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0 pointsthrdbndndn4y ago0 comments

Interestingly, when I was still in university, I never used Sci-hub at all. I can download almost any paper using school's network (or VPN) since the library have subscriptions for basically all the major publishers.

I only started to use it occasionally once I've graduated (but I didn't really do any formal research any more.)

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eldaisfish4y ago

perhaps you're aware of this but sci-hub solves a second problem in addition to simply access - ease of use. Using a library's system requires a proxy or VPN or a credential verification of some sort.

Sci-hub requires the title of the paper. that's it.

thrdbndndnOP4y ago

You do need to enable VPN if you're off campus, yes, but that's it. It's super simple, you don't need to go though library's website or anything.

I use Google Scholar search exclusively to find papers and you can directly click the link to open the paper (and then download). Constantly copying pasting title, URL or DOI into sci-hub is actually a hassle in this respect when you're just browsing around (I guess there must be extensions or userscripts to make it better, though).

VortexDream4y ago

Interestingly, every student I know uses sci-hub.

chakkepolja4y ago

Interestingly it's almost necessary in third world.

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