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Lean Library - Unlock Instant Legal Access to Millions of Free Academic Papers

What is Lean Library?

Lean Library is a free, web-based tool that lets you instantly, legally, and inexpensively access millions of academic papers. These include articles and ebooks from over 3 million universities. You can search by title, author, or keywords and instantly see where the paper is published when it was published, the abstract, full text, and more. It's all open access, for all to see.

Can I get a Redirect?

Yes. It's simple and quick to use.

Download the extension.

Open a page that contains content you can get access to.

Click on the extension icon in the browser toolbar.

Your browser will automatically open the new tab.

Click the extension icon again to close the new tab.

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App specs

  • License

    Free

  • Version

    2025.14.3

  • Latest update

  • Platform

    chrome

  • Language

    English

  • Downloads

    41

  • Developer

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