I agree with you. I want to point out though that the older interlibrary loan system still exists, if you want to access papers off-line and at a cheaper rate.

I agree with you. I want to point out though that the older interlibrary loan system still exists, if you want to access papers off-line and at a cheaper rate. For example, http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/ill/ http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/ill/ says "Anyone who has access to the [Cambridge] University Library may use this service. The fee for an Inter-Library Loan request is currently £3.00 for members of Cambridge University and £6.00 for all other readers." And for Sheffield, http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/ilcharges http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/ilcharges suggests it would be £9.40 for an article. I don't know about the UK, but here in Sweden it's easy to get a library card for the local university library, and access to their ILL services.