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How to access published papers for free

how to access published papers for free
Source: The Verge

Accessing a published paper in the right way is too costly. So Alexandra Elbakyan an Under Graduate student from Kazakhstan developed a website that can access all the published papers from the top publishers. The pirate queen was sued for infringing copyrights.

Where can you access?

 https://sci-hub.tw/

If the link is not working. Please let me know in the comments. I will update the working link.

How can you access?

You need to enter DOI of the published papers to download.

What is DOI?


Is This Legal?

No

Then why am I promoting it?

Right to education to everyone is part of the Indian Constitution. Even though it is wrong to infringe copyrights, I encourage this project as its main aim is to have an Open Access to all scientific published work. This blog post is the last thing I can do to support a good cause. 

Got More Time?

Read this article on the verge to find out more about pirate queen Alexandra Elbakyan


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