Malachi151

I have seen about 50 articles on JSTOR that I want to access, but I can't, and their policies seem insane. I actually do have a library membership to a library that grants access to JSTOR where I used to live in Florida, but you have to come in to the library to access the archive, you can't access it remotely, so that does me no good here.

Here in Colorado the only affiliated organizations are Universities, and I'm not attending schools at the moment. The only way to get individual access is on a per journal basis, which sucks.

Does anyone here use this, and if so, how?

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=002...3B2-2&access=1

S.C.Carlson

Most universities I'm familiar with do not require those using the computers in their libraries to actually be students, faculty, or staff. Just walk in and use it. You may have to show some ID at the door or otherwise sign in.

(Disclaimer: Colorado schools may be different; I have no way of knowing.)

Stephen

hatsoff

In the mean time I could email you copies of two or three articles. I have access through my college account. Just let me know.

Peter Kirby

Aye, be ye a pirate?

We should set up an exchange network for the have's and have-not's. Those who have access to these journal databases, post the PDF's to a closed list of those who request them. Those who have not, grovel profusely. And share the results of their research into these articles.

Who's with me?

The basic process would be:

(1) Person Researcher requests an article to the list.
(2) Person Provider provides an article by emailing the PDF and also putting the file into a closed database for the future researchers to access. (Alternative: Person Researcher becomes the provider in the future for said article, negating the need for a central database.)
(3) Person Researcher justifies their request of the article by either providing a comment on it, and/or linking to the research that resulted from reading it. This is the quid pro quo.

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Peter Kirby

Peter Kirby

I have created the DocExchange for the purposes just described. Please sign up if you, say, have university access, or if you seek access to such articles!

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Peter Kirby

Malachi151

This sounds great Peter, thanks. I'll look into this later today.

Chris Weimer

Peter - hoc pone in alio foro, si tibi placet.

arricchio

Like SC said, you can use the library at most universities, you just have to sign in and show ID.

If that doesn't work for you, let me know. I have access to JSTOR through my university. I could download the articles and email them to you. Would be glad to help.