Finding Free Chemistry & Physics Articles Online

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The discussion centers on finding free access to chemistry and physics articles online, particularly those that are typically behind paywalls. Participants explore various resources and methods for accessing academic papers without purchasing them.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses interest in accessing articles from specific journals without purchasing them, emphasizing a desire to read rather than distribute the content.
  • Another participant suggests that Arxiv is a good resource for freely available articles, noting that all articles there are accessible.
  • A different participant mentions PubMed as another repository where many articles are free, although not all.
  • One participant inquires about the possibility of accessing articles through a university library if it carries the relevant journals.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the existence of free resources like Arxiv and PubMed, but there is no consensus on a single solution for accessing all desired articles without payment.

Contextual Notes

Some limitations include the variability in access to articles across different platforms and the potential need for institutional affiliations to access certain journals.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals interested in accessing academic articles in chemistry and physics, particularly those who are not affiliated with a university or institution.

Garlic
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Hello,
As a person who is really interested in chemistry and physics, I like to learn more about things that seem interesting to me. Internet has bee n a good source for me so far, but sometimes there are papers-articles I want to read, for example in http://pubs.acs.org/ or http://www.sciencedirect.com/ , I can't access to them because I have to buy them in order to read. Is there a way for me to read them without buying?
Please note that I don't mean pirating those articles. I (kind of) know that the price is necessary if you want to have rights to (for example) copy the articles and distribute them to your students and so on. But I just want to read them only because I'm curious- and don't intend to make benefits from it. Maybe they are letting students to read articles.
And one more thing, I'm new in the PF and while looking into the rules, I red that one should use those websites http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ or http://arxiv.org/ for quoting certain articles. Can I read articles freely there?
Thank you
 
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Arxiv is a good place to start, and AFAIK, the articles there are all freely available to read. Another good repository is PubMed:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

many of the articles there are free as well (not all, tho).
 
Thank you
 
How far are you from a university library? If it carries the journals that you're interested in, you can go there in person and read them.
 

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