1.5 Paywalls and other barriers

Unfortunately, this is one common barrier behavior analysts encounter when searching for literature to inform their practice. Without access to the online databases, many behavior analysts are required to pay to read an article. Other common barriers to the research include:

  1. Lack of time to search the literature
  2. Lack of skills to search for literature efficiently 
  3. Lack of time and/or skills to stay current with research developments in the field
  4. Lack of time and/or skills to apply research findings to current practice

This tutorial is designed to help you identify where to access online articles for free and teach you search skills to stay current with developments in the field and to yield more relevant search results.

From Paywall: The Business of Scholarship, a documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science.
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