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Where to turn to if I need books that are paywalled behind overly expensive academic portals? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I need some books paywalled behind Oxford Politics Trove and they aren’t on Anna’s lib, Zlib, Libgen, Memory of the World, Aaarg, or the Internet Archive. Not sure to whom else to turn to. I hate that knowledge like this is paywalled, and I highly doubt the authors will be paid if I pay the highway robbery of a price.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Have you tried emailing the authors? It's well known that some folks will gladly respond with a copy of the paper at no charge.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s not usually an option for books. Articles, maybe, but I need textbooks.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

Welp, I totally misunderstood the question then. Sorry.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

IIRC: The Oxford Politics Trove is more text books than academic papers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know why people keep pushing this myth.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What makes you think it's a myth?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Because it is a myth. Many friends have attempted this and got no response whatsoever. Pretty much almost never have they actually gotten access to the papers by mailing the researchers directly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

People are busy, and academics especially get tons of emails to wade through. When we say that authors will gladly share their papers, it means that the incentives are aligned such that it benefits them to share their work for free. It doesn't mean that they'll drop everything else to respond to your email.