Comments | elengul: My journal access has failed me ...

elengul

My journal access has failed me ...

Mar 17, 2009 10:00

I had really thought that the library here at work had access to any journal I'd ever really want to read. Today I discover that's not true. Now I get to do one of the following ( Read more... )

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anasai March 17 2009, 14:10:55 UTC

What article? I can see if we have access to it.

elengul March 17 2009, 14:20:04 UTC

The journal is "Physics Essays" which is put out by the American Institute of Physics. The title of the article is, "Gravitation as a self-movement of matter due to the exchange of gravitons."

Thanks!

anasai March 17 2009, 14:44:16 UTC

Blah. Penn has it but I can't seem to get it to work for me, I guess because I'm not currently enrolled, and MIT doesn't have it. :( Good luck.

elengul March 17 2009, 18:03:21 UTC

Thanks for trying! I think I have a line on it.

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beguine March 17 2009, 16:43:05 UTC

If all else fails, see if you can find the email address for the first or last author, and ask if they will email you a copy. My review is in a relatively obscure journal, and I get email requests for it all the time.

elengul March 17 2009, 18:02:42 UTC

I've already been in contact with the author, and he indicated that if I didn't have a subscription to the journal then I'd have to purchase it. Now, I didn't specifically ask for it for free from him, but that kind of feels skeezy to me. Thankfully, Mr(s). Anonymous-Wapple below found a convenient and free way to obtain said journal.

beguine March 17 2009, 19:26:44 UTC

Wow! That's weird. Most authors I know are like "sure. (my work is important, yay!)" Well, glad you managed to get it.

elengul March 18 2009, 02:23:11 UTC

Sadly, that link didn't actually work out, so I think I'm going to try to get work to buy it for me.

anonymous March 17 2009, 17:46:53 UTC

There is a 6 month moving wall for that journal. So you could also just wait 6 months and read it then. Another option is to go to their website and sign up for their free 1-year online trial: https://secure.physicsessays.com/purchase.aspx?act=fre

tian_shi March 18 2009, 00:50:25 UTC

Doh, UMD's no good either. The most recent 6 months is unavailable. If you wanna wait, I can definitely get you a copy.

elengul March 18 2009, 02:24:25 UTC

"Wait"? Is that even still a word used in modern parlance? Instant gratification is too slow!