Why can't I access (or print) this Harvard Business Review article?

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 Restricted access and use

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) imposes restrictions on access and use of its 500 most popular articles online.

This includes popular articles such as "What makes a leader," "Managing oneself," and "Are you solving the right problems?" 

Restrictions include not allowing direct links to top articles, and not allowing you to print or save online articles from the top 500. 

You can access these HBR articles (for personal research purposes). However you will need to follow some extra steps.

 Find and access HBR articles (including top 500)

If you try to access one of these top articles through a direct link, you will see a message saying, "Persistent linking is NOT permitted," or "The publisher offers limited access to this article. The full text cannot be viewed from a persistent link" (or something similar).

 To get the article you need, go directly to the HBR online through the Library Catalogue, then "Search within this publication" (option 1) or "drill down" (option 2) to find your article.

Option 1: "Search within this publication" for your article title

Search tips:

  1. Make sure JN "Harvard Business Review" stays in one of the search boxes 
  2. Use quotation marks around your article title for best results

Option 2: If you have a citation: The "drill-down" method

If you have a citation, including the date, volume, issue, and page numbers in which the article appeared, you can also drill down by browsing for the year in which your article appeared, then the volume, and so on.

Use this method to find articles via the Library's online subscription to the HBR, or for print copies of the HBR held here at SFU. 

 

 Printing or saving articles

Top 500 articles are available online as "read only," and you cannot download or print them.

You may scan or copy from a print copy of the HBR held here at SFU.