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Hey, writers! Get academic research for free – without breaking the law –

Hey, writers! Get academic research for free – without breaking the law – | Everything open | Scoop.it
From tashasuri.com - April 19, 2019 10:46 AM

A while ago I asked if any writers wanted guidance on finding free – and most importantly, legal – access to academic research online. About 190+ respondents said yes. So belatedly, here’s some advice on finding research without paying for it.

Writers need access to academic research for lots and lots of reasons. When I started working on Empire of Sand I wanted to use India’s Mughal Empire for inspiration, which meant I specifically needed to research the history, culture and politics of that era and region of the world.

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Open Access Button

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From openaccessbutton.org - April 11, 2017 5:25 AM
Free, legal research articles and data delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors.
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New Open Access Button launched

New Open Access Button launched | Everything open | Scoop.it
From blogs.biomedcentral.com - October 30, 2014 12:52 PM
On Tuesday last week, a brand new version of the Open Access Button was launched. Here, we get the lowdown on the new features and the team’s plans for the future from one of the founders of the Button – David Carroll.
If you are reading this, I’m guessing that you are a student, researcher, innovator, or just someone interested in learning about the latest research. You may be doing incredible work, writing a manuscript or presentation, or just have a burning desire to know everything about anything. In this case I know that you are also denied access to the research you need by pages asking you to pay up to $40 for one piece of research. This happens ...Read more
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EIFL webinar: Discovering open access content and exploring legal alternatives to paywalls | EIFL 

EIFL webinar: Discovering open access content and exploring legal alternatives to paywalls | EIFL  | Everything open | Scoop.it
From www.eifl.net - June 26, 2018 5:56 AM

Learn how to use free, open source tools like Open Access Button and Unpaywall to find and share open access content.

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How a Browser Extension Could Shake Up Academic Publishing

How a Browser Extension Could Shake Up Academic Publishing | Everything open | Scoop.it
From www.chronicle.com - April 11, 2017 5:24 AM
Open-access advocates have had several successes in the past few weeks. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation started its own open-access publishing platform, which the European Commission may replicate. And librarians attending the Association of College and Research Libraries conference in March were glad to hear that the Open Access Button, a tool that helps researchers gain free access to copies of articles, will be integrated into existing interlibrary-loan arrangements.

Another initiative, called Unpaywall, is a simple browser extension, but its creators, Jason Priem and Heather Piwowar, say it could help alter the status quo of scholarly publishing.
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Students Launch Open Access Button to Map the Impact of Paywalls ...

Students Launch Open Access Button to Map the Impact of Paywalls ... | Everything open | Scoop.it
From oanow.org - November 27, 2013 5:51 PM
On Monday, the Open Access Button was launched at the Berlin 11 Student and Early Stage Researcher Satellite Conference. The Open Access Button is a new browser plugin that allows users to report when they hit a ...
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