If you are a research scholar, a Ph.D, M.Tech or M.Phil student, chance are, you probably are stuck up in finding the research papers.
Most of the reputed institutes do have a subscription to one or the another journal, but many institutes just plain ignore the need of a subscription.
So, where do we look for the research papers and get them for free?
Here are the various options that I have come across while searching for research papers during my research work. No one solution apply for everyone but I am pretty sure any one of these options will certainly be help you out.
Finally, always try to use the legal options as, its always better to be on the right side of the law. But may be under certain circumstances, critical to you, you might be forced to use those other options. In any case, go ahead, and start finding your research papers/journal articles. But do always use your conscious.
Happy Researching!!!
Most of the reputed institutes do have a subscription to one or the another journal, but many institutes just plain ignore the need of a subscription.
So, where do we look for the research papers and get them for free?
Here are the various options that I have come across while searching for research papers during my research work. No one solution apply for everyone but I am pretty sure any one of these options will certainly be help you out.
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Free (Legal) Options:
- http//scholar.google.com:
- http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl:
- http://openj-gate.org/:
- http://www.researchgate.net/:
- Ask the author:
Tip: Try to contact the last author. He/she is often the Boss: The main researcher.
- http//scholar.google.com:
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Free (Illegal) Options:
- http://sci-hub.org:
- http://libgen.org/scimag/:
This is the alternative way to get into and search the servers of sci-hub.org. There are a few options like “Redirect” which you should probably use carefully. it redirects you to google scholar search if nothing is found. - http://booksc.org/:
This is a similar site to sci-hub.org. - http://www.freefullpdf.com/:
This is a similar site to sci-hub.org.
- http://sci-hub.org:
Finally, always try to use the legal options as, its always better to be on the right side of the law. But may be under certain circumstances, critical to you, you might be forced to use those other options. In any case, go ahead, and start finding your research papers/journal articles. But do always use your conscious.
Happy Researching!!!
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