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Sequence
Name
Kind
Notes
https://www.google.com/
1
Google
Search
Always start with Google; use "filetype": e.g. try searching for "A Cyborg Manifesto filetype:pdf"
https://scholar.google.com
2
Google Scholar
Search
Searches scholarly sources; will often link available PDFs along the side; will at the very least help you locate alternate sources
https://www.crossref.org
3
Crossref
Search
Search for important metadata like DOI numbers, useful for websites like Sci-Hub
https://www.worldcat.org
4
World Cat
Search
World library catalogue; sometimes find links to open resources, but typically helpful for related information like editions, authors, etc.
https://whereisscihub.now.sh
5
Sci-Hub
Large repository of journal articles organised by DOI; either search by DOI on the Sci-Hub website or type "sci-hub.tw/" before the DOI in your URL bar: e.g. try "http://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/4091078"; (if sci-hub.tw isn't working, change the ".tw" at the end to reflect the working link)
http://gen.lib.rus.ec
6
Library Genesis
Large repository of books in both PDF and EPUB formats; check Wikipedia for alternate links at "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub"
http://b-ok.cc
7
Z-Library
Repository of books in both PDF and EPUB formats
https://booksc.xyz
8
BookSC
Branch of Z-Library; repository of PDF articles
https://archive.org
9
Internet Archive
Multi-format repository of books and other media; also use the Wayback Machine search bar at the top of the page to check if you can resurrect dead links (the Wayback Machine periodically archives websites, so the data might be retrievable)
https://aaaaarg.fail
10
Aaaaarg
Community-based repository of articles, books, and book chapters in curated collections; invitation required
https://library.memoryoftheworld.org
11
Memory of the World
Repository of books in both PDF and EPUB formats
https://monoskop.org/Monoskop
12
Monoskop
Wiki for arts, media, and humanities; hosts a lot of well-known critical theory essays, books, and papers
https://www.scribd.com
13
Scribd
Magazines, ebooks, and audiobooks; paid service with a 30-day free trial; try Scribd Downloader at "https://www.scrdownloader.com" to download documents
https://www.hathitrust.org
14
HathiTrust Digital Library
Rare or obscure digitised books (mostly by Google); use the Hathi Download Helper at "https://sourceforge.net/projects/hathidownloadhelper/" for easier downloading
https://forum.mobilism.org/viewforum.php?f=120
Mobilism
Fiction
Textbooks
Largely random collection of ebooks; free account required
https://ebookee.org
Ebookee
Fiction
Textbooks
Largely random collection of ebooks, sometimes useful for science, technology, and engineering textbooks in PDF and EPUB formats
https://ebook4expert.org/
Ebook4Expert
Fiction
Textbooks
Largely random collection of ebooks
https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=011394183039475424659:5bfyqg89ers
Chris Baughman's Custom eBook Search
Search
Textbooks
Custom Google Search focused on textbooks
http://all-ebook.info
All eBooks
Textbooks
Textbooks
https://www.gutenberg.org
Project Gutenberg
Books that are no longer covered by copyright
https://www.marxists.org
Marxists Internet Archive
Specialized
850 authors, 63 languages, 200,000 documents related to Marxism
http://libcom.org/library/authors
Libcom
Specialized
Collection of communist and anarchist documents
https://nosubject.com/Main_Page
No Subject
Specialized
Psychoanalysis wiki and resources
http://www.urbanlab.org
Urban Lab
Specialized
Files related to architecture and urbanism
https://www.e-flux.com/journal/
E-Flux
Specialized
Online art journal with a lot of writing by well-known artists and writers
http://www.ubu.com
UbuWeb
Specialized
Art and media repository
https://gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/content/accueil-en
Gallica
Specialized
Large collection of historical European and medieval documents
http://sacred-texts.com
Internet Sacred Text Archive
Specialized
Large repository of books on religion, mythology, folklore, and the esoteric
http://www.worldofmagazine.com
World of Magazine
Specialized
Repository of magazines
https://www.usmodernist.org/library.htm
US Modernist Library
Specialized
US Modernist has PDFs of the catalogues of many major and minor architecture magazines and journals of the 20th century, mainly American and English-language. If you're looking for a subject or topic, best just to use Google and refine by site: e.g., try Googling "Yamasaki site:usmodernist.org".
