How can I read psychoanalytic articles online without paying a fortune?
March 27, 2022 1:01 PM Subscribe
In the Before Days, I'd go to my alma mater's library and read these articles, but I can't do that anymore. I also don't want to pay $35+ to read them online. Is there any free way to deal with this without going to a library? (I've read the abstracts.) Here are the articles:
Albarracin, Dolores, Narcissism and Object Relations in Hypochondria. The psychoanalytic review, Volume 102 Issue 4 Aug 2015.
and
Hanley, Charles, Narcissism, hypochondria and the problem of alternative theories. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2011 Jun;92(3):593-608.
Albarracin, Dolores, Narcissism and Object Relations in Hypochondria. The psychoanalytic review, Volume 102 Issue 4 Aug 2015.
and
Hanley, Charles, Narcissism, hypochondria and the problem of alternative theories. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2011 Jun;92(3):593-608.
Sometimes searching on Google Scholar will point you to pdfs available online.
If that doesn't work, check your MeMail.
posted by googly at 1:19 PM on March 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
If that doesn't work, check your MeMail.
posted by googly at 1:19 PM on March 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
Google scholar search and selecting "all n versions" sometimes works.
Failing that, an account at academia.com will sometimes turn up stuff, especially if it's within the last 10 years.
Failing that, writing to the author is sure to work, or a co-author or even a former student if they're no longer active.
Another option is to find someone you know who maintains a computer at a research university and ask them to set up either an account so you can ssh-tunnel a browser window (easy) or a vpn host (slightly harder). That said, I've tried computers at two big research universities and couldn't access either of your listed articles, so it may not actually work in this particular case.
posted by eotvos at 1:29 PM on March 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Failing that, an account at academia.com will sometimes turn up stuff, especially if it's within the last 10 years.
Failing that, writing to the author is sure to work, or a co-author or even a former student if they're no longer active.
Another option is to find someone you know who maintains a computer at a research university and ask them to set up either an account so you can ssh-tunnel a browser window (easy) or a vpn host (slightly harder). That said, I've tried computers at two big research universities and couldn't access either of your listed articles, so it may not actually work in this particular case.
posted by eotvos at 1:29 PM on March 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
Check your MeFi mail.
posted by belladonna at 1:48 PM on March 27, 2022
posted by belladonna at 1:48 PM on March 27, 2022
Are we allowed to mention Sci-Hub here? Because here's the first paper and the second paper.
posted by aws17576 at 2:16 PM on March 27, 2022 [15 favorites]
posted by aws17576 at 2:16 PM on March 27, 2022 [15 favorites]
Tsk tsk. Librarians have been called to task for so much as noting Sci-Hub's superior usability in conference presentations. Its founder has been roundly castigated by the journal-publishing establishment over her express desire to improve access to science. Surely we all know by now that Sci-Hub is the Source Never To Be Named.
Never, ever recommend Sci-Hub to those interested in the journal literature. It will only end in tears. And access.
I used to be a scholarly-communications librarian. It was honestly an awful job. The journal-publishing establishment and the open-access movement both have a lot to answer for.
posted by humbug at 4:35 PM on March 27, 2022 [8 favorites]
Never, ever recommend Sci-Hub to those interested in the journal literature. It will only end in tears. And access.
I used to be a scholarly-communications librarian. It was honestly an awful job. The journal-publishing establishment and the open-access movement both have a lot to answer for.
posted by humbug at 4:35 PM on March 27, 2022 [8 favorites]
Another option is to find someone you know who maintains a computer at a research university and ask them to set up either an account so you can ssh-tunnel a browser window (easy) or a vpn host (slightly harder).
Don’t do this. Eventually, the vendor will notice, and the institution will get cut off, and it will be a big pain in the ass for librarians who’ve never done anything to you. In a bad scenario, the institution could end up in a lawsuit. Unlikely, but it happens.
I don’t love Research Gate and Sci-Hub, which are kind of like torrents for academic literature, but use at your own risk. Googling article titles will turn up preprints, institutional repositories, and Open Access versions at least some of the time, so that’s worth a shot.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 PM on March 27, 2022 [5 favorites]
Don’t do this. Eventually, the vendor will notice, and the institution will get cut off, and it will be a big pain in the ass for librarians who’ve never done anything to you. In a bad scenario, the institution could end up in a lawsuit. Unlikely, but it happens.
I don’t love Research Gate and Sci-Hub, which are kind of like torrents for academic literature, but use at your own risk. Googling article titles will turn up preprints, institutional repositories, and Open Access versions at least some of the time, so that’s worth a shot.
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:13 PM on March 27, 2022 [5 favorites]
If you look at all of the people who are linked on my user page as "colleagues" those people are all (or were) librarians. They might be able to give you access to a thing once in a while. If I have access, I'd do the same. All the above options are good ones, with the cautions about Sci-Hub and etc worth paying attention to and assessing against your own moral compass.
Another option not mentioned is if you're someone who edits (or has ever edited when logged in) Wikipedia, the Wikipedia Library actually has access to some-not-all journal content available to people who have a small number of edits on Wikipedia (500 sounds like a lot but if you're someone there anyhow, it may not be). You can check out what they have on their page. I use their Newspapers.com subscription there A LOT and depending who you are, that might be helpful to you.
posted by jessamyn at 5:30 PM on March 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
Another option not mentioned is if you're someone who edits (or has ever edited when logged in) Wikipedia, the Wikipedia Library actually has access to some-not-all journal content available to people who have a small number of edits on Wikipedia (500 sounds like a lot but if you're someone there anyhow, it may not be). You can check out what they have on their page. I use their Newspapers.com subscription there A LOT and depending who you are, that might be helpful to you.
posted by jessamyn at 5:30 PM on March 27, 2022 [3 favorites]
If you live near certain colleges, I believe land grant colleges is yhe term you can walk into the library and have access to some databases.
posted by aetg at 5:50 PM on March 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by aetg at 5:50 PM on March 27, 2022 [1 favorite]
You might still have access as an alumni to your school's library; you may want to call them and ask if they have any options for you. A university I graduated from used to provide this in-person (which sounds like what you had access to), but (thanks to?, ehhhh) COVID precautions lead them to providing workarounds for alumni to access library materials online. This appears to have continued so far; I can only hope it gets 'milton-ed' a la office space and continues, forgotten for some time.
I rabbit hole down really weird, and disparate topics, I use sci-hub for those instances, especially in the cases I am using the information for personal edification, I don't have moral qualms with using it. If this is for your job, or you're producing something with the information, I would find a more legitimate source.
posted by furnace.heart at 7:05 PM on March 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
I rabbit hole down really weird, and disparate topics, I use sci-hub for those instances, especially in the cases I am using the information for personal edification, I don't have moral qualms with using it. If this is for your job, or you're producing something with the information, I would find a more legitimate source.
posted by furnace.heart at 7:05 PM on March 27, 2022 [2 favorites]
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