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

submitted 11 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 11 months ago (1 children)

Depending on where you live, you might find them in a university library.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My library doesn’t have it unfortunately. I’ve asked for help anyway, perhaps through an inter-library loan. We’ll see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can’t you ask your university library to order the newest versions?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I did ask them to check if they could access it through interlibrary loan. We’ll see. Buying the book seems prohibitive though. It’s highway robbery prices.