How Do I Find A Scientific Paper?

1. Check the library of a local college or university. ...
2. Look for a free online version. ...
3. Go directly to the online homepage of the journal in which the paper was published.

What is the easiest way to find a research paper?

1. Ask your supervisor where to start. ...
2. Read up on the basics in a textbook. ...
3. References from the research proposal. ...
4. Find a good review paper on your topic. ...
5. Look for technical reports, theses, code documents etc. ...
6. Google Scholar. ...
7. Scopus. ...
8. ResearchGate.

Where can I find scientific papers?

• CORE. CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research. ...
• ScienceOpen. ...
• Directory of Open Access Journals. ...
• Education Resources Information Center. ...
• arXiv e-Print Archive. ...
• Social Science Research Network. ...
• Public Library of Science. ...
• OpenDOAR.

Where can I find free research papers?

• CORE. CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research. ...
• ScienceOpen. ...
• Directory of Open Access Journals. ...
• Education Resources Information Center. ...
• arXiv e-Print Archive. ...
• Social Science Research Network. ...
• Public Library of Science. ...
• OpenDOAR.

How do you search research papers on Google?

1. Go to Google Scholar, enter the article title, and click Search: ...
2. If available, your article should appear as one of the first few results:
3. If you click an article's title, you may be taken to a publisher's site that will ask you to pay for full text.

Is Google Scholar credible?

Only credible , scholarly material is included in Google Scholar, according to the inclusion criteria: “content such as news or magazine articles, book reviews, and editorials is not appropriate for Google Scholar.” Technical reports, conference presentations, and journal articles are included, as are links to Google ...

How do you find an academic source?

1. Look for publications from a professional organization.
2. Use databases such as JSTOR that contain only scholarly sources.
3. Use databases such as Academic Search Complete or other EBSCO databases that allow you to choose “peer-reviewed journals”.

Is SciHub illegal?

Sci-Hub, a repository for pirated research papers, is widely acknowledged to be illegal .

Are research papers free?

Most of the journals charge an APC (Article Processing Charge) for open access articles, whereas publish subscription based papers free of cost or with some marginal costs. Articles should be made free of cost as the knowledge gaining would have no barrier.

How can I get scientific papers for free?

1. CORE. CORE is a multidisciplinary aggregator of open access research. ...
2. ScienceOpen. ...
3. Directory of Open Access Journals. ...
4. Education Resources Information Center. ...
5. arXiv e-Print Archive. ...
6. Social Science Research Network. ...
7. Public Library of Science. ...
8. OpenDOAR.

What search engine is best for research?

1. Google Scholar. Google Scholar is the clear number one when it comes to academic search engines. ...
2. Microsoft Academic. It's Microsoft answer to Google Scholar. ...
3. BASE. ...
4. CORE. ...
5. Science.gov. ...
6. Semantic Scholar. ...
7. Baidu Scholar. ...
8. RefSeek.

How do I access Google Scholar?

Searching is as easy as searching in regular Google. Start from the Library's Homepage to search SHSU's Google Scholar. Click on the Articles & More tab and locate the Google Scholar search box at the very bottom.

How do you search Google Scholar effectively?

1. Google Scholar searches are not case sensitive. ...
2. Use keywords instead of full sentences. ...
3. Use quotes to search for an exact match. ...
4. Add the year to the search phrase to get articles published in a particular year.

Do I have to pay for Google Scholar?

Sometimes Google Scholar points you to resources for which you have to pay to get the full text, but COM students faculty, and staff can get many articles from Google Scholar for free!

Why is Google Scholar bad?

It will include anything it finds on university web domains , so anyone with access to such a domain can easily game the system. Recently it has started to index stuff on academia.edu, a place without any quality control where anybody can upload anything for dissemination.

Is Google a good source?

Google is not an academic source, or indeed, a source at all. “Google” should never be cited as a source . ... Google Scholar is a branch of the Google search engine that strives to locate only scholarly sources, and bases the relevancy of an article on how often it was cited and who it was published by.