I agree, papers are often publicly available somewhere indexed by Google, but I think that happens for less than half the papers I access.
If everything else fails and you really need it, the authors are usually happy to email you a copy upon request.
That’s a good point! However, authors are sometimes slow to respond, and most authors die (or, less drastically, some lose copies of and access to old papers).
I agree, papers are often publicly available somewhere indexed by Google, but I think that happens for less than half the papers I access.
That’s a good point! However, authors are sometimes slow to respond, and most authors die (or, less drastically, some lose copies of and access to old papers).