Academic Papers Liberated - Open Access to Knowledge

Open Access  Knowledge Liberated Academic Papers https://sci-hub.io/ If you: 1.  find an academic article -- eg search Google Scholar; 2.  click on the 'citation' option in the article; 2.  copy the site address provided in that citation blurb; 3. copy that address link to Sci-Hub input field & select the 'key' button (on the right); ...    it should retrieve the academic paper of your choice.  Wow! Cool graphics on that site: What could be better than crows & keys?  :) Russian to English Translation from:  https://vk.com/sci_hub Alexandra Elbakyan Alexandra Elbakyan The developer, programmer, the founder and the current site Sci-Hub Sci-Hub | Open access to scientific information By eliminating barriers to the dissemination of knowledge Website: http://sci-hub.io About Sci-Hub → Official site of the project Sci-Hub "We are fighting for freedom and mass dissemination of scientific knowledge in society. The purpose of the project - the removal of all barriers to scientific knowledge. A major barrier to this stage of development of human society - is a false idea of ​​the necessity of intellectual property, which restricts the freedom of copying the scientific and educational information. We stand for the abolition of the property; Communism - an essential component of the scientific ethos (Robert K. Merton) Sci-Hub project provides free access to scientific literature. Distribution of literature on the web is artificially limited to copyright laws, designed to protect "intellectual property." Now the project Library at sci-hub.io publicly available hosts more than 48 million peer-reviewed scientific articles are available for free download." Translation from:  https://vk.com/sci_hub ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT The academic paper liberation site Sci-Hub got a mention by WikiLeaks, so I thought I'd check it out. It was hard trying to figure out what material to look for, when I'm not sure what I want or how to best formulate the queries. Eventually searched for something connected to Sweden. Boy, there's some nut jobs in Sweden, I've discovered. I'm talking some really scary ppl -- and this is in what is supposed to pass for academia. Seriously, it's enough to make your hair stand on end. The left isn't just sick, it's dangerous. \/\/\/\/\/\/\\/\/ As it's frustrating not being able to occasionally access academic papers during online travels looking for more 'solid' info, this site is really cool.   P.S.   Just read the VK info re the abolition of intellectual property and I had to have a bit of a laugh at the communism quote, in light of my horrified assessment of the left of politics in Sweden. I'm still not convinced about the merits of the left, but I like access to free info.    ;) Hope this post makes sense.  I'm really, really, really sleepy & tired most of the time. Hard to focus & everything feels like it's in slooooooooooooww motion. Taking me FOREVER just to format the page etc ... it feels like HOURS to do the tiniest thing.  Freaking me out. LOL  ...  it's like being in a slow bubble.