Now that Bsky is much livelier, re-running a query started months ago (perhaps by @isoutar.bsky.social ?). If you undertake non-university research (heritage, policy, family history, journalism etc.) how do you access paywalled academic content? Do you know about & use uni. OA repositories? 1/2
My current solution is being employed by a uni but in a non-academic role! Otherwise definitely use institutional repositories, ResearchGate/Academia etc. And make sure all my pubs are available as green OA on my own website and at Knowledge Commons
I didn’t know free access was available! Definitely looking into this
Why pay when you can scihub
Folks might like the Unpaywall browser extension, which'll link abstracts to full-text versions of the article in question if there's one accessible online unpaywall.org/products/ext...
I use remote London Library access to JSTOR, but it's very expensive. Also have a limited amount of alumni university access.
I have a friend with a university login... One day she'll get fed up with me asking for pdfs, I'm sure!
We have an amazing state archive and state-run regional archives for primary source materials (which have LDS microfilmed birth, death, and marriage records), and I love a university library for access to journals.
I've just found this directory of open access books so thought I'd come back to this thread to share it in case it's of use to anyone www.doabooks.org
One option for those who have edited a bit on Wikipedia (6 months of editing / 500 edits) is The Wikipedia Library, which has access to a large number of collections, including many newspapers
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