Academic Research Booklet

Getting around academic paywalls You’ve found the perfect article—then hit a paywall! Don’t worry, there are ways around it: Email the link to Ms Eldred —if she can access it elsewhere, she’ll send it to you. Read the abstract —it summarises the main findings and can help guide your research by giving suggestions of further avenues of research and mentioning other researchers or studies which you can then find yourself. Check the bibliography —you can follow the author’s sources to find similar material that is accessible. Search the author —many researchers post free versions of their work on personal sites or link to interviews, reviews, or related resources. Use ResearchGate —millions of academic articles are free to read. If access is restricted, Ms Eldred can request it for you.