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dub3's pixel tribute to Social Science Research Network in 1994: a Pioneer-era science site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1994 page

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Social Science Research Network (1994)

Last updated: see below.

Cost
1 RAM
Power
1
Rarity
Rare
Family
Institutions
Era
Pioneer (up to 1994)

What it does

Arrives with a shield. Ongoing: While this card keeps its shield, +2 Power to this card.

Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.

It costs 1 RAM to play and brings 1 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.

The site, in 1994

An open access library where researchers share early drafts and preprints, first in the social sciences and now across many fields.

In January 2013 it was ranked the largest open access repository in the world. It is a library and search engine, not a journal, and Elsevier bought it in May 2016.

In 1994: Founded by the financial economists Michael C. Jensen and Wayne Marr.

Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1994 page.

Put it on your site

Run Social Science Research Network, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1994. Paste this into your page:

Social Science Research Network is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1994, then plays a short scene. Want Social Science Research Network in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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