James Cain Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 I'm all for free access to academic papers. Interlibrary loa is great but a lot of people don't have access to it. Here are two methods that actually work that anyone can use! 1. Sci-Hub. It looks like a weird Russian scam or something but it honestly works, and has a great Chrome extension to automate the process.http://allanino.me/blog/everything-else/do-you-know-sci-hub/ 2. Using #canihazpdf on Twitter to request papers.http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-34572462 And of course what would academia be without some deeper scientific analysis on the issue? "Bypassing Interlibrary Loan Via Twitter: An Exploration of #icanhazpdf Requests" (PDF)http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2015/Gardner.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Pomerleau Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Wow James, Those are two great solutions - much easier than bothering Al Pater to send me the pdf of a paper! I tried the first one via the Chrome browser plug-in and it worked the very first time - the not-normally-available-to-me paper popped right up. Hopefully it won't be taken down anytime soon... Here is a BBC article on the Twitter hashtag #ICANHAZPDF (play on 'I can have pdf') discussing the legality / ethics of scientific paper sharing via this service. --Dean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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