Should All Research Papers Be Free?

Re:Should All Research Papers Be Free? by russell_h on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:48PM (#11286447)

I think you can also get access to the ACM library via membership. When I was in college I paid for a student membership, I think its was $25/year or something generally reasonable. Probably a better value proposition than my actual CS degree, not that its a great point for comparison.

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Re:Should All Research Papers Be Free? by ska on Tuesday March 15, 2016 @07:19AM (#11288797)

That's true. Many of these sorts of memberships are at least a few hundred dollars when you are no longer a student, so they add up pretty quickly (but maybe have tax credits).

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Re:Should All Research Papers Be Free? by mirimir on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:45PM (#11286704)

Paying $25 annually for membership would be entirely fair. That's far less than site license for even one journal.

But what are criteria for student memberships?

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