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My question is so basic that it doesn't even deserve to be called Pubmed 101.

I am trying to research some claims and am chasing down original studies. Most everything I find is listed as $25 for the PDF and I don't see any free options to view the study. Example.

While they offer a several hundred dollar option to view/download dozens of articles per year, I don't particularly care about this journal - I just want the one study. Is there a "professional association" you can join that lets you pay some fee and get access to all/many/some journals?

Thanks,

CT
 
Check your local medical college or university library.
They may allow you to make a copy of the journal for a few bucks.

Edit: Joining some of the professional websites will cost you about $200-500/yr
 
Many universities purchase institutional subscriptions to the publishers of these journals. That is probably your best bet, so if you have access to a university owned IP address you can likely view the articles online for free.
 
paximperium said:
Check your local medical college or university library.
They may allow you to make a copy of the journal for a few bucks.

Edit: Joining some of the professional websites will cost you about $200-500/yr
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ThunderChunky said:
Many universities purchase institutional subscriptions to the publishers of these journals. That is probably your best bet, so if you have access to a university owned IP address you can likely view the articles online for free.
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Ditto, with emphasis. I work for a university, and I can attest that they make many, many journals available for perusal.

Furthermore, depending on the university, you don't always have to be a university student or faculty member to access those resources. My university is a state public one, and just being a state resident gives you access to it if you're not a member of the university.
 
My municipal library card works for some classifications of sites.

Been a while though. IIR, I had to start at the library's web site on line. Genealogy sites in particular, YMMV.
 
CriticalThanking said:
My question is so basic that it doesn't even deserve to be called Pubmed 101.

I am trying to research some claims and am chasing down original studies. Most everything I find is listed as $25 for the PDF and I don't see any free options to view the study. Example.

While they offer a several hundred dollar option to view/download dozens of articles per year, I don't particularly care about this journal - I just want the one study. Is there a "professional association" you can join that lets you pay some fee and get access to all/many/some journals?

Thanks,

CT
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You can also go to advanced search or look for related articles and narrow the search to "free full articles".

Like this one:Fluorescence Visualization Detection of Field Alterations in Tumor Margins of Oral Cancer Patients

There are 62 free full texts among articles related to the above study.

See the link to free texts on the right hand side

Tell me what you are specifically looking for and I'll walk you through it if you need more help.

I've also had some luck Google searching for the article I found an abstract for. Once in a while there is free access outside of PubMed such as on the university web site of the researchers or through some other organization involved in the research.
 
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ThunderChunky said:
Many universities purchase institutional subscriptions to the publishers of these journals. That is probably your best bet, so if you have access to a university owned IP address you can likely view the articles online for free.
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I knew there was a reason I had a kid. He's at university now and I will get him to check. THANKS!

Skeptic Ginger said:
You can also go to advanced search or look for related articles and narrow the search to "free full articles".

Like this one:Fluorescence Visualization Detection of Field Alterations in Tumor Margins of Oral Cancer Patients

There are 62 free full texts among articles related to the above study.

See the link to free texts on the right hand side

Tell me what you are specifically looking for and I'll walk you through it if you need more help.

I've also had some luck Google searching for the article I found an abstract for. Once in a while there is free access outside of PubMed such as on the university web site of the researchers or through some other organization involved in the research.
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Thanks. I saw the one you are talking about. I am researching a specific oral cancer screening device and the original article I mentioned is cited in the other papers I have looked at, including the meta-analysis. It is also one that I want to find out if the manufacturer ran/sponsored. I don't want to be accused of cherry picking or not going for primary sources when I discuss the issue.

I'll keep digging and pester Skp' :tiger: 'el if I hit a dead end.

Thanks all!

CT
 
Was about to post the link to it too. A lot of the time you can actually find these articles with a little digging and google-fu. Also, http://arxiv.org/ sometimes helps, though medicine isn't it's strongest featured line of science.
 
Or, take a technical phrase from the extract, put it into Google, and see if the full article comes up. Seems that a lot of the pay walls can be easily pierced by not using their entry page.
 
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