Comments on: Get research papers free

By: mp3man

mp3man — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:22:33 +0000

Now that Google has added blog search, it is very easy to get the full text of articles in the New York Times that would notmally be accessible only to “Times Select” members. Just search for a chunk of the introduction and/or the author’s name and the article title in Google blog search and you will almost certainly find a blogger who has reposted the complete story on their blog. Best to find at least two independent bloggers who have done this if you want to double check that they have not altered the text.

By: Andrew Sun

Andrew Sun — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:37:14 +0000

Wiley InterScience provides remote-access activation service for access outside the institute network. Sign up an in your individual account via your institute network and go to Profile page, click the Activate Roaming Access button on the right then you’ll get 90-day outside the institute network the same access powers as your institute has. This is useful when for instance I am off campus in vacation, though it is easily abused by signing up numerous accounts and giving them to others.

By: sciencebase

sciencebase — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:31:50 +0000

Good point! If I’m just vaguely curious about a paper I usually do a quick search on a segment from its title, limiting the search (sometimes to the principle author’s domain with a keyword like site:rice.edu, site:ic.ac.uk, or whatever). If that doesn’t find me an eprint, then I’ll contact the author direct.

By: Michael Kenward

Michael Kenward — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:14:07 +0000

When you see a paper that interests you, even if it is hidden behind a subscription wall, you may find a copy on the researcher’s own web site. An email to the authors can also elicit a copy.

By the way, you need to edit “For scientists who publisher …”