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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 1st March, 2020: A new age of exploration dedicated to those seeking knowledge! Academic content is more accessible than ever with the birth of Zendy, now launched in the United Arab Emirates.

From gravitational waves to Middle Eastern archaeology, users in the UAE can now explore an incredible array of scholarly publications.

Zendy celebrates the Month of Reading with a UAE launch of over 120,000 publications across all disciplines and joins UAE with the vision of building a more sustainable model for reading in our societies.

Whether you are a leader, manager or entrepreneur, health and fitness enthusiast, number crunching banker or just buzzing to learn, there is something for everyone on Zendy!

A new way to research and discover

Zendy is not merely a digital library, it is equipped with a myriad of filters and tools that allow users to save searches, export citations and navigate easily according to publisher, date, subject, language, source and more. It breaks down the barriers of extortionate paywalls by providing affordable access to full-text publications with no download limitations.

“We are extremely excited to launch Zendy in the UAE, where it all began for us. The seeds of many great ideas are now at your fingertips. Zendy aims to facilitate the sharing of knowledge that nourishes innovation.” – Founder and CEO of Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan.

To celebrate Zendy’s launch, all UAE users will receive a 30% discount on the monthly plan and a 50% discount on the annual plan as part of the introductory offer (valid for a limited period)!

United in knowledge. United in the UAE.

About Zendy

Zendy is an online platform that aims to innovatively facilitate access to academic literature. It addresses the key challenges that we face with conventional ways of finding high-quality and relevant, academic content. Current online scholarly libraries exist behind expensive paywalls or require university facilitated access. For developing countries, it can be difficult to access academic publications if they cannot afford the subscriptions. Zendy serves to provide knowledge to everyone, everywhere.

Zendy is developed by Knowledge E in a growing collaboration with researchers, students, institutions and publishers. Join us on the journey of scholarly discovery, and reach out to us if you share the same vision and would like to contribute in any way.

Zendy is now available in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco and the UAE with the rest of Africa and Middle East to follow in 2020.

www.zendy.io

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions.

Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

www.knowledgee.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 20th February 2020: Users in Algeria can now subscribe to ZendyPlus and access more than 120,000 scientific publications, covering medicine, engineering, business and other subjects including top titles such as Science, Harvard Business Review and many more!

Let’s pretend you’re an independent learner, looking for the latest research in chemistry. Recent records show that a year’s subscription to reputable journal comes to around $358. However, access to one journal is rarely enough. Let’s look at the subscription costs for some other journals. If you were to look at more specific journals in genetics and biotechnology these would come to an average of $250 each, bringing your total up to $858 per year, $71 (8549.47 DZD) per month with access to only 3 journals.

These prices make scientific discovery inaccessible to most people without institutional access! One has to either pay exorbitant amounts for accessing quality research or find a way to source the findings directly from the author which is usually a longer route.

“With the current environmental, social, and political turmoil across the globe, we have a chance to form a global brain, and move towards a more knowledgeable tomorrow. However, we’ve been stuck struggling to access research. This is where the need for Zendy was born from.” – Founder and CEO, Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan.

Zendy is a digital library created to gather all scientific literature under one roof. Individuals can test the platform in a free trial and then subscribe for a nominal monthly fee or opt for the yearly alternative. Zendy aims to make research, currently trapped behind steep paywalls, affordable. 

Zendy users in Algeria currently have access to more than 120,000 scientific publications from publishers such as Emerald Publishing, Sage Publishing and more coming onboard soon. 

Take a step towards a more knowledgeable self and sign up on Zendy today!

About Zendy

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature. Zendy originates from the notion of building a more knowledgeable world, as there has never been a time where easy, affordable access to content has been more needed. Current scholarly databases exist behind crippling paywalls or require university facilitated access, which is a challenge for individuals across the globe not affiliated with institutions. Access to scientific publications is particularly troublesome in developing countries, where many universities cannot afford the subscription databases required for advancing research and studies. Zendy is working to remove barriers from scholarly discovery to make academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone, all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts. Zendy is developed by Knowledge E in a growing collaboration with researchers, students, institutions, and publishers to facilitate the democratisation of knowledge.

Zendy is now available in Algeria, Jordan and Morocco with the rest of Africa and Middle East to follow in 2020.

zendy.io

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions. Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

knowledgee.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 13th February 2020 – Users in Morocco can now access more than 120,000 publications, including 30,000 journals and 30,000 eBooks across all disciplines through a simple monthly subscription to ZendyPlus.

