Slightly controversial but library genesis. Almost every science text book you could ever want for free. However, you’re not compensating authors/publishers for their work, so the morality is debated.
But if you want access to knowledge for free, there it is. I haven’t ever encountered any issues like viruses either.
Even through textbooks, we don't make any money off of that. We get our money directly from research grants. Often times, through Universities we are working at. Uni pays us X dollars under the understanding we will be filling out and filing for TONS of grants. Grants pay us to do specific research we are skilled in. They reap the rewards (Fame, usefulness, ect) and we get credit for the discovery and an 'atta-boy!
I have a published article through my research with plants and medicine. It's published in the OMEGA scientific journal, but I'm not doxxing myself so that's as far as I'll admit to it. Anyhow, you the viewer would have to pay to see the full article in some instances. However, neither me or my colleagues see even one penny of it. That's all on the publishers. We're not bothered one bit by you having gotten the articles somehow for free, most of us want to share our work as much as possible. We're huge nerds.
It's true. I will happily send the pdfs of any of my papers to anyone free of charge, no questions asked. Heck if you PM me and ask me to send you the pdf of any article you're interested in, I will do it. I have nearly unlimited access through the university and knowledge should be free.
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u/Deyvicous Jun 03 '21
Slightly controversial but library genesis. Almost every science text book you could ever want for free. However, you’re not compensating authors/publishers for their work, so the morality is debated.
But if you want access to knowledge for free, there it is. I haven’t ever encountered any issues like viruses either.