Greetings, scholars!

Please leave suggestions, edits, tips, etc. in the comments or PM me.

Libgen’s shakeup the last few weeks has prompted the creation of this post as a reference thread for news and updates regarding the current state of affairs. We rely on the community for most of the Libgen news, so please comment here if you have any so that we can integrate it. Additionally, Libgen and Sci-hub user guides are (will be) posted below as comments which will be permalinked on the sidebar. Feel free to share these links with requesters who are not familiar with Libgen/Sci-hub.

With the increased difficulty (albeit not much for seasoned users) and uncertainty of accessing Libgen, we should remember that r/scholar began promoting their use only ~a year ago. As a fulfiller, you’re welcome to use whatever means of sharing you please, but please be considerate of those who have not used these services before and help them be successful. Of course it is your choice to directly upload articles via file hosting services, or suggest that a requester retrieve the article via Libgen/Sci-hub, but please be kind with your suggestions. The purpose of this subreddit remains unchanged: to (quickly) share knowledge with those in need. A giant THANK YOU to all those who have helped their brethren!

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Libgen status: Online (7/23/15) - Please consider making a donation for a new mirror

As of 7/21/15, the "Scientific articles" button appears to be gone from the main Libgen pages.

As far as I know, each of these links searches the same database.

• gen.lib.rus.ec. – online (UK requires proxy VPN, see below)

• libgen.io - online (US, UK require proxy VPN, see below)

• 93.174.95.27 – online (US, UK require proxy VPN, see below)

• libgen.in – offline for all

• libgen.biz – offline for all

Libgen servers are blocking USA IP addresses. Use free VPN service like betternet VPN (chrome:firefox) or Zenmate (chrome:firefox) to access. Zenmate is recommended because you can choose your country of proxy. You can also try hidebux or use the Tor browser. See this post for more discussion. UK IPs will not serve Libgen requests, but UKers can still access Libgen (I believe, correct me here) via http://gen.lib.rus.ec/ See this post for more discussion.

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News

A provocative piece in the Guardian predicting an academic ‘Biblioleaks’ and a further analysis of that article. August 13, 2015.

Court case filed in New York: Elsevier vs Sci-hub et. al

Libgen goes down due to legal pressure - June 22, 2015

Libgen sued by Elsevier - June 9, 2015

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Other Libgen/Sci-hub Links

Official DevForums (in Russian)

Info about Libgen from its forum

[Donate to libgen] (http://gen.lib.rus.ec/donate/): bitcoin 1ENFY4h7ntGZbqwcwpQtXVFJrPnfXRHQLe

Donate to Sci-hub: paypal mindwraper@gmail.com or bitcoin 1K4t2vSBSS2xFjZ6PofYnbgZewjeqbG1TM