www.theanarchistlibrary.org
The Anarchist Library
Specialized
Anarchist PDFs
https://www.powerottawa.ca/research-repository/
POWER Research Repository
Specialized
PDFs of publications (including dissertations and theses) about sex work in Canada since 2015; bibliographies posted of earlier works
researchgate.net
ResearchGate
Specialized
Research sharing website for current science research
https://www.cairn.info/
Cairn
Private
Specialized
Search
Ask students at French institutions for access
http://criticaltheoryindex.org
Critical Theory Index
Private
Collection of critical theory PDFs
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByHICKHqwWv0S0xZcVh0V2xEQVk?fbclid=IwAR3SDrSFHKHO4fr_QGPyM9TgmbC1wv_EKSv-SccPhGg9mTNIaYmJpLSoc9M
Jonathan Peraza's Books
Private
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-eDuc-IZC4JfkxYUEpJN0YtMnl4WGZZT3JvbWxzV3VYSUIzRHpZNmozUW1RdV9yalhJRzg?fbclid=IwAR2iGW1DxPPBdndlcrjvK6k6_CsPxJ2kXyJ_1WMFxaVbAU68MXoma2SxA3M
NRV Liberation Collective Library
Private
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1D0M5OIr3CEECV6fWYZbli-0Z4ETtDFWJ?fbclid=IwAR19F0xYSeZavgEepEpDWts9eKcud1PcEyRDLI-4bn3paXxj0r3ltqrr4pA
Karly Andreassen's Readings
Private
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1DQUsG9YxIXflhQejJqcmgwbzgtcjQzbFlFU3BNeVJES1JwTW9hRmEwa0k4dUNVZEJzQzg?fbclid=IwAR1TSMZKnF5zAOHc6ySrquNeRuBVGtLseHIl0PLZhMErLkjlLME7jdnYxKY
Tevye Cowan's PDFs
Private
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-FNdqnRPibOMjFlTjlfNkI4YWc?fbclid=IwAR1TSMZKnF5zAOHc6ySrquNeRuBVGtLseHIl0PLZhMErLkjlLME7jdnYxKY
Race and Disability
Private
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/lcud5w6joqgp0/links_are_dead?fbclid=IwAR2TJH2LHwbKv-_omtzwkw1gGQYlRRkqkMy3bi-YClWsMOi4HtLVmlbhV2c
Called "links are dead"
Private
http://en.bookfi.net
BookFI
Similar to Z-Library; smaller collection
http://en.booklid.org
Booklid
Similar to Z-Library; smaller collection
https://www.openedition.org/?lang=en
OpenEdition
Humanities and social sciences books and journals
https://www.oapen.org/home
OAPEN
Repository of freely available books in the humanities and social sciences
http://www.openculture.com
Open Culture
Free online educational resource
https://www.ebookleak.com
eBook Leak
Fiction
Largely random collection of popular fiction
https://ebookbb.com/#
eBookBB
Fiction
Largely random collection of popular fiction
https://ebookhunter.ch
eeBook Hunter
Fiction
Largely random collection of popular fiction
https://twitter.com
Twitter
Software
Many authors, especially of recent or specialised papers, will be happy to respond to you on a public forum like Twitter with a copy of their paper. Reach out to them!
https://temp-mail.org
Temporary Mail
Software
Temporary/disposable email account service; good for signing up for temporary accounts or free trials
https://calibre-ebook.com
Calibre
Software
Ebook organising software and file format converter
https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com
Apprentice Alf's DeDRM
Software
Calibre plugin for removing DRM from files
https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
Bypass Paywalls
Software
Use the link for Chrome; for Firefox, use "https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox"
https://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/sg-bicentennial/rare-collections
NUS library
Specialized
Old journal articles, publications & historical sources on Singapore's pre-colonial and colonial history
https://valdaiclub.com/
Valdai Discussion Club
Specialized
Moscow-based think tank containing many articles concerning politics, economy, and international relations from a Russian perspective
http://www.freebookspot.es/
FreeBookSpot
Fiction
Largely random collection of popular fiction
https://lelibros.online/
Le Libros
Fiction
Fiction in Spanish
https://salah-library.net/
Library of Linguistics
Specialized
Textbooks
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0Bz011IF2Pu9TUWIxVWxybGJ1Ync
Black History Month Library
Private
https://bookshop.org/
Independent Bookshops
Search
US-based site where for searching the catalogues of independent bookstores. Buy books without giving Jeff Bezos more money!
