Finding Free Chemistry & Physics Articles Online

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This discussion focuses on accessing free chemistry and physics articles online without purchasing them. Users recommend resources such as arXiv and PubMed, which provide a variety of freely available articles. Additionally, visiting a university library that subscribes to specific journals can offer access to the desired papers. The conversation emphasizes the importance of legitimate access methods rather than pirating content.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with academic publishing platforms like ACS Publications and ScienceDirect
  • Understanding of open-access resources such as arXiv and PubMed
  • Knowledge of university library systems and their journal subscriptions
  • Awareness of copyright and access rights related to academic articles
NEXT STEPS
  • Explore arXiv for freely available preprints in chemistry and physics
  • Investigate PubMed for access to biomedical literature
  • Visit local university libraries to utilize their journal subscriptions
  • Research open-access journals and their submission policies for future reference
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Students, researchers, and educators in the fields of chemistry and physics seeking legitimate access to academic articles without incurring costs.

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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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