Oops, dropped these:

How to find things:

  1. Use Anna’s Archive (linked above). It uses their database in their search, as well as Libgen and others.

  2. There’s also a Telegram bot for Scihub and Libgen which are handy: https://www.reddit.com/r/scihub/s/5p7FCk1IOH https://github.com/1337w0rm/Libgen-Telegram-Bot

  3. Their Tor links are on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub?wprov=sfla1 (check out the see also sections too). Requires a Tor capable browser: https://www.torproject.org/ or https://brave.com/ (Chromium)

  4. For direct links: https://www.reddit.com/r/scihub/s/k6hFIhh51w

  5. Use this free VPN if you don’t have one. You will not be able to connect without it on many connections: https://protonvpn.com/

If you cannot find what you need, you have options:

  1. You can post on Wosonhj (above)

  2. Post on Twitter or Masto with the tag #icanhazpdf

  3. Search Research Gate

  4. Email the author

  5. https://unpaywall.org

  6. Many unis require an open access preprint be hosted somewhere these days (worth checking).

More tools:

    • fossilesque@mander.xyzOPM
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      Once you start with the plug ins, you’ll never go back. :) Been using it for nearly a decade.

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    Post saved.

    Thank you for your service, Captain. o7 🦜🏴‍☠️

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    Kudos for awesome-PhD.

    Will review the list and probably come back to add if I may have something in additon.

    Edit: and ofc thx for the whole post.

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    Given the entire scientific community uses this, how the hell do journals still make any money at all?

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        Jesus christ. Proposal. All scientists agree they’ll publish to Wikipedia and donate 50€

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          Yeah it’s nuts. However there are a huge number of open-access journals, and they are becoming more common. BMC/PLOS are the big ones in my field (biology/genetics).

          PLOS still charges a fee if your institution is not part of their “network”, and it’s not cheap, but their articles are free for all to access.