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People I know who work in universities have access to lots of papers for free. For us mere mortals who need to survive (which these papers definitely help), we
by xiphias2 5y ago
People I know who work in universities have access to lots of papers for free.
For us mere mortals who need to survive (which these papers definitely help), we need to use sci-hub, as the per article fees are huge.
- eldaisfish 5y agofor what it's worth, if you know the author's names, it's easy to find their email addresses online. Most authors would gladly send you a copy of their paper for free.
- pessimizer 5y agoOn sci-hub you can skim 20 papers in an hour to find the 3 that are relevant. That's weeks of work of emailing for preprints.
- doliveira 5y agoEven then, there can be quite a lot of bureaucracy. At the beginning of my Master's degree (Brazil) I had automatic and frictionless access to papers through the University network, then they started requiring access through some weird government website. I just went to Sci-Hub, much easier.