I apologize, you are right. I misinterpreted the information given on the membership benefits page (about the IEEE Member Digital Library). Apparently membersh

I apologize, you are right. I misinterpreted the information given on the membership benefits page (about the IEEE Member Digital Library). Apparently membership to individual societies (add $9-$53/year, depending on the society) may give you access to several journals via IEEEXplore (IEEE Trans. Image Proc.; Audio Speech Lang. Proc., etc. for Signal Processing Society). As I can't find a reliable source to quote (their page is a mess), I can only speak for myself. I became a student member because of the ridiculously high conference fees they charge, which are heavily reduced if you are a member and/or student (Conference pricing deserves a rant of its own. But I digress.).