This tweet and the thread following contains some useful warnings about how not to improperly access academic stuff:
Good to know how not to do anything wrong!
And this site is one I had never visited before, but yeah, looks really good:
Update: now there is Anna's Archive. Extremely useful.
3 comments:
Scientific publishing houses are a rip off and until such time as they stop making a fortune through the work of others I'll keep using Sci-hub. Jasmine Artemis probably doesn't even know sci-hub was started by a Russian neuroscientist because she couldn't access any articles so how difficult do you think that is for budding scientists in developing nations? That link you provided, barely enough depth for high school level.
This is your most valuable post. Thank you so much. The last time I was unemployed was before there was viable internet. But I'd be living in the middle of town and would have access to all these journals and books and stuff via the state library.
This thread is a winner.
Don't know what happened to my first comment but I do use Sci-Hub because the publishing houses are ripping everyone off. The authors aren't paid, the pricing is outrageous, and even the peer reviewers typically aren't paid. Easiest way to make money in publishing. The situation has become so absurd mathematicians world wide banned Elsevier, libraries had to cut back on subscriptions because they couldn't afford it. It's ridiculous, I've wanted to download an article which may only take 15 minutes to read but can cost up to $40.00AUD. The very reason Open Access began was because of the outrageous pricing. Some scientists now will provide provisional pdfs if you email them. Just don't be asshole about it, simply request the paper.
The problem with sci-hub is that it is being constantly taken down but another soon enough pops up. I have a link that keeps track of all that.
Graeme: other sources are Academia and Research Gate.
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