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Article Galaxy Scholar Platform

Compatible with your ILL department workflows or any OpenURL link resolver, our solutions deliver full-text PDFs of scholarly content directly to your patron’s inbox in minutes.

An Unmediated Solution That Goes Beyond Your Library Subscriptions

Provide your patrons with rapid and uninterrupted access to most journal articles, 24/7. Article Galaxy Scholar is an unmediated, cost-effective and flexible solution that works with your existing workflow and is customizable to match your policy and budget.

Just Set It and Forget It.

Welcome to better content delivery.

An Unmediated Solution That Goes Beyond Your Library Subscriptions

Fast and Reliable
Access to Literature

Fast and Reliable Access to Literature

Ensure continuity of access within minutes.

Just in time, all the time. Ensure that your patrons have easy and quick access to the journal articles they need to do their best work, while reducing ILL workload.

Take away the stress and uncertainty of guessing what patrons need ahead of time. With Article Galaxy Scholar, your users have a guaranteed pathway to access, with no dead ends—and content delivered straight to their inbox.

"We have found this service to be a valuable tool as part of our goal to prioritize access over ownership”
— Alison L. Davis, Head of Access Services Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies

Smarter Data-Driven
Usage Insights

Smarter Data-Driven Usage Insights

Reduce the guesswork of budgeting and forecasting.

Summary reporting let you make better, more informed decisions to plan and validate your expenses. Notifications give you timely information on usage—and let you know when preset thresholds have been met. Get insightful information—with real usage data by user, title, publisher, Open Access, and delivery method.

"Proving ground for new journal subscriptions"
— Mitchell Scott, Collections Management Librarian, St. Norbert College

Streamlined and
Configurable Workflow

Streamlined, Configurable, and Flexible Workflow

Customize for fit and precision.

Your rules, processes, and regulations are unique. Article Galaxy Scholar’s sharp customization options allow you to configure user, journal, publisher, and purchasing settings to fit your content demands. It lets you develop a solid plan for a variety of access options—ensuring you’ll never be surprised by unexpected charges or access you didn’t intend to provide—and make changes or course-correct as needed.

Don’t have an Open Access filter?

We’re working with Unpaywall, in addition to conducting our own internal checks, to provide you with a thorough Open Access filter that ensures you never have to pay for content that’s already freely available.

“AGS is "a really positive way that we have been able to provide continued access to titles where we have cancelled subscriptions and still meet users needs"
— Jennifer Carroll, Collection Management Librarian, University of New Hampshire

Strategic
Cost Savings

Strategic Cost Savings

Invest in Long-Term Savings and Efficiency.

Stay on budget and strategically control spend—by providing access when it matters. Article Galaxy Scholar lets you allow specified users to order articles immediately, while providing other users with an alternative path to access content when the need isn’t as timely. Improve your users’ experience, keep them in the library, and gain the usage insight you need to plan for the future.

“UCSD library is excited to offer a clean, simple, and improved service to our patrons. Because it is unmediated, AGS is actually relieving some staff time so we are able to focus on other work."
— Judea D'Arnaud, Director, Content Acquisition & Resource Sharing, University of California San Diego