• Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    Sadly not always. Perhaps 80 % of the papers I try to find are there and perhaps 60 % of the books.

  • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    27·
    2 days ago

    I was going to comment that Library Genesis went offline earlier this year, but I’m very happy to see that I’m wrong and it seems to be back.

          • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            12·
            2 days ago

            I don’t understand why you’re getting downvoted. You’re not wrong. Sci-Hub focuses on academic journal articles, which are a pretty novel phenomenon. The first journal was created in the 17th century, and journals didn’t become the primary medium for publications until well into the 19th century. I wouldn’t say academia is “biased” per se, but it’s true that the academic publishing business is heavily dominated by western companies.

            • SpicyAnt@mander.xyzEnglish
              10·
              2 days ago

              I think both statements are true - not all knowledge is recorded by academia, and academia is heavily western biased.

              What I suspect is that the down-votes are because the first user was using hyperbole to make a positive comment about our ability to archive these documents and their value. The response points out something that is evident - obviously academic papers do not hold all human knowledge - and shifts the conversation into a not so casual topic of western biases. This sudden shift of the conversation from friendly-casual to geopolitical with little motivation can make some users upset.

              OR, as the other person suggested, maybe the mention of ‘western bias’ is enough to trigger some.

            • 9bananas@feddit.orgEnglish
              36·
              2 days ago

              the downvotes are due to the bullshit “bias” claim.

              let’s you know they’re a tankie…

              • FundMECFS@anarchist.nexusEnglish
                71·
                2 days ago

                Ah yes, I’m a tankie because I acknowledge the fact academia is dominated by the west? And therefore western epistemologies are favoured.

                I hope people stop using tankie as a meaningless word like in this case. And actually for its original meaning, which is so called “communists” who support the brutal repression of states like the soviet union and china. Which I do not.

              • jackr@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                51·
                2 days ago

                Or a postmodernist, or someone who knows their history? Or are you conna tell me the Ethiopian view is as represented as the English one?

    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      14·
      2 days ago

      Unlike wikipedia, they don’t offer a full torrent of the site, so it’s hard to estimate. I guess the closest point of comparison would be Anna’s archive index, since they have a rough filesize total?

  • Xavienth@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    I have been more often disappointed by sci-hub than satisfied, but maybe I just tend to look up more obscure or new research.