What is Lean Library?
Lean Library is a great tool to bring the J.D. McKean Library's resources and subscribed content to your research wherever you like to do research.
Once you have the Lean Library browser extension installed, wherever you are working online; Google, PubMed, Google Scholar, or elsewhere, Lean Library works with you by searching the library's content alongside your current search. In addition to bringing you licensed content through the Library's subscriptions, Lean Library gives you access to the tips and techniques provided by the librarians in the Library's LibGuides and also puts the Library's chat into your web browser.
It links users to the library resources, making it simple to access articles, e-books, and other materials. Moreover, it provides links to open-access versions of resources when available, helping students and faculty access the information they need without running into paywalls.
Background
Lean Library was started by a Librarian in the Netherlands, Johan Tilstra. Johan had a mission to help students and researchers get to the resources they need in the quickest and easiest way possible, while still maintaining their privacy and security.
Get the Extension
Just go to leanlibrary.com/download and click on the download button for your favorite browser -- you can add it to more than one browser.
Make sure you select Oral Roberts University as your institution.
Then just go about your research in all of your favorite places. The resources and tools of the Library will now be with you to help with finding the best resources for your academic work!
Lean Library Extension - Data Permission Pop-Up Message
When downloading the extension, Lean Library asks for permission to read and change data on websites so it can interact with content on the sites you visit. The pop-up message shown below — "It can read and change all your data on all websites" — refers to the permissions granted to the Lean Library browser extension.
This permission helps you access academic resources more easily. It might automatically provide access to full-text articles when you are on a publisher's page, it could help with pulling citation information, or it may provide links to library databases or open access articles.