Getting papers out from behind paywalls

BenBen
edited February 2016 in Community
Hey there,

long time since I contributed actively..

I hope this isn't old news, but I was recently made aware of this site that could so far grab any paper I needed, paywall or no paywall:
http://sci-hub.io/

Give it a shot, hope it helps.

Comments

  • In the past we collaborated to get access to papers we need. You best add the link to the wiki. Nice find btw.
  • @Ben how does it work? Every search string I put in goes to a "download this browser extension" page. 
  • Is there a way to search for field of interest? 
  • I can be contacted if anyone has a need for research papers not provided there.
  • Yeah. Sci-hub is the shit eh? Kuroro, search for what you want first and then punch it into sci-hub to get access. It's not really set up to be searched efficiently.
  • Even google scholar is better in terms of finding papers of interest.
  • Note, there's a thing on twitter called #icanhaspdf where you tweet the papers you need with that hashtag and if someone has access they'll send you it.
  • I'm real curious as to how this works. Unless it is just another pirate site constantly fighting a shut-down.

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