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Journals are priced for institutional libraries. They still don't know how to address the non-affiliated scholar market. While the industry evolves its busines
by T_S_ 16y ago
Journals are priced for institutional libraries. They still don't know how to address the non-affiliated scholar market.
While the industry evolves its business model we need to get stuff done. Here's a workaround: use Google Scholar.
Look for the link that says "All X versions". Find the free pdf pre-print, usually from on the author's home page. Works at least 80% of the time for me. The OP is right though, this doesn't work so well for older pre-interwebs articles.
- sid0 16y agoIt also doesn't work well for articles outside CS. Stab stab stab -- the journal model is hopelessly outdated in the digital age, and the sooner it disappears, the better.
- T_S_ 16y agoI agree. I hope that more journals adopt the JMLR model. The university system is already paying for all the editors we need. No need to pay twice now that distribution costs are near zero.