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My university blocks scihub and I'm every angry about it.

GauntletWizard 9y ago
I would begin by a) Naming and shaming your university. That decision is clearly counter to the goals of higher education b) Considering moving to another university. If this one censors access to educational material, what else aren't they telling you?
kronos29296 9y ago
Use tor to access the onion domain for scihub (they have one) if you don't already do so.
- mirimir 9y ago
  Maybe https://scihub22266oqcxt.onion.link https://scihub22266oqcxt.onion.link will work. Or install Tor browser, and use http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion
fny 9y ago
Why not just use a VPN?
executesorder66 9y ago
That really sucks. I just asked my brother if he can access scihub via his university's network. He checked and said he can. He told me his lecturer told all the students about scihub, and they should use it if they can't access a paper via the university's resources. But the university itself is not allowed to use scihub.
- drethemadrapper 9y ago
  You should also try use AARRC.info . It is a full-fledged web service with multiple access techniques to flagship academic papers (Elsevier, IEEE, etc) using a solid browser extension. It is also a free service.
jostmey 9y ago
What university. That's not what universities should be doing--blocking websites
- alpos 9y ago
  Universities, like most other schools in general, maintain huge block-lists and heuristic filters for things like piracy, porn, malware, and anything else they deem to be unacceptable uses of their networks. On top of the network censorship, most schools and libraries also engage in or are pressured to engage in censoring books and other print material for the same reasons. http://www.pfaw.org/report/schools-and-censorship-banned-books/ http://www.pfaw.org/report/schools-and-censorship-banned-boo... Kind of ironic that the official forefront of education is also the foremost consumer of censorship tools but I think the concerned parents are still winning on this one.
jostmey 9y ago
What university. That's not what universities should be doing--blocking websites

I would begin by a) Naming and shaming your university. That decision is clearly counter to the goals of higher education b) Considering moving to another university. If this one censors access to educational material, what else aren't they telling you?

kronos29296 9y ago

Use tor to access the onion domain for scihub (they have one) if you don't already do so.

mirimir 9y ago
Maybe https://scihub22266oqcxt.onion.link https://scihub22266oqcxt.onion.link will work. Or install Tor browser, and use http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion http://scihub22266oqcxt.onion

fny 9y ago

Why not just use a VPN?

executesorder66 9y ago

That really sucks. I just asked my brother if he can access scihub via his university's network. He checked and said he can. He told me his lecturer told all the students about scihub, and they should use it if they can't access a paper via the university's resources. But the university itself is not allowed to use scihub.

drethemadrapper 9y ago
You should also try use AARRC.info . It is a full-fledged web service with multiple access techniques to flagship academic papers (Elsevier, IEEE, etc) using a solid browser extension. It is also a free service.

jostmey 9y ago

What university. That's not what universities should be doing--blocking websites

alpos 9y ago
Universities, like most other schools in general, maintain huge block-lists and heuristic filters for things like piracy, porn, malware, and anything else they deem to be unacceptable uses of their networks. On top of the network censorship, most schools and libraries also engage in or are pressured to engage in censoring books and other print material for the same reasons. http://www.pfaw.org/report/schools-and-censorship-banned-books/ http://www.pfaw.org/report/schools-and-censorship-banned-boo... Kind of ironic that the official forefront of education is also the foremost consumer of censorship tools but I think the concerned parents are still winning on this one.

jostmey 9y ago

What university. That's not what universities should be doing--blocking websites