05-02-2005 01:29									#1
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Mine is jstor.org hands down. Although what blows about it is the PDFs are not searchable. So far I haven't been able to find anything to convert them... but still, their selection is unbeatable. They must have many hundreds of journals in their database.

I use a couple of other ones like Wilsonweb, but they pale in comparison with JSTOR. So which ones do you use for finding academic journal articles, if any? I'd love to hear of a great one I hadn't tried before... maybe my University offers a subscription.

Feel free to partake in what could quite possibly turn into the most boring thread ever

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	05-02-2005 01:42									#2
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I admit ignorance in the matter, but are you aware of http://scholar.google.com/ ? I understand it can be quite effective.

	05-02-2005 01:45									#3
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What topics are you interested in?

	05-02-2005 01:48									#4
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Depends what I'm looking for.

The ACM has a massive library that's quite useful, IBM has a huge intranet library, and I also use Google Scholar.

	05-02-2005 02:05									#5
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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc What topics are you interested in?

Well the only ones useful for me and my studies are ones which have ANTH/PSYCH/SOC/HIST/REL articles. But really I'm just interested in what other people use, and if anyone uses JSTOR as well.

quote: I admit ignorance in the matter, but are you aware of http://scholar.google.com/ ? I understand it can be quite effective.

I've heard that too... I haven't really been able to put it to good use yet though.

	05-02-2005 09:47									#6
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PUBMED is good.

	05-02-2005 11:05									#7
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http://xxx.lanl.gov/

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	05-02-2005 11:51									#8
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I use jstor too

...in fact, it's 6.50 AM here and i havent been to bed yet because Ive spent pretty much the whole night looking through jstor papers for my dissertation

	05-02-2005 12:25									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger PUBMED is good.

	05-02-2005 14:58									#10
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IEEE

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Stopped reading em. Too much bullshit. Stopped going to meetings too. Now I'm a hermit when in my lab and I keep my findings to myself.

	05-02-2005 22:25									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Zulu Elephant I use jstor too ...in fact, it's 6.50 AM here and i havent been to bed yet because Ive spent pretty much the whole night looking through jstor papers for my dissertation

JSTOR has saved my ass countless times as well.

	05-02-2005 22:40									#13
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"IEEE"

Yeah, got any passes for their archives?

	05-02-2005 23:32									#14
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH Stopped reading em. Too much bullshit. Stopped going to meetings too. Now I'm a hermit when in my lab and I keep my findings to myself.

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FoxNews?

	06-02-2005 01:12									#16
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CiteSeer and Google (Scholar).

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I have access to Proquest through my school, as well as a number of (less useful) other databases.

	06-02-2005 03:29									#18
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I used to subscribe for Nature

But their articles are really deep. You need some heavy basics to understand them

	06-02-2005 03:35									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Chemical Ollie I used to subscribe for Nature But their articles are really deep. You need some heavy basics to understand them

	06-02-2005 04:23									#20
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quote: Originally posted by SpencerH Stopped reading em. Too much bullshit. Stopped going to meetings too. Now I'm a hermit when in my lab and I keep my findings to myself.

In the true scientific spirit of cooperation and open disclosure, I'm sure.

	06-02-2005 04:31									#21
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The problem I find is that people who write research papers are generally far from good writers. They are so dry and difficult that I found the contents of them impossible to stick to my mind...

	06-02-2005 04:40									#22
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT In the true scientific spirit of cooperation and open disclosure, I'm sure.

Dont want the bastards with deep pockets and myriads of panting post-docs to steal the ideas before they're totally ready for consumption. Science is a cut throat business.

	06-02-2005 07:57									#23
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison The problem I find is that people who write research papers are generally far from good writers. They are so dry and difficult that I found the contents of them impossible to stick to my mind...

That's because they are all writen to supply the bare bones information for specialists in the field. That's why there are scientists and writers who popularise science. Of course, the two groups can overlap

	06-02-2005 07:58									#24
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I haven't had too much difficulty, generally, in reading scientific papers. There was one where I simply had no ****ing clue what they were saying, but the rest are pretty easy to follow.

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quote: Originally posted by Pekka "IEEE" Yeah, got any passes for their archives?

Yeah, it's called becoming a member

The annual fee is reasonable, and there are all sorts of discuounts you can apply, e.g. economic hardship, student, etc.

	06-02-2005 08:53									#26
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	06-02-2005 18:28									#27
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I use sciencedirect, I have access through my uni

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science
and
http://www.scirus.com/

I sometimes have a look at Citeseer too, as well as http://www.mathtools.net/

	06-02-2005 21:17									#28
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I occasionally use Nature, Science and The Lancet as sources. I donīt understand half of it, but enough to quote it in a proper context...

If itīs politics I use these links: http://www.internationalen.se/links.php?cat.14