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Where to turn to if I need books that are paywalled behind overly expensive academic portals? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I need some books paywalled behind Oxford Politics Trove and they aren’t on Anna’s lib, Zlib, Libgen, Memory of the World, Aaarg, or the Internet Archive. Not sure to whom else to turn to. I hate that knowledge like this is paywalled, and I highly doubt the authors will be paid if I pay the highway robbery of a price.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sci hub no longer updates, and these books are too recent.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Use libgen

Edit: you can also check the FMHY Wiki for sources.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I’ve already mentioned in the body that it ain’t on libgen. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a point of asking. I’ll check the other wiki though, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You sure about scihub? I am finished without it. Do you know what's going on there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, as a result of SciHub’s ongoing litigation in India, they voluntarily decided to stop updating their database. This is old news. You can look it up.