Pay Gates
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I've been working on a couple of writing assignments that requires intensive research and I discovered to my horror that more journals are erecting pay gates for their articles. I subscribe to The Economist and so I don't have to worry about theirs but Wall Street Journal gives me quite some trouble.
I'm therefore actively using articles from The New York Times, Business Week and Fortune Magazine as my main sources. The Straits Times website pay gate frustrates me in particular because I want to keep myself updated on local news through their site but they're not helpful with it and worst, when I ever need an article from them, it is usually copied from New York Times or other international publications and yet they're hidden behind the pay gate.
For those working on more news research sort of stuff, note the publications without pay gates!
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April 17th, 2010 - 17:17
Researchers can actually head to eResources by the National Library Board (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg) to find journal articles for free. For magazine articles… try to find news aggregators, or if not stick to the free ones. For Singapore news it is frustrating to rely on The Straits Times Online but Today Online is a free (albeit not as good) alternative. For world news I like The Economist and The New York Times. Sometimes The Straits Times has articles adapted from articles in other papers like The New York Times, so search for the original sources if you are unable to access them from The Straits Times Online.