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Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds (torrentfreak.com)

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A recent study published in the Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice sheds light on people's motivations to use Z-Library. Expensive books and limited access to academic material play a key role among those surveyed. That includes a group of Chinese postgraduate students who believe that shadow libraries help to overcome (academic) poverty.

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[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 4 points 5 hours ago

Eternally grateful

[-] halm@leminal.space 30 points 11 hours ago

Shocker! Good for them, course literature costs a literal fortune.

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 hours ago

The word your looking for is extortion

[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 9 points 10 hours ago

Not just students...postdocs too :/

[-] Ilandar@aussie.zone 1 points 5 hours ago

One of my lecturers had it bookmarked in his browser lol

[-] Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Easier to search than many "official" channels...

[-] xiao@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 hours ago

Modern Robin Hood

[-] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 hours ago

So obvious it made me laugh.

[-] Agosagror@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 hours ago

Damn, that's wild. Didn't believe it until I read the article.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Too bad it got shut down

[-] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 11 hours ago

There are many other instances.

[-] halm@leminal.space 5 points 10 hours ago

They're like Cylons

THERE ARE MANY COPIES

AND THEY HAVE A PLAN

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Go on…

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024

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