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Library Genesis (LibGen) is a file-sharing based shadow library website for scholarly journal articles, academic and general-interest books, images, comics, audiobooks, and magazines. The site enables free access to content that is otherwise paywalled or not digitized elsewhere. [1]
Z-Library (abbreviated as z-lib, formerly BookFinder) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to scholarly journal articles, academic texts and general-interest books. It began as a mirror of Library Genesis , but has since expanded dramatically.
Sci-Hub is a shadow library website that provides free access to millions of research papers, regardless of copyright, [4] by bypassing publishers' paywalls in various ways. [2] [4] [5] [6] Unlike Library Genesis, it does not provide access to books.
History. Anna's Archive was founded by the Pirate Library Mirror, a team of anonymous archivists, in direct response to law enforcement efforts to close down Z-Library in 2022. [1] [3] [7] [10] [11] In October 2023, Anna's Archive was reported to have "scraped" (downloaded the entirety of) WorldCat, the world's largest book metadata database.
The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...
Growth of Library Genesis, 2009-2022. One of the goals of shadow libraries is to more readily disseminate academic content, especially papers from academic journals. Academic literature has become increasingly expensive, as costs to access information created by scholars have risen dramatically in recent years, especially the cost of books.
Public libraries in North America. Patrons studying and reading at the New York City Public Library. A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes. It is operated by librarians and library paraprofessionals, who are also civil servants .
Sega CD. 32X. The Sega Genesis, also known as the Mega Drive [b] outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in 1989 in North America as the Genesis.