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If you live in a city with a University, like Toronto, check out getting a library card to their library system. It costs me $300 / year and it's unlimited rese

If you live in a city with a University, like Toronto, check out getting a library card to their library system. It costs me $300 / year and it's unlimited research papers. The only downside is that it is retrievable in person only, so you kinda need to be either close to the University or keep a list of papers you need before you make the trek out.

maaku 11y ago
You are paying $300/year for access to information that was given to the world freely, and sacrificing your time and effort to get it? Do you see the problem here?
- umanwizard 11y ago
  He didn't claim there wasn't a problem, just gave practical advice for making the most of the unfair situation
  - aab0 11y ago
    Even more practical advice: 'use Libgen'.
    - maaku 11y ago
      I somehow misread that as 'use Lojban' and was momentarily both confused and delighted :\
      - chris_wot 11y ago
        It's unfortunate that you are now clear-headed and disappointed.
      - apricot 11y ago
        Indeed,"Lojban" and "practical" in the same sentence is not something you see every day.
- throwawaybookst 11y ago
  And also all the other resources the university library offers. Especially in summer months, uni libraries are amazing and massively under-used resources. Working/learning is a public library is usually a drag, but uni libraries are awesome. I used to live a couple blocks from a uni library, and I practically lived there. In the summers I drove straight there from work, got lost in the stacks learning about random things, and only left when it closed. Fortunately that library was completely free to the public, but if it weren't I would have happily paid $100/mo during the summer months for access (Probably saved that much just in utilities anyways.)
qiqing 11y ago
What if your city doesn't have that?