The University of Illinois has contract agreements with several scholarly publishing vendors to conduct text mining. These vendors are listed below, along with instructions on how to get started. If you have a question about a vendor not listed below, or otherwise need assistance accessing the data, please contact Spencer Keralis, Information Sciences and Digital Humanities Librarian.
ACM
- The Association for Computing Machinery’s Digital Library provides research articles, books, conference proceedings, and magazine articles on topics in computer and data science and technology.
- Data Mining Instructions: Data mining requests are approved on a case-by-case basis. Contact Spencer Keralis with the University Library to get started.
Elsevier
- Elsevier provides research articles and books focused on fields of science and technology, including engineering, medicine, social science, and GIS. Notable databases include INSPEC, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Engineering Village.
- Data Mining Instructions: Access the Elsevier API, and review their data mining policy. Each researcher must create an Elsevier account and register for their own API key. Data delivered in XML format.
JSTOR
- JSTOR is a collection of research articles and books dating back to the earliest publications in humanities fields, especially language, literature, history, and philosophy.
- Data Mining Instructions: JSTOR Data for Research provides an API that can be used to retrieve metadata and reference information for up to 25,000 documents. For researchers needing to conduct full-text analysis OR retrieve more than 25,000 documents, contact JSTOR directly to request the data set. Data delivered in XML or plain-text format.
Springer
- Springer is the provider of BioMed Central, an open access database of academic articles related to science, technology, and medicine. Social scientists may be interested in researching topics like public health, substance abuse, and health care policy using this source.
- Data Mining Instructions: Springer provides multiple APIs depending on the researcher's needs. Access the Springer APIs. Alternatively, you may download articles directly from the website. See their full policy and how-to guide. Data delivered in PDF, HTML (if available), XML, or JSON format.
Wiley
- Wiley provides a variety of databases, notably Anthrosource for current and archived issues of publications from the American Anthropological Association, and the International Studies Encyclopedia. They also provide AGU Digital Library for earth science, and Organic Reactions related to chemistry.
- Data Mining Instructions: Use the CrossRef data mining service, which includes thousands of publishers, including Wiley. See more of Wiley's terms and conditions here. Data delivered in JSON format.