1/ This site apparently lets you enter any DOI number and get PDFs of locked papers http://sci-hub.cc/ Can't make any guarantees
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There is stiff competition, but the fact that so many academic papers are paywalled is the most perplexing thing about academia
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not so much perplexing as perfect example of how weird path-dependency can get.
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also - https://arxiv.org/ for science papers and recently-launched https://osf.io/view/socarxiv/ for social science
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Some journals support scholarly societies that fund scholarships to students in poor countries - this rips them off.
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the Open Access rabbit hole goes deep.
@ryanmerkley wrote more about it here http://www.wired.com/2016/04/stealing-publicly-funded-research-isnt-stealing/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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