How to gain access to academic literature?

AD2011

No, I unfortunately am not providing a guide on how to do this but rather ask how one can get access to such papers.

I used to have access to a wide range of providers during my time as a student however I have since completed my line of study and have had permissions removed.

Any help?

Mayberry

Google first, there are plenty that are free. Next check torrents. Then you can try asking around, like here. I know at least several of us have access.

Slartibartfast

Your local library may have access to various databases.

Gallows

Post the title of the paper you want on Totse, and the Totseans that are still students will see if they can get you a .pdf.

RemadE

I am torrenting loads on TPB. If you have any requests, drop them by me and I'll see what I can do. I'm a 2nd year student at University.

culinaryoverlord

Anyone got any books from taking their cooking apprenticeship? I am challenging my exam in two months, and although I have tons of experience, my book knowledge is minimal. I need to make sure my answers are textbook correct. Not "my way", but "the way".

dr rocker

My account to accademic resources ran out last year, otherwise I would have got whatever people wanted.

I will say that a lot of the time you do not have to log onto a university network to get access to the portal to log on to accademic resource sites - so people can share u/names and passwords if they trust the person they are sharing with.

The only thing to be aware of is that if you are using some one elses U/name and password, use a proxy based in the same country as the person who owns the account.

While the admins of the accademic resource sites to not look at frequency of use or the materials being accessed, if some one is accessing an account from an offshore IP it is flagged right away.

RemadE

These are the threads I made about it a few months ago:-

http://totse.info/bbs/showthread.php?t=6956
http://totse.info/bbs/showthread.php?t=6957

Unknown

A lot of libraries (mine included) buy subscriptions to academic resources. Not many people take advantage of them, but if you ask a librarian they'd probably be happy to tell you.

skunk

http://scholar.google.com/

http://infomine.ucr.edu/

http://www.academicindex.net/

http://www.biomedcentral.com/search/bmc/advanced

http://www.doaj.org/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed

http://www.scirus.com/

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/

http://mel.org/SPT--BrowseResourcesNewMeL.php