Access to scientific literature, particularly in developing countries, has been an obstacle in global scholarly discovery for years. The need for reliable resources in Morocco has never been higher with the rapidly growing student population. Students enrolled in tertiary education has increased from 295,634 to 1.01 million in 17 years (source: Statista).

In the current academic environment, individuals require university facilitated access to navigate paywalled research databases. However, many regional universities exist with limited resources, not to mention the vast majority of the public not affiliated with institutions. Alternatively, students, doctors, researchers, and independent learners must generally pay a fee of up to $40 per article to access the latest scientific research.

“Each day that research is unavailable to large communities, we miss out on opportunities that are possible when research is accessible and searchable. The Zendy team is incredibly excited to have Morocco on board and hopes to one day unlock all human potential by granting global access to all scholarly literature.” – Founder and CEO, Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature by making it affordable and accessible to everyone. The platform is suited for all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts.

Take a step towards a more knowledgeable self and sign up on Zendy today!

   

About Zendy

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature. Zendy originates from the notion of building a more knowledgeable world, as there has never been a time where easy, affordable access to content has been more needed. Current scholarly databases exist behind crippling paywalls or require university facilitated access, which is a challenge for individuals across the globe not affiliated with institutions. Access to scientific publications is particularly troublesome in developing countries, where many universities cannot afford the subscription databases required for advancing research and studies. Zendy is working to remove barriers from scholarly discovery to make academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone, all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts.

Zendy is developed by Knowledge E in a growing collaboration with researchers, students, institutions, and publishers to facilitate the democratisation of knowledge.

Zendy is now available in Jordan and Morocco with the rest of Africa and Middle East to follow in 2020.

zendy.io

   

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions. Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

knowledgee.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 16th January 2020: Zendy users have access to additional scholarly research: 311 journals have now been added to ZendyPlus from Emerald Publishing in selected African countries.

What is Zendy? Zendy is for all the students who just graduated only to discover they were locked out of their university’s database, or for nonprofits researching wildlife who continue hitting exorbitant paywalls, or for the entrepreneur looking for new research but is concerned about the pay per view fees. Zendy aims to rebuild the fragmented and restrictively expensive research community and provide a one-stop-solution for scholars, nonprofits, independent learners, and everyone else.

Emerald Publishing has now joined Zendy with a pertinent portfolio of 311 e-journals. Emerald’s collection of scholarly literature provides extensive coverage across critical disciplines, offering new perspectives on highly relevant subjects and themes. “Emerald Publishing is delighted to extend our working relationship with Knowledge E, having worked successfully together to serve the academic community across the region. We’re excited to bring our journal content to new audiences and new markets and look forward to furthering our relationship through the Zendy platform.” – Head of commercial operations, Emerald Publishing, John Eggleton

“The Zendy team is thrilled to be taking another step towards this vision with Emerald Publishing and look forward to the many discoveries that could emanate from a united, global, collaborative research ecosystem.” – Founder and CEO, Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan

About Zendy 

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature. Zendy originates from the notion of building a more knowledgeable world, as there has never been a time where easy, affordable access to content has been more needed. Current scholarly databases exist behind crippling paywalls or require university facilitated access, which is a challenge for individuals across the globe not affiliated with institutions. Access to scientific publications is particularly troublesome in developing countries, where many universities cannot afford the subscription databases required for advancing research and studies. Zendy is working to remove barriers from scholarly discovery to make academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone, all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts.

Zendy is developed by Knowledge E in a growing collaboration with researchers, students, institutions, and publishers to facilitate the democratisation of knowledge.

www.zendy.io

About Knowledge E 

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions. Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

www.knowledgee.com

About Emerald Publishing 

Emerald Publishing was founded in 1967 to champion new ideas that would advance the research and practice of business and management. Today, they continue to nurture fresh thinking in applied fields where they feel they can make a real difference, now also including health and social care, education and engineering. Emerald manages a portfolio of over 300 journals, more than 2,500 books and over 1,500 teaching cases.

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 30th October 2019 – Today, Zendy added new titles from SAGE Publishing to its existing library of academic literature! The new partnership expands over Middle East and Africa with the exception of South Africa.

ZendyPlus users can now access over 120,000 publications including more than 30,000 journals and 30,000 eBooks across all disciplines through a simple and affordable monthly subscription model. 

The Zendy team is excited by the progress made so far and expects to one day provide individuals with the best resources available in their pursuit for knowledge.  

