Google Scholar often finds direct pdf links to scientific publications, whether on the publisher’s website or reuploaded elsewhere, effectively bypassing the paywall.
It’s good to check primary sources. Unfortunately, many scientific journals have prohibitively high prices for access to articles, making it impossible for most people to access the original write-up of the research results. That’s why YSK the following trick:
Google Scholar search engine for scientific publications often allows bypassing the paywall. It looks at the journal websites, but also at other websites and preprint servers. Effectively, many publications are accessible for free somewhere else. Sometimes, Google Scholar finds even a direct link to pdf on the publisher’s website, which bypasses the paywall.
So if you got linked to a scientific journal website, but can’t access the publication, copy-paste the title to Google Scholar. There is a decent chance you’ll be able to get access to the article there.
