No Access? Your Options
If the UZH has not licensed certain content and you therefore do not have access to it, you have the following options:
Use the Interlibrary Loan Service of the UB and the ZB
If you have no access to the full text via our E-Library, you can order the article using the order form of the University Library Zurich (UB) and the Zentralbibliothek Zürich (ZB).
Fees may apply when using this service. Contact us if you have any questions or need help: fernleihe@zb.uzh.ch.
Contact the Author
Contact the author or the research community directly via ResearchGate or other social networks and ask for a copy of the article you are looking for.
Using Browser Extension for Free Access
Legally accessible open access versions of many paywall-protected articles are available, but tey are not always easy to find. These browser extensions will help you:
- Unpaywall (Chrome/Firefox)
If a freely accessible version is known or recognized by Unpaywall, a green button will appear on the right-hand side when surfing on the publisher's website or in a database, redirecting you to the PDF of the freely accessible article version.
- Open Access Helper (Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari)
Basically works in the same way as Unpaywall, but is also available for Safari and as an iOS app.
- Open Access Button (Chrome)
If you do not have access to an article on the publisher's website, you can have Open Access Button search for a freely accessible version by clicking on the button at the top right. Alternatively, you can also enter information about the article directly on the OA Button website without installing the browser extension.
Information on installation can be found directly on the respective pages.
Search Engines
The search engines CORE Discovery and BASE specialize in open access versions of articles.
Enter the title of the text you are looking for in quotation marks to obtain hits that correspond exactly to the order entered. Ex: "problematic use of the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic."
I Don't Have Access Because I Work Outside the UZH Network
Even if you work externally, you can access publications licensed by UZH. You can find the various options in our tutorial How to Access the E-Library Off-Campus