In the current academic environment, individuals have to navigate institutional login pages, subscriptions, and exorbitant paywalls. Meanwhile, outside academia, restricted access to research has an added impact on people’s lives. In business, there are countless missed opportunities to innovate when individuals have no access to up-to-date research. Growth in healthcare suffers when doctors have limited access to medical research, and restricted access is a significant obstacle in developing countries where medical professionals have even fewer resources at hand.

“This partnership with SAGE Publishing is yet another step towards a more knowledgeable world. We are very excited and hope to one day grant our users an over-arching view of all current discoveries in their field of interest.” – Founder and CEO, Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan

“Our main goal has always been to disseminate knowledge and information as widely as possible and we are really pleased that this licensing opportunity will allow us to reach more individuals who are looking for high quality research.”  – Manager of Global Rights and Licensing, SAGE Publishing, Claire Louise Harper

About Zendy

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature. Zendy originates from the notion of building a more knowledgeable world, as there has never been a time where easy, affordable access to content has been more needed.

Current scholarly databases exist behind crippling paywalls or require university facilitated access, which is a challenge for individuals across the globe not affiliated with institutions. Access to scientific publications is particularly troublesome in developing countries, where many universities cannot afford the subscription databases required for advancing research and studies.

Zendy is working to remove barriers from scholarly discovery to make academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone, all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts.

zendy.io

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions. Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’.

Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

knowledgee.com

About SAGE Publishing

Founded in 1965, SAGE Publishing is a leading independent, academic and professional publisher of innovative, high-quality content. Known for our commitment to quality and innovation, SAGE has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students across a broad range of subject areas.

With over 1,500 employees globally from principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, and Washington, D.C., we publish more than 1,000 journals and over 800 books, reference works and databases a year in business, humanities, social sciences, science, technology and medicine.

Believing passionately that engaged scholarship lies at the heart of any healthy society and that education is intrinsically valuable, SAGE aims to be the world’s leading independent academic and professional publisher. This means playing a creative role in society by disseminating teaching and research on a global scale, the cornerstones of which are good, long-term relationships, a focus on our markets, and an ability to combine quality and innovation.

Leading authors, editors and societies should feel that SAGE is their natural home: we believe in meeting the range of their needs, and in publishing the best of their work. We are a growing company, and our financial success comes from thinking creatively about our markets and actively responding to the needs of our customers.

us.sagepub.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 3rd October 2019 – The region’s first monthly subscription-based online platform for scholarly literature has arrived. And it’s in Jordan!

Zendy has now begun its MENA launch of ZendyPlus in Jordan, with Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and Tunisia to follow soon. 

Users can explore an array of scientific publications or tune into the latest academic findings with over 120,000 publications including more than 30,000 journals and 30,000 eBooks at their fingertips. Zendy provides resources from all major disciplines. Users can navigate the platform according to publisher, subject, date, and more. All publications are available in full text with no download limitations.

“We are immensely happy to see this dream become a reality by launching in the first country in the region, Jordan. We look forward to further enabling the scientific community through Zendy, with more publishers on board and in more countries.” – Founder and CEO of Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan.

Zendy removes barriers from scholarly discovery, making academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone! This platform is suited for all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts. With ZendyPlus, users will have the resources to write research papers, form evidence-based action plans, or catch up on their interests.

Take a step towards a more knowledgeable self and sign up on Zendy today!

About Zendy

Zendy is an online platform created to provide individuals with access to scholarly research and literature. Zendy originates from the notion of building a more knowledgeable world, as there has never been a time where easy, affordable access to content has been more needed.

Current scholarly databases exist behind crippling paywalls or require university facilitated access, which is a challenge for individuals across the globe not affiliated with institutions. Access to scientific publications is particularly troublesome in developing countries, where many universities cannot afford the subscription databases required for advancing research and studies. Zendy is working to remove barriers from scholarly discovery to make academic literature affordable and accessible to everyone, all academic and non-academic professionals, students, and knowledge enthusiasts.

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions. Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 5th September 2019 – Knowledge E, the developers of Zendy, partnered with EBSCO to provide content to individuals in 17 countries. With the hope of bringing all academic literature to one accessible space, Zendy aims to become the information watering hall for all academic and non-academic professionals, students and laymen across the world. Zendy’s mission is to build a movement towards a more knowledgeable world by making scholarly information readily accessible and affordable to everyone. This means anyone with a problem can turn to their laptop, log into Zendy, and find scientific research to back their decision making and support their research.

“Zendy aims to democratise access to scientific content traditionally trapped behind paywalls and less accessible. With the rise of simple yet illegal ways of access to scientific content, there has never been a time where simple, affordable, and legal ways access to content, has been more needed. This is a chance for all publishers and content providers to join this journey and to increase their reach to more and more individuals beyond those only coming from elite institutions in some countries. We are happy that EBSCO shares our vision and look forward to working closely with them on this ambitious yet achievable goal.” – Founder and CEO of Knowledge E, Kamran R. Kardan.

The Regional Vice President of EBSCO Information Services, Ali Abdullah, added:

“EBSCO’s aim is to deliver information to all. Having the ability to reach and access information is one of the rights of every human being. EBSCO uses all possible technologies and platforms to deliver its shared knowledge and accomplish the goal of making information accessible to all. The collaboration with Knowledge E on Zendy is an important step in that direction.

Zendy is like the digital store where researches and readers can have access to their dreamland of resources, it will allow them to have a direct channel to the latest academic information without any intermediaries.

Zendy aims to fill the gap between researchers and their entities concerning lack of access, missing data and the absence of resources from time to time. Having access to Zendy is a personal investment which researchers and professionals should not omit. Access to relevant knowledge gives researchers the ability to grow, get promoted, have a better reputation and a higher credibility and thus aim for greater life achievements.”

Amidst the freedom to explore all relevant scholarly content through one powerful literature platform, Zendy’s team additionally aspires to strengthen the research community by building new collaborations and partnerships amongst the global academic family to enrich the content available through Zendy and enhance the end-user experience.

Visit Zendy Collaboration for Publishers to register interest and take a step towards building a more knowledgeable world.

About Zendy

Zendy has been created with the aim to radically facilitate access to academic literature. By addressing the key challenges that we face with traditional ways for finding relevant, high-quality, academic content, Zendy serves to provide peace of mind, a zen day, for all researchers and students.

Zendy is developed by Knowledge E in a growing collaboration with researchers, students, institutions and publishers. Zendy invites, in particular, all publishers to join the collaboration to support the vision for Zendy. This will be important to academics globally, and as said, particularly in developing countries. Zendy will in this way facilitate the democratization of access to knowledge, which is key to learning and a better quality of life.

About Knowledge E

Established in 2012, Knowledge E’s name was fast to become synonymous with collaboration, professionalism and innovation. Head-quartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and supported by a team of 30 highly engaged professionals, Knowledge E works closely with over 100 clients world-wide from various types of organisations and government entities within the research and education sector to support their continued innovation and development. This is achieved by providing leading expertise, information resources and software solutions.

Since its inception, Knowledge E has prudently expanded its expertise, services and technology in line with its vision of developing ‘a more knowledgeable world’. Knowledge E’s three core offerings are the 3D’s; ‘Discover’, ‘Develop’ and ‘Disseminate’. ‘Discover’ through the KnE Digital Library Solutions powered by Zendy for research literature discovery, as well as tailored content packages; ‘Develop’ through the KnE Learning Programmes, supporting capacity building and skills development within academia as well as the KnE Consulting Projects, serving universities on their mission to become ‘world-class universities’; and ‘Disseminate’ through the KnE Publishing Services and the platform for Open Access publishing of regional journals and conference proceedings.

About EBSCO

EBSCO is the leading provider of research databases, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, e-books and discovery service to libraries of all kinds. For over 70 years,  we’ve partnered with libraries to improve research with quality content and technology.

EBSCO Information Services is a division of EBSCO Industries, Inc., one of the largest privately held and family-owned companies in the United States. EBSCO Industries, Inc. has been in business since 1944. Starting out as a small subscription agency, EBSCO quickly became a pioneer in the library services industry. Through vision, action and innovation, EBSCO invests in the library business to ensure the long-term growth of products, services and technologies for our customers.

With today’s release, your user profile has been extended to include information on your role, main area of interest and your country of residence. This may seem like a small thing, but will enable us in a later step to serve you much more relevant content and recommendations.

Your user profile becomes through this release also an important instrument for us to prioritise what content to add, and what features to focus on to provide you with a continuously improved experience when using Zendy.

Don’t hesitate to contact us with any comments or questions!

In the latest release of Zendy, you now have access to permanent links to records that have a natural unique identifier, like an ISBN-number or a Digital Object Identifier (DOI).

Just click the link symbol after the author names next to the title to copy the link. You can then share it per email or in social media to let others directly access (upon login) the article you have found.