036 – Sci hub, earthquakes, listener mail, pirate jokes and another quiz!

Want to put together a tutorial? See someone with an unusual condition in clinic and want to access some up to date knowledge to look after them? The first thing most of us do is search the current literature – but then often we face this – look familiar? What is Sci Hub?

If you’re lucky you are an employee of a hospital / university or college that has a subscription and you can usually gain access eventually through these channels. But what if the journal is not included in their bundle or spare a thought for our colleagues living in less affluent conditions – how will they access up to date knowledge and research??

Join Graeme and I this week as we discuss earthquake stories, Sci-hub, open access publishing, pirate jokes, respond to some listener mail and I try out another quiz!

This Weeks Quiz

Who is this famous person? – I am an obstetrician!

Sci-Hub Open Access Related Links

Wikipedia Sci-hub page

Online Petition against Elseviers fees > 17200 academicsĀ 

Wikipedia academic publishing page

German universities cancel subscriptions to all elsevier journals and push for open access: Projekt DEAL

Podcast on the history of scientific publishing interview with Aileen Fyfe

Earthquake Related Links

1995_Gulf_of_Aqaba_earthquake

2018 WAAG Conference

 

 

2 thoughts on “036 – Sci hub, earthquakes, listener mail, pirate jokes and another quiz!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.