I've seen a few posts here on LI who share links to websites which are behind a paywall and an alternate links to access them for those without a subscription. Is there a way to bypass the paywall and how to do it? I need to access a few articles behind paywalls for my research. I'm not being selfish, I would pay to support such writers absolutely, but since I need to access multiple websites, it's just not sustainable for me to pay for every website's subscription. Would be really grateful for any responses.
Student doesn’t mean you get a free pass at piracy. Gen Z’s sense of entitlement has reached pathetic levels. You cry if someone suggests A0-A2 shouldn’t get bonuses on top of their salaries but you are perfectly fine for a poor academician / researcher / writer losing out in revenue because you don’t want to pay up.
None of the paywall for articles is for paying the author or researchers. Only for profit making publishers. If you actually were aware of the academic publishing industry, then you would have known that.
Go to google and search for Bypass Paywalls github. Go to the first link; download the repository file, extract it, follow the instructions by enabling dev mode on extensions and install the file (by drag dropping it). Works like a charm for most foreign news sites.
If you have the doi of the article, use the scihub website - this is for journals. For news/websites, incognito/different browser/incognito on second device, also a couple of browser extensions available on Chrome.
If the article has been indexed on google you could try to open the cached version of it by pressing the drop down arrow beside the link and selecting "cached". You could also tweak your settings to look like you are google's crawler by changing your user-agent in your browsers settings. Some websites allow full access to google's user agent for the purpose of a better SEO ranking.
There is no need to be ashamed or embarassed about this. Information should always be free. When you are paying, you are not really supporting the author. You are supporting a capitalist corporate.
There are multiple ways to access academic content behind paywalls. Some of them have already been listed online.
If you do a google search in paywall bypass, you will find a lot more options.
But if you are sure about what you want, and the author is still alive, contact the author. They will be more than happy to help you out. If the author cannot be contacted via email, reach out to their critics / followers / supporters. Everyone is more than happy to help.
These corporate rats won't understand why information should always be free.
There are multiple ways to access academic content behind paywalls. Some of them have already been listed online.
If you do a google search in paywall bypass, you will find a lot more options.
But if you are sure about what you want, and the author is still alive, contact the author. They will be more than happy to help you out. If the author cannot be contacted via email, reach out to their critics / followers / supporters. Everyone is more than happy to help.
These corporate rats won't understand why information should always be free.