Lean Library is a browser extension that delivers your library’s resources and guidance directly into your student's online workflow — giving them seamless, legal access to millions of articles, eBooks, and open‑access content wherever they search.
Together with Lean Library Workspace, it becomes an end‑to‑end research solution — letting students save references, highlight and annotate content, manage citations, and stay organised — all from within a browser, making research faster, smarter, and more efficient.
To explore its capabilities, you can download the extension and walk through the example scenarios we’ve provided to see how it operates in different research situations.
Getting Started
- Download the Lean Library extension for your preferred browser
- Once installed, the extension will automatically open in a new browser tab
- From the dropdown menu, select “University of Make Believe” as your institution, then click Save
Using the extension
Now the extension is set up, you can access this page and see the tailored examples and see Lean Library extension help students gaining access to library resources seamlessly.
Found an article you wanted to bookmark for your research? Click on the Lean Library Workspace icon at the top right corner of the extension. This allows you to save reference, create projects, add tags, so you can cite them using our Word add-in or Google Docs add-on
Lean Library extension is highly customisable for students too.
Next Steps
If you’d like to learn more about how Lean Library can support your institution, our team is available to provide further information and implementation guidance.
If you want to know how we integrate with your library system, see this article for more information.