This version ensures the changed oahelper.org server structure is respected. When you long press a URL and select OA Helper from the share menu, the app will now: try to find a DOI within the URL if no DOI is found, it will offer to open Proxy / Bookmark the URL Lastly, I added a […]
Accessibility is a very complex topic and as you start to engage with the topic, you quickly recognize how deep it’ll go. For this quick blog post, we’ll barely scratch the surface. I am not an expert and I likely will never be. I count myself lucky that Apple’s environment builds in a lot of […]
When iPadOS 13.4 was released so was much improved Mouse-Pointer support. While a non starter on your iPhone, iPad with a trackpad and external keyboard quickly turns into a very capable computing device. For my app – Open Access Helper – I wanted to support this feature, even if it wouldn’t be used a lot. […]
While doing research on your iPad, you will certainly have come across access restrictions, such as a publisher paywall. I described the problem in another blog post, so this is to serve as a “how to”. Overcoming a paywall on your iPad (or iPhone), can be as easy as 1, 2, 3 Step 1 Install […]
While doing research, especially from home, you will certainly have come across a publisher paywall. These paywalls stop you from access to the document and ask for sometimes rather hefty fees, as in this example. So what to do? If you are a student or researcher at a scientific institution, such as a university, you […]
In this version I add support for Citation Counts from OpenCitations.net – this way you’ll see how often an article was cited. As always, you can determine in the settings, which features you wish to use! For iPadOS users I have ensured proper support for pointing devices. This version also includes a bug fix, which […]
This version introduces OpenCitations to Open Access Helper. A badge will show the number of times the article you are viewing has been cited, helping you easily identify the most popular research. Furthermore a number of smaller performance enhancements and bug fixes are included.
Starting with this version, we now support remote access via EZproxy, a URL rewriting proxy popular with University and College libraries worldwide
Starting with this version Open Access Helper now supports Remote Access through EZProxy, a URL rewriting proxy popular with university and college libraries
In this version I’ve packed a lot of useful features, including: * you will now see “version information”, as you hover over the orange button. This will indicate to you whether the found Open Access version is the “submitted version”, “accepted version” or “published version” * if you’d like you can enable support for CORE […]