In this article, we have shown you how to get a research paper for free. 1. Sci-Hub. Sci-Hub was originally started by Alexandra Elbakyan, a graduate student from Kazakhstan. This is a website. To truly understand a scientific work, you will often need to look up a term, dig through supplementary materials, or read one or more of the cited references. This process takes time. Some advisors recommend reading an article three times: The first time, simply read without the pressure to understand or criticize the work.2. Open Access Browser Extensions. More and more research is being published open access as governments around the world demand that research funded by taxpayer dollars be freely available to those taxpayers. Browser extensions have been created to make it easy to spot when the full text of an article is free. They say they have 85 scientific articles available in their archives. Works with Chrome or Firefox. PaperPanda PaperPanda is a free browser extension for Chrome that gives you one-click access to articles and journal articles. When you find an article on the publisher's site, simply click on the PaperPanda icon and the panda,