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Originally Posted by Moonhawk
Not sure about that - I spent quite a few years in academia whilst doing my degree + several years of research, but I dont believe the general public were admitted to the libraries (but I may be wrong). The other issue is finding a university library that carries the relevent journals.
Subscribing to the journals yourself is an option I guess (and as you point out - an expensive one) - but I doubt many people would go down this route unless they were heavily involved in research in that area. Most people that are that heavily involved will be in research organisations or academia and so will have access anyway.
For the general public with a casual interest - I guess the only practical option is to wait.
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Rules doubtless vary from place to place. In the city I live in all the university libraries can be visited by the public, even if they can't borrow from them. The national geoscience agency has a library that is open to the public, including both print and electronic copies of most leading geoscience and general science journals. Then there is the state libarary, which likewise has most leading science journals, all available for free. Plus there are friends you can call upon to get copies.
Jon