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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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Handles@leminal.space
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Shocker! Good for them, course literature costs a literal fortune.

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Sabre363@sh.itjust.works
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The word your looking for is extortion

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jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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So obvious it made me laugh.

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Gsus4@mander.xyz
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Not just students…postdocs too :/

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Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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Easier to search than many “official” channels…

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xiao@sh.itjust.works
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Modern Robin Hood

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Eternally grateful

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