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And what are people outside of the U.S. supposed to do?
by r3bl 11y ago
And what are people outside of the U.S. supposed to do?
- dfc 11y agoThe GP is a great person to ask that question to in light of the fact that he is a student in UAE. I am curious why you assumed that GP is from the US?
- niels_olson 11y agoLet me guess: Because the spoken language is English and the site has a clearly US-centric culture? Even more specifically, an SV culture. Have you ever seen a housing article about Fresno on the front page? New York? One could argue the bias lacked utility, but it's hardly incriminating.
- sidarape 11y agoI don't think it is unique to the US... I'm in Canada and also have that.
- cyphar 11y agoI'm in Australia and we have the same service. But it is bullshit that academic papers are hidden behind paywalls.
- Cyph0n 11y agoI'm living in the United Arab Emirates. My previous college has subscriptions in most journals. My current institute also has access.
- secure 11y agoAgreed. I studied in Germany, and none of the academic institutions I know of make papers accessible to alumnis. For students, sure, but for alumnis? Never heard of it.
- semi-extrinsic 11y agoThe local hack: get a lifetime membership at the uni computer club. This gets you a shell account on a computer inside the uni network, and Rob's your uncle. Lifetime cost is about $100 here, and that money goes to a good cause.
- krisdol 11y agoMy uni didn't have any of that. YMMV
- peterhuston 11y agoFrom a Norwegian IP you can get access to many medical journals, see http://www.helsebiblioteket.no/om-oss/english http://www.helsebiblioteket.no/om-oss/english. This can be achieved through TOR if you choose only to exit through a node in Norway.