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Independent observation: somebody really should provide a free database of academic papers. I'm graduating soon and not looking forward to paying ridiculous $29

• ninguem2 17y ago
  In some areas, it is common for the researchers to put their papers up on their web pages or on the ArXiv. Alternatively, just write to the author. They will send you a copy.
  • wheels 17y ago
    ...or write to anyone who is at a university. Skype / IRC are my standard mechanisms for such. I can usually get most papers inside of 10 minutes by pinging a couple people.
• tesseract 17y ago
  In my experience public libraries subscribe to many of the academic databases. Often you are able to use them from home by first going to the library's web site and clicking the link to whatever you want to use, rather than going to the publisher/database website directly. Maybe you will have to enter a library card number. Some university libraries also provide services to alumni, either free or for a fee (in the case of my university's library, I believe it's an annual fee rather than a la carte).