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Re: Accessing books and articles

From	Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics
Subject	Re: Accessing books and articles
Date	2015-08-14 09:16 -0500
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Message-ID	<mqkt89$nlp$1@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)
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On 8/14/2015 9:06 AM, Odd Bodkin wrote:
> A number of people here have complained that it is hard to get access to
> professional physics articles in journals or books. Many have also
> complained that it is too expensive to buy them.
>
> I personally have bought a fair number of books, but I've never bought
> an article or a journal subscription. Nor do I need to.
>
> Wherever you live, google the location of the nearest universities.
> Chances are, there is one within a 1-2 hr drive in the US, and if you
> live in a moderate sized city in the US (Lincoln NE, Salt Lake City UT,
> Boise ID, Tampa FL, Baton Rouge LA) you will have at least one and
> probably more than one university right there.
>
> Access to a university library is almost always free and does not
> require a campus ID. Once inside, you have free access to any of the
> shelved materials. In most cases, you will also have access to a lot of
> the digital collection as well, if you only go to the counter and ask
> for a guest account.
>
> I really don't think there is a valid excuse to complain about lack of
> access, unless you are disabled or otherwise confined against your will.
> I know that a lot of people here have offered up a number of other
> excuses, which basically amount to saying that unless they can access it
> from the very same chair that they are using to post to
> sci.physics.relativity, then they are not interested.
>
> Lack of interest is not to be equated with lack of access. C'mon.
>

Followup:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Massachusetts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Kansas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Georgia_%28U.S._state%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_New_York

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Ohio

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Washington

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Minnesota

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Nevada

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Florida

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_Vermont

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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