Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

That looks interesting. I’ve recently been reading the author information for a couple of journals and it costs quite a lot to make your paper open access. As I understand it, the author (or their institution) pays for the privilege.

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

That looks interesting. I’ve recently been reading the author information for a couple of journals and it costs quite a lot to make your paper open access. As I understand it, the author (or their institution) pays for the privilege.

If they have a web site they can just link to it for free, surly.

Peak Warming Man said:

buffy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

That looks interesting. I’ve recently been reading the author information for a couple of journals and it costs quite a lot to make your paper open access. As I understand it, the author (or their institution) pays for the privilege.

If they have a web site they can just link to it for free, surly.

If you go to a scientific journal website, there will be some published papers Open Access, which anyone can read, but most (in medical fields) are only available on subscription.

This is Clinical and Experimental Optometry. In the July edition, there is only one Open Access paper. The one with the little open padlock on it. If you try to access any of the others, you hit a “please pay” page.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cxo.v99.4/issuetoc

I imagine that this would piss Elsevier off.

sibeen said:

I imagine that this would piss Elsevier off.

it has.

ChrispenEvan said:

sibeen said:

I imagine that this would piss Elsevier off.

it has.

Hah!

buffy said:

This is Clinical and Experimental Optometry. In the July edition, there is only one Open Access paper. The one with the little open padlock on it. If you try to access any of the others, you hit a “please pay” page.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cxo.v99.4/issuetoc

that’s the nice thing about having a student number.. of course the uni pays so I don’t have to

Arts said:

buffy said:

This is Clinical and Experimental Optometry. In the July edition, there is only one Open Access paper. The one with the little open padlock on it. If you try to access any of the others, you hit a “please pay” page.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cxo.v99.4/issuetoc

that’s the nice thing about having a student number.. of course the uni pays so I don’t have to

It was the nice thing about having a daughter with a student number, too. Before then, CSIRO paid for my Elsevier and similar access. Now I just swear at the articles I can’t access.

Thank goodness for Arxiv access.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

Tried it out yet?

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

Tried it out yet?

Not with any success. I tried some very general search words (like concrete) and the exact title of an article mentioned by buffy. I just get back a message saying something like Can’t find “my search text”, with my search text having something in Russian script added at either end.

So at the moment I don’t know how you access all the goodies they have in store, or even find out what they are.

I also found another sci-hub site with a different extension (.org maybe) that seems to be a totally different organisation, with a small number of open access journals.

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

Teleost said:

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

That’s OK, I like older papers :)

Any recommendations on how to find what is in there?

The Rev Dodgson said:

Teleost said:

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

That’s OK, I like older papers :)

Any recommendations on how to find what is in there?

I’ve had a look and I’ve got to page 1 that has a raven holding a key in it’s mouth.
They want information input before you can get to page 2.

There’s a really annoying YouTube video on how to use it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdHGqi2hdQM

Might have a proper look later.

If anyone finds unannoying instructions, please let us know :)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Teleost said:

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

That’s OK, I like older papers :)

Any recommendations on how to find what is in there?

yes, find the DOI for the article that you want and put that in the search string.

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Teleost said:

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

That’s OK, I like older papers :)

Any recommendations on how to find what is in there?

yes, find the DOI for the article that you want and put that in the search string.

e.g.

This nature article is behind a paywall

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v516/n7531/full/nature14026.html

So copy and past the DOI:

10.1038/nature14026

and put in the search box

poikilotherm said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Teleost said:

It’s OK for older papers, but if you’re after anything published this year it’s not so useful.

That’s OK, I like older papers :)

Any recommendations on how to find what is in there?

yes, find the DOI for the article that you want and put that in the search string.

OK, just worked that out by trial and error :)

At least I assume the thing I copied from the Elsevier site was a DOI. I’ve never heard of them before.

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

It works. I just got into
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6311/438.full
Using sci-hub

It’s a paper about the formation of a huge multiringed crater on the moon, as observed using gravity anomalies.

mollwollfumble said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Looks like it might be handy:

http://sci-hub.cc/

the first pirate website in the world to provide mass and public access to tens of millions of research papers

It works. I just got into
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/354/6311/438.full
Using sci-hub

It’s a paper about the formation of a huge multiringed crater on the moon, as observed using gravity anomalies.

Thanks for re-posting that. Bookmarked.

(I’ll check it later – I was after a particular paper about the Merelani deposit today, which was behind a pay-wall. But I got a copy another way.)

Just used it to find an IEEE document and it worked :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

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xxx here!
http://xxx.lanl.gov/

Thanks. Worked a treat.

:)

Thanks again, Rev. I just used it to access another paper. It’s a fabulous resource.

Michael V said:

Thanks again, Rev. I just used it to access another paper. It’s a fabulous resource.

Me too. I’ll bookmark it next time I get the chance.

Michael V said:

Thanks again, Rev. I just used it to access another paper. It’s a fabulous resource.

+1