This code is associated with the paper from Himmelstein et al., "Research: Sci-Hub provides access to nearly all scholarly literature". eLife, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.32822

Data on Library Access to Scholarly Literature

This repository is cataloging University Library access to scholarly literature. Scholarly articles are identified using their DOIs. The impetus for this project was this discussion on the Sci-Hub Coverage Study.

Environment

This repository uses conda to manage its environment as specified in environment.yml. Install the environment with:

conda env create --file=environment.yml

Then use source activate library-access and source deactivate to activate or deactivate the environment. On windows, use activate library-access and deactivate instead.

Using the Code

The code files in this repository assume that your working directory is set to the top-level directory of this repository.

License

The files in this repository are released under the CC0 1.0 public domain dedication (LICENSE-CC0.md), excepting those that match the glob patterns listed below. Files matching the following glob patters are instead released under a BSD 3-Claue license (LICENSE-BSD-3-Clause.md):

• *.py
• *.md
• .gitignore
• *.r
• *.sh