Lean Library

macOS / Education

Providing an uninterrupted research rhythm

Lean Library is a free end-to-end research tool that brings your library’s services and resources directly into your research workflow, no matter where you start your research. Whether you are discovering and accessing academic content or saving references, Lean Library puts your library right at the heart of every research journey.

Instantly and legally unlock millions of academic articles, eBooks, and open access content, avoid paywalls, and receive customised guidance from your library. Save references, highlight and annotate content, get journal alerts, and build information literacy skills with article retraction alerts and trust ratings—all from within your browser.

Ready to start using Lean Library?
Install the extension, select your institution and begin researching! Even if you aren’t affiliated with an institution, you can still get quick and seamless redirection to open access materials absolutely free by downloading the extension and selecting Lean Library Open as your library.Please note, the Lean Library browser extension works together with Lean Library Workspace. Create an account at workspace.leanlibrary.com.

Coming from Sciwheel?
Welcome! Lean Library now includes all your favourite Sciwheel features, plus much more.

Install today to get started.

Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?

- Stats bugfix
- Holding API update