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Library Genesis (LibGen) is a shadow library project for file-sharing access to 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 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.
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][ 4][ 6][ 12][ 13] On October 3, 2023, Anna's Archive was reported to have scraped WorldCat, the world's largest book metadata database.
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. [2] 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. [4]
Librusec ( Russian: Либрусек) is a library internet portal, the owner of which, Ilja Larin ( Russian: Илья Ларин ), lives in Ecuador. Most of the content is in the Russian language, but the collection also has significant material in Ukrainian, Belarusian, English, German, French, Spanish and other languages.
The Genesis library was initially modest, but eventually grew to contain games to appeal to all types of players. The initial pack-in title was Altered Beast, which was later replaced with Sonic the Hedgehog. [10] Top sellers included Sonic the Hedgehog, its sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Disney's Aladdin. [11]
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