Wikipedia talk:Elsevier ScienceDirect

First Impressions
Great facility. My only cticism is that I hit a paywall when attempting to access generally older papers, for example a 1984 prep of xenon hexafluoplumbate (possibe addition to PbF4), a 1993 paper on Structural characterization of silicon orthophosphate, in Inorganica Chimica Acta, Volume 208, Issue 1, 1 June 1993, Pages 23–29, a paper by Kutzelnigg,  Orthogonal and non-orthogonal hybrids Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, Volume 169, August 1988, Pages 403-419. As I try to add basic info to articles rather than the latest research information I suspect/fear I will be hitting a paywall regularly.Axiosaurus (talk) 16:14, 28 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I just activated my account today (thanks TLSuda!), and I haven't found any paywalls yet. I've looked for stuff that wasn't online at all a few years ago too (and found it), but the oldest I looked for was 1998. Elsevier does generally like to keep their stuff hard to get, notably, in my field, the Brain Research suite of journals. They were so expensive ten years ago that my Big Ten university library could not afford them, but they are included with this WP account. My first impression of Health and Life Sciences has been quite positive, but if I start hitting paywalls, I'll be disappointed. Now to dig into some articles! Dcs002 (talk) 23:22, 1 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Paywalls - I have hit a paywall when looking for two articles, which were actually chapters in the same book. I don't know if our accounts, maybe health and life sciences only, have limited access to books? I dunno. But I thought I'd leave a follow up note here. So far I'm still exploring mostly, and I'm quite happy with the breadth of journals covered under this category. Dcs002 (talk) 20:58, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

New reference tool
There is a new Visual Editor reference feature in development called Citoid. It is designed to "auto-fill" references using a URL or DOI. We would really appreciate you testing whether TWL partners' references work in Citoid. Sharing your results will help the developers fix bugs and improve the system. If you have a few minutes, please visit the testing page for simple instructions on how to try this new tool. Nikkimaria (talk) 04:52, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

Account question
I have access to the Health Sciences collection, which Clinics in Dermatology is under. However, I can't access any articles from this journal before 2017. Has my account expired and needs renewing? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 19:39, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge, you filled out the account request form November of 2015 (after which the account was activated and given to you probably by the end of your month at the latest). If you still have the email in which you received your account credentials, you should be able to find the exact date. Your account seems to be expired--just fill out another request on the project page if you still wish to have access to Elsevier via Wikipedia's Library. --JustBerry (talk) 15:59, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I see. Thank you for the reply. I don't see a section for renewal of accounts for Elsevier on the TWL page. Should a section be made for renewals? --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 20:11, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * If you would like to renew your Elsevier account, please create a new application here: Elsevier_ScienceDirect. --JustBerry (talk) 20:52, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * I've just added a request for renewal. Thank you for the help. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 21:19, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. --JustBerry (talk) 21:27, 30 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Elsevier say that all the activated accounts should be open and working. What issues, exactly, are you having with accessing resources, and for which resources are you having this issue? Thanks, Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 13:53, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I noticed I don't have access to many neurology-related articles. I also used to have something like "Wikipedia Editor" tag in my ScienceDirect account which however no longer appears there. But let me doublecheck everything first - I will update this thread by tomorrow. Regards, — kashmiri  TALK  17:52, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I am logged into ScienceDirect and I can not access any journals from the Health&Life subscription I receieved from TWL. I assumed it must mean my subscription is expired and needs renewal. I've applied for renewal here at TWL, but no word yet. --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 04:53, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging non-WMF account. --JustBerry (talk) 14:11, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Elsevier say they haven't closed any accounts, but I'll see if we can figure out what the issue is. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 14:37, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Turns out there was a technical issue with our accounts, which Elsevier are working to fix. I'll update you when I hear more. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 12:43, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Many thanks. 20:35, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Your accounts should now be working again. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 18:48, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Big thanks! — kashmiri  TALK  20:04, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Access from Germans to Elsevier
It is true that I will lose my access to Elsevier on 1 January 2017? article --Melly42 (talk) 14:16, 23 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Nothing has changed about our partnership with Elsevier; TWL accounts will still last for their full year duration. Samwalton9 (WMF) (talk) 11:17, 29 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much for this information. I had sorrows that I will lose my account on 1 January. --Melly42 (talk) 12:15, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Is it currently available or not?
On https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/users/my_library/, ScienceDirect is listed as available to the Wikipedia library. However, I fail to get full-text access and do not understand how to get an account there. On this page I am reading that access is no longer available. Which is true now? -- H005 (talk) 19:14, 13 January 2023 (UTC)