How to use DeepDyve

With DeepDyve LitHub, you have the tools to discover, upload, organize, access and collaborate on articles relevant to your research needs.

Discover Find articles on DeepDyve, or on PubMed, Google Scholar, or other sites using the DeepDyve Plugin.
Upload Upload and store all your PDFs in your personal My Papers folder. Enterprise users can also add them to your centralized Research Archive for group sharing and access
Access

Read any paper from any journal at the lowest industry price from our collections:

  • Open Access Collection: Instantly read the full-text of over 30 million paywalled articles with the industry-exclusive
  • LitStream Collection: stream and read online 35 million full-text, paywalled papers and save. Plus print up to 40 pages per month.
  • Download Collection: purchase and download any paper from any journal a la carte with no mark ups or service fees.
Organize Create folders to manage and share your literature research projects. Tag articles to quickly find related papers.
Collaborate Enterprise users can share articles, folders, notes and more with their colleagues. LitHub also integrates with Slack or Microsoft Teams to share papers with co-workers instantly.

Below are some links to more detailed articles that tell you how to get started with and use all the features of DeepDyve LitHub.

Getting started with DeepDyve

Here's how you can get started with DeepDyve right away:

1. Log in You will get an email from DeepDyve with your login information. Log in, change your password, and (if your admin requests it) set up two-factor authentication. Click here if you have lost your password.
2. Download the plugin Your LitHub subscription comes with a free plugin that works with Chrome, Firefox, or Edge. It lets you search Google Scholar, PubMed, or any other site where it finds metadata about an article and see what articles are available for reading on DeepDyve.
3. Run a search To get started, run a basic search. You can also run an advanced search to get more precise results. This is what you'll see on your search results page.

Discovering and accessing articles with DeepDyve

  1. Levels of access in the Digital Library
  2. Overview of the article page
  3. How to purchase PDFs through DeepDyve
  4. How to print articles
  5. How to bookmark articles
  6. Finding article citation data
  7. Sharing articles with colleagues
  8. Creating and sharing annotations
  9. Viewing other recommended articles
  10. Following journals

Organizing and collaborating on articles with DeepDyve

  1. Overview of My Library
  2. Finding your search history
  3. Setting up search alerts
  4. Creating and sharing folders
  5. Tagging articles
  6. Viewing bookmarked articles
  7. Viewing recommended articles
  8. Managing your followed journals
  9. Using My Papers
  10. Using the Research Archive (enterprise accounts only)
  11. Using the DeepDyve Reference Manager
  12. Using DeepDyve's AI-powered Research Assistant

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