Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information

Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by kqr on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:30AM (#19561008)

Another thing Sci-Hub gets right is UX: I have online access to many papers through my uni, but it takes like 7 clicks, 4 redirects, and a minute of my time to get there -- when the system works at its best! Through Sci-Hub, it reliably takes one click and 5 seconds. Of course that's what I'm going to use.

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Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by durability on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:37AM (#19561266)

Haha yeah. I’m also a researcher at a big uni and I do have legit access to every relevant journal for me. If I need a new paper I do a google scholar search first, and if it doesn’t say “pdf” but instead wants me to jump through hoops to log in and download then I just hit my bookmarklet to get it from scihub.

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Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by iamcreasy on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:11AM (#19561900)

Same here. I even use SciHub to get my own papers. It's way easier to get them through SciHub then browsing through old file/folders.

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Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by jonathanstrange on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @04:49AM (#19561822)

Same here, I usually get it from Sci-Hub instead of the legit link, because it's faster and easier.

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Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by chaosbutters on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:27AM (#19562472)

my work is the same, I have to spend 2-3 minutes just getting to the portal to download

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Re:Sci-Hub and Alexandra Basic Information by agumonkey on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @06:53AM (#19562307)

very often ~piracy-like websites aim at efficiency .. maybe the lack of inertia

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