Ranking of websites for finding and downloading foreign language documents:
No. 4: sci-hub. Many scientific researchers know this website. The advantage is that you can download English documents for free, but the disadvantage is that the website is not stable. Domain names are often changed, and you need to know clearly which document you need to download and the accurate DOI number of the document. Enter the DOI number in sci-hub to search and download the full text. However, if you have not found the document you specifically need, you will not be able to download it. It is suitable to use the sci-hub website. In addition, sci-hub has not yet included documents from 2022 and beyond. For documents before 2022, you can try this website.
No. 3: Google Scholar This website searches English academic documents for free. Now we use the Google Scholar mirror. You can search for documents by keywords, authors, references and other information. Remember to enter English. Google Scholar can also be used for advanced search, which is suitable for searching with only scattered search conditions. In addition to retrieving documents, some documents in Google Scholar can be directly downloaded.
No. 2: Web of Science This website is somewhat similar to Google Scholar. It is a search engine for foreign academic documents. Some documents also provide "free full text from the publisher" for direct download, but it is different from Google Scholar. Yes Web of Science requires permission to use. However, the search function of Web of Science is richer than that of Google Scholar, and the relevant information of searching documents is more detailed, such as: DOI number, corresponding author information, year, volume, issue, page number, impact factor, etc. You can also analyze test results, citation reports, create tracking services, and more.
Web of Science collects references cited in papers. Through a unique citation index, users can use an article, a patent number, a conference document, a journal or a book as Search terms, search their citations, easily trace back the origin and history of a certain research document, or track its latest progress; you can search wider, newer, and deeper. Web of Science also includes the three famous citation index databases (SCI, SSCI, Aamp; HCI).
No. 1: Why does Document Party Downloader put this website in the first place? This website is an integration website of Chinese and foreign literature resources. The resources of sci-hub and Google Scholar mentioned above are covered by Document Party Downloader. All of them are available. Documents that cannot be downloaded from sci-hub and Google Scholar can basically be downloaded from the Document Party Downloader. The Web of Science database resource literature downloader resource library is also available.
In addition to these, other literature databases have also been integrated into the Literature Party downloader resource library, such as: Elsevier (ScienceDirect), Wiley, SpringerLink, EI (Engineering Index), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), Taylor & Francis (scientific and technological journal database), ProQuest (foreign doctoral thesis database), PubMed (biomedicine), etc.
Everyone knows that if you want to save time and energy, the most efficient way to download is to obtain it from the literature source database. However, if you do not have the resource permissions of the literature database, you will not have this trouble with the Document Party Downloader. , because the literature database is complete (both Chinese and foreign database resources are available). Basically this one site is enough for downloading documents.
However, to use the resources of Wenwen Party Downloader, you need to download the client on the homepage of the website. Log in to the client and enter the resource library. Because Wenwen Party Downloader is a resource integration platform, the client can better integrate the huge resource.