#StandWithUkraine: Resource center for displaced researchers

This page contains a package of valuable Clarivate resources of software tools, information and insights to support displaced researchers from Ukraine. The resource center also contains news and content to help raise the profile, knowledge and understanding of Ukraine across the world. The launch of these resources follows the decision made by Clarivate to cease all commercial activities in Russia and Belarus.

What's available?

Displaced researcher program

Available on: Web of ScienceTM

Available to: Displaced Ukrainian researchers affiliated to Ukrainian institutions, who do not have their usual IP range access to the citation index

Description: Web of Science access is available to displaced Ukrainian researchers, covered under current contracts through their institutions.

As the world’s most trusted publisher-independent global citation database, Web of Science is home to an unrivalled breadth of world-class research literature linked to a rigorously selected core of journals. Continued access will enable Ukrainian researchers to track ideas across disciplines and time from almost 1.9 billion cited references from over 171 million records. Clarivate is providing extended roaming access and offering accounts for researchers to ensure continued access to provide immediate assistance to the Ukrainian research community.

Access guidance: Please contact our Customer Care team at wosg.support@clarivate.com with details of your affiliated institution.

Ukrainian book access

Available on: Open Access Complete on Ebook Central, ProQuest Books.

Available to: ProQuest Ebook Central customers.

Description: ProQuest Books has curated 200+ titles focused on Ukraine available at unlimited access via the latest Open Access Complete collection. This list of interdisciplinary titles focuses on subjects such as humanities, social science, business and STEM.

The list is growing as more publishers participate – including notable publishers like Taylor and Francis, McGill Queens, Greenhaven, Rosen, Springer Nature, Wolters Kluwer Law International, CEU Press, Cavendish Square, ABDO, Peter Lang, University of Nebraska Press, Harvard University Press, Jagiellonian University Press, L’Harmattan, and more!

Access guidance: Login to your LibCentral account and opt-in via System Settings.

Opening RapidILL for Ukrainian institutions

Available on: RapidILL, Ex Libris, part of Clarivate.

Available to: All Ukrainian higher education institutions.

Description: Ex Libris offers all Ukrainian libraries free use of the RapidILL interlibrary loan system in order to help support the academic community in Ukraine.

RapidILL will provide Ukrainian libraries with access to the collections of a global community numbering more than 500 libraries. With many researchers, librarians and students unable to reach their buildings, RapidILL will allow them to access materials quickly and easily from their new remote locations.

Access guidance: RapidILL Ukraine support

Coverage of the Ukraine crisis and its impact on academia

Available on: Research Professional News, Ex Libris, part of Clarivate.

Available to: Everyone.

Description: Research Professional News provides authoritative, editorially independent news, analysis and commentary that helps academic institutions make better decisions.

We are making articles covering the Ukraine crisis free to read globally, to help the academic community understand the impact of Russia’s invasion on international research partnerships and funding, and share knowledge on how they can support researchers affected by the conflict.

This includes the article How the research community can stand with Ukraine, by Oksana Seumenicht, a co-founder of the Ukrainian Academic International Network.

Access guidance: Ukraine crisis news – Research Professional News

Primo and Alma

Available to: Ex Libris Primo and Alma customers

Description:  Ex Libris is making Ukrainian available as a user interface language option for all libraries that use the Primo discovery service, which includes patron-facing search interface and related elements, and notification letters created in Alma.

Offering Ukrainian as a translated language will deliver opportunities to enhance discovery and access to important library resources, while also delivering language-specific patron communications. Libraries taking advantage of these developments can further support the many librarians, researchers, professionals, and students who speak Ukrainian or are impacted by the recent developments in Ukraine.

Access guidance:  Review interface language details for Primo VE/Alma and Primo classic

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