriate OneSearch records.

Example OneSearch Record for a Journal Article

Example Unpaywall Content Types

Journal Article

Journal Article: Example Record
Walk the dog, or: products of open balls in the space of continuous functions. (2011). Functiones et Approximatio Commentarii Mathematici. https://doi.org/10.7169/facm/1301497751
Retrieves the finished PDF from the Open Access journal site (Project Euclid).

Working Paper

Working paper: Example Record
Dong, D., Liu, Z., Wang, P., & Wei, M. (2024). Inflation Disagreement Weakens the Power of Monetary Policy. Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 2024–094, 1–63. https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2024.094
Access to the PDF from the Federal Reserve working paper site.

Article Pre-Print

Sometimes the Unpaywall source will be a "pre-print" which does not include the final, full journal mark-up and layout.  If you need the final version, it can be requested via Interlibrary Loan.

Pre-publication Journal Article: Example Record
Toner, D. (2019). Consuming Authenticities: Time, Place and the Past in the Construction of “Authentic” Foods and Drinks. Food & History, 17(2), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.FOOD.5.121077
Downloads a pre-publication (pre-pub) from Leicestershire University repository.

Working Paper: Later published as an article

Unpaywall can sometimes link to an earlier working paper version of a study which eventually gets published as a journal article.

Working paper antecedent of a journal article: Example Record
Alesina, A., Carlana, M., La Ferrara, E., & Pinotti, P. (2024). Revealing Stereotypes: Evidence from Immigrants in Schools. The American Economic Review, 114(7), 1916–1948. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20191184
Downloads a 2018 version of the working paper from Harvard.

Links

Subjects: Social Sciences