POLITICS Journal Advertising/Integrity of Science

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> > Yeah, that's right; there's are tons of articles I'd love to read

> > instead of just an abstract, but I'm not in a position to pay the

> > fees and don't really have a personal *need* in terms of my

health.

> > But for information that could be relevant to a person's health

> > protocol, it's really infuriating that it would beyond the

financial

> > reach of the average person.

>

> It's not. Anyone can go to a university library to read them.

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Actually it is true that laziness is my main obstacle, but

I don't know if everyone's lucky like me with access to a well-

stocked university library and living in a region of the country with

a concentration of academic culture. What about someone in the

middle of, say, Oklahoma whose closest uni is several hours away and

doesn't even stock many journals anyway, and doesn't offer ILL to the

public? Maybe public library ILL is the answer? But it's kind of

crazy if anything's free through that channel but it can't just be

offered in an infinitely more convenient and efficient electronic

form.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania