Official access paths
Read an article through your library
Paste an article link. We’ll check the official publisher passes, library databases, archives, and title searches offered by the library cards you select.
Your library login stays on the official library or publisher site. We never ask for or store your card number, PIN, password, or cookies.
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Find library access
Your cards
Select the libraries you use
Selections are saved only in this browser. Reorder them by unchecking and rechecking; the first selected library gets a small ranking preference.
Support organization: Friends of The Seattle Public Library supports SPL but does not issue library cards, so it is not an authentication choice.
Official routes
Results
Optional shortcut
Use the bookmarklet
On an article page, use this bookmarklet to send its public metadata to the router without putting the article URL in the request query string.
- Desktop: drag the link to your bookmarks bar.
- iPhone/iPad: create a normal Safari bookmark, then replace its address with the copied bookmarklet.
- Use it on a public article page; it reads only the page title and public metadata.
What this router does—and does not do
It does
Point you to official library, publisher, database, archive, and resolver routes. It keeps the original article available as a separate choice.
It does not
Proxy article content, automate logins, store credentials, share patron access, or bypass geographic or licensing restrictions.