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Third Iron
FEDLINK Vendor ID: TH
Vendor Website: thirdiron.com

Company Profile

Empower your library with Third Iron. Trusted by over 1,700 organizations across 35+ countries, we deliver the most reliable,accessible, comprehensive, and fastest full-text download experience through our unique article-level intelligence and seamless integrations. For FEDLINK clients, this means you can:

  • Ensure Research Integrity: Real-time identification of retractions, expressions of concern, and second-order retraction citations.
  • Maximize Open Access: Intelligently discover hybrid OA articles to expand your collection's reach.
  • Simplify Article Access: Improved one-click access across all research platforms.
  • Reduce ILL Burden: Increased delivery of available content through OA and your holdings.
  • Enhance User Experience: Integrated BrowZine for effortless journal navigation.

Unlock additional value with our optional browser extension:

  • Seamless Remote Access: Secure, oneclick PDF access, bypassing paywalls on publisher sites.
  • Increased Resource Visibility: Promote your high-cost resources on the open web.
  • Maximize Discovery: Enhance the value of PubMed, Google Scholar, Wikipedia, and additional commercial sites with citations.

For libraries facing budget or staffing challenges, our cost-effective technologies are essential to:

  • Demonstrate Library Value: Integrate seamlessly into researcher workflows.
  • Quantify OA ROI: Showcase the impact of your open access content.
  • Support Budget Advocacy: Generate data-driven usage reports.

Products/Services Available Through the FEDLINK Contract

Third Iron Products:

  • LibKey Link, LibKey Discovery, LibKey Nomad, LibKey.io
  • Libkey Nomad++
  • BrowZine

Integrations:

  • 3rd Party Integrations
  • Success Guide and Usage Statistics

Customer Service/Sales Contact Information

Mark Hyer, Strategic Account Manager
[email protected]
202-770-2766


(All descriptions were written and submitted by the vendors. Not all vendor products and services are available under the FEDLINK contracts. For more information, contact FEDLINK for details.)

Last Updated: 01/02/2026

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