DeepDyve:

How to use DeepDyve:

1. "Log in" in the upper right corner of http://deepdyve.com
2. Type in topic or name of paper you're looking for
3. Click the article
4. Click "Read Article"

A few notes for getting started

1. I want to print an article:
Some articles have a limit on printing. I wasted all the pages to see what happens when we reach the 20 limit. The system won't allow us to go over the limit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mbbanrh1t6hfog6/Screenshot%202014-11-26%2013.32.53.png?dl=0

Plus, 20 page limit is pretty useless. Whoever uses it first is welcome to it.

2. I want to buy an article
As far as I can tell, this will not charge to our credit card. It asks for a new payment method for articles. So I’m pretty sure we’re ok and people can’t accidentally charge the BioCurious credit card. I'm not sure what happens if someone puts in their credit card once and buys an article, is that stored?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t6hydu6kr7as79f/Screenshot%202014-11-26%2013.23.39.png?dl=0

3. Potential $$$ Charges to BioCurious?
A. “Pay for 1 year” the account is a possibility from the Accounts page, in which case we would be charged for a full year of service If this happens I’m sure we could get it rolled back as long as we found out about it.
Please don't update our account to a 1 year account. If you do by accident, please email me immediately
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/71vwt1jdkxqzw3c/Screenshot%202014-11-26%2013.38.11.png?dl=0)

4. DeepDyve isn't perfect
PDFs aren't common, mostly you have to read through their web interface. If you want to save something, screenshot it (apple-shift-4 on a Mac). AND, some articles aren't available. If you can't find it on Deep Dyve, check out more options for publications on the BioCurious Wiki.

5. Save $20/month on your own account
If you want a deal on your own account, email me and I'll connect you with a $20/month discount.

Other options:

Reddit Scholar - free articles, you post a request and someone with access sends the PDF. Post the Title, Author, and a link to the journal article (example), and someone will respond with a link to the article. Takes about 20 minutes

HubMed - journal search engine that has a checkbox to filter by "free" articles. example

BioMedCentral is a UK-based publisher of over 200 open access journals of biology. 

ChemistryCentral, like BioMedCentral, is an open access publisher of over 15 journals of chemistry; it is part of Springer publishing company.

Google Scholar is often able to find PDFs that have been uploaded to the author's own website etc. 

International Journal of Biological Sciences is an open access scientific journal published by Ivyspring International. 

Open Biology is the Royal Society's open access journal for molecular and cell biology.

Public Library of Science publishes seven open access journals.

Royal Society Publishing has made over 60k articles in their archive available for free.

SpringerOpen is the division of Springer dedicated to open access science, technology, and medicine.

ZooKeys is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal of zoology.