https://thefunhouse.carrd.co/#
TOTALLY Not Educational Art Resources
Textbooks
Specialized
"Dedicated to making art education free and accessible to everyone." Art textbooks, etc. (https://twitter.com/rinsux/status/1275128592788324353)
https://tinyurl.com/yxq4omqa
Brill
Specialized
List of codes for journal access
https://epdf.pub/en/
EPDF
Textbooks
https://doku.pub/
Doku
Search
Textbooks
https://telegram.me/joinchat/Cdn35j0FlwHkKl7Z3-CWvw
A Group of Ebookz
Fiction
Textbooks
Telegram channel for requesting a specific ebook or audiobook with '#request <space> name of book'. They will get back to you in some time with the book. Before requesting, please search for the book in the files section of the channel. If the book is available as an ebook on Amazon or as an audiobook on Audible, chances are you'll get it on requesting.
https://www.facebook.com/proyectobiblio29
Proyecto Biblio29
Fiction
Specialized
Textbooks
Project Biblio29 was created by Argentine students of literature, linguistic, philology, etc. 99% of the content is in Spanish and it is about those subjects. Spanish is the usual language of comunication of the members. The project has Facebook groups, a Telegram Channel and a catalogue of titles stored in Mega.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1qGYL8CHZNedv1yemnHGu59fdNIpz87kT
The Black Library
Private
Textbooks
pdfdrive.com
PDF drive
Search
Textbooks
Fiction
No login required for download. Some books may only be available in one format (out of PDF/EPUB,MOBI). Try previewing the book before downloading to make sure you have the right edition.
https://www.epublibre.org
Epublibre
Fiction
Search
Textbooks
https://ebiblioteca.org/
Ebiblioteca
Fiction
Search
Textbooks
https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/17gBELijaEDSqg0I-NozAWWPWWGARH0gQ
Ambedkarism
Private
Specialized
Textbooks
https://www.pdfdrive.com/
PDF Drive
Search
https://books.google.it/books?id=D_15UtgRVJsC&printsec=frontcover&hl=it&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
@scihubot
Sci-hub
Search
Specialized
This is the sci-hub bot channel for telegram; it is very practical as one only need to send a doi to the channel to receive the paper as message attachment. No need of mirrors or vpns
https://www.free-ebooks.net/psychology
Free ebooks
Textbooks
https://www.freepsychotherapybooks.org/
Free Psychology Books
Textbooks
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
National Digital Library of india
Specialized
Textbooks
Search
Private
Fiction
I think its a valuable source for the researchers in south Asian studies. The People who have institutional access could help us with its content.
https://www.pdfdrive.com/believing-that-you-can-e21687884.html
PDF DRIVE
Fiction
Private
Search
Software
Specialized
Textbooks
https://www.cn-ki.net/
CN-KI
CNKI (Chinese national knowledge infrastructure) articles, needs registeration but works
https://zoboko.com/
Zoboko
Fiction
Textbooks
https://softarchive.is/
Soft Archive
Fiction
Search
Textbooks
https://en.booksee.org
Booksee
Search
10.1007/978-3-030-43356-7_19
zotero.org
Zotero
Specialized
The best way to organize your references. It'll even make your bibliography for you!
https://www.dedigger.com/
de digger
Search
publicly available google drive files
https://libstc.cc
The Standard Template Construct aka Nexus
Fiction
Textbooks
Specialized
Search
https://lite.bookracy.org/
Bookracy
Fiction
Private
Search
Textbooks
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