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Are you using Google Scholar for this research? http://scholar.google.com/ http://scholar.google.com/

• runn1ng 17y ago
  sadly, Google Scholar mostly gives me a lot of articles... that are all behind a paywall.
  • rortian 17y ago
    That mostly varies by area. Humanities are super tough to get. Most sciences, especially physics, will have a pdf that scholar will point you to. Of course, if you are at a university you can basically get anything.
  • middus 17y ago
    ...which does not make them less relevant, does it?
  • araneae 17y ago
    You should e-mail the corresponding author and ask them to send you a .pdf. It helps if you claim to be at a university from a poor, developing country and your library doesn't have any subscriptions. Some authors will also have the .pdf uploaded on their website.
    • robg 17y ago
      Upvote, but not for the suggestion to lie. It's a terribly inefficient system and all government grants should require any resulting publication be openly accessible. But until we get there, simply look for their website or send them a nice, short email with the publication in the subject line. If there are multiple authors, you could have more success with a middle author than the leading or trailing authors (first and last are often the lab head). An alternative is looking for an administrative contact